COP 3530 SYLLABUS

This core course in computer science has prerequisites:
 CIS3020 (Intro to Computer Science) and 
 COT3100 (Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science) 
and is further described in the official U.F. catalog.

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. Labs:CSE 211 classroom; Lecture: Little 101

EXTRA OFFICE HOURS DURING EXAM WEEK.
       Crummer Mon, Wed:   12:30 - 4:00
       Davies  Mon, Wed:   by appointment
       Jeffers Tues,Thurs: 9:35-12:50; Mon 9:35-10:25 
       Small   Thu, Apr 23 2-4pm 
               Tue, Apr 28 2-6pm 

Instructor:		Teaching Assistants:
==================	=======================================================
Dr. Arthur Crummer	Dave Small       James Jeffers         Tom Davies
crummer@cise.ufl.edu	dts@cise.ufl.edu jjeffers@cise.ufl.edu tdavies@cise.ufl.edu
CSE 352 Univ of FL      CSE422           CSE422                CSE422
(352) 392-1507          392-6839         392-6839              392-6839
Office hrs: M,W,F       T  7             M 9;                  MWF 4th period
            8(or appt)  Th 7,8           T,Th 3rd

Although it is not required that you know a particular programming
language beforehand, it is assumed that every student has some experience
in a high level language such as Pascal, C, C++, JAVA or FORTRAN. It will be
further assumed that the student is capable of rapidly extending that
understanding to the language of discourse of this course. The language you
will use for programming is JAVA. (We will primarily write Java application
programs rather than applets.)

LAB SECTIONS: Based on the section number you registered for, you
will attend one lab section per week(M 8TH, T 9TH, OR T 10TH IN CSE 211
CLASSROOM). In that discussion section, you will 
take occasional quizzes (announced or not), 
receive instruction on JAVA implementation details of the abstractions you
are learning, and 
get instructions and guidance on the assigned personal and homework
projects which you will submit on-line.
 

HOMEWORK SUBMISSION: The electronic submission of homeworks
requires that you have a "grove" account. This process is explained in your
first lab or, if your lab is on Mondays, in an evening hands-on session
available the first week of class (sign-up in the first lecture). Your first
HW must be submitted during this session: you cannot skip it.

COURSE GOALS:All course activities are designed to serve these
objectives:
 To prepare students for further Computer Science activities through
familiarization with recurring CS topics such as recursion, modularity, levels
of abstraction and tradeoffs.
To provide a rich foundation in knowledge
of specifc data abstractions and their relationships to multiple possible
implementations.
To strengthen the students ability to design, analyze
and implement algorithms and program structures.

REQUIRED MATERIALS AND TEXT: 
    Text: Thomas A. Standish, Data Structures in JAVA,
          1st edition, Addison Wesley, 1998 ISBN 0-201-30564-X
	  (We will begin with Chapter 3; not assuming Ch.1 & 2)

Optional: Any introductory text in the JAVA programming language.
          There are quite a Java books out there, each with different
	  strengths. I particularly like these two:

	  JAVA Software Solutions, Foundations of Program Design", 
	  by Lewis & Loftus; Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-57164-1 

	  "programming.java, An Introduction to Using Java" 
	  by Decker & Hirshfield; PWS, ISBN 0-534-95588-6

Also, Sun Microsystems web page has a Java tutorial you can explore if you like:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html

COMPUTER LANGUAGE: JAVA We will use this language in the lectures,
discussion sections and all homeworks.  No prior knowledge is assumed, but you
must have the course prerequisites including experience in one or more high
level languages.  You will be using CIRCA machines on campus and must use your
COP3530 "grove" account (given in classes first day or two) for all course
computer work.

EARLY HW:If you submit a homework early and then improve upon it,
you may resubmit.  The last version submitted before the deadline will be used
for grading.

LATE HW:Homework may be submitted late if there has not been a
solution given out or discussed in class. The penalty is 15% for each 24 hours
or fraction thereof.

UNDERGRADUATE CONSULTANT: There might eventually be a consultant on
duty holding consulting hours in the "fishbowl" area near CSE 211 labs (just
to the left as you enter the lab) with hours..to be determined.

COURSE GRADE COMPONENTS:                        Immutable Grade cutoffs:
                            EXAM 1  .. 100	 ======================
                            EXAM 2  .. 150       A : 90%  
                            EXAM 3  .. 150       B+: 85 
              Lab + Lecture QUIZZES ..  50	 B : 80 
                  HOMEWORK PROJECTS .. 150	 C+: 75 
                         FINAL EXAM .. 150	 C : 70 
                                      ====	 D+: 65 
                                       750	 D : 60 

This is a fixed scale establishing your individual success criteria.  
The scale is fixed and immutable. WHY? Because, with curved grades in which
another student's improved grade may diminish your own, there could be a
disincentive to help each other.

FINAL EXAM:The final exam schedule is shown in the registrars
schedule of courses as Wed. April 29, 5:30 - 7:30 PM.