Santa Barbara City
College
Department of Computer Science
Course: Programming
Fundamentals (CS135)
Instructor: Robert H.
Dependahl, Jr.
Required
Text: TURBO PASCAL, Dale
& Weems, 4th Ed.
Computer Center: Room H-245 is open:
8 A.M. to 10 P.M Monday-Friday
Office Hours: Room H-209, Phone#: 965-0581 (ext. 2452) E-mail: rhd@cs.sbcc.edu
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
7-8PM
10:30-11AM 4:45-5PM 10:30-11AM by apt
12:30-12:45PM 12:30-12:45PM
Homepage & Notes: Lecture notes, homework / exam scores and
interesting class related links are available on my homepage: www.cs.sbcc.edu/~rhd/
Grading: The final
grade for this class will be determined by the collective number of points
accumulated through the following assignments and exams.
Programming: Several programming assignments will be
given. You will prepare these programs
in Pascal and check them out on the computer.
Programming will account for approximately 40% of the course grade.
Midterms: Two will be given worth 100 points each. Failure to take a Midterm on the scheduled
day will result in the following exam grade penalties.
If late up to
1 day -------------------- 10% off
If 1-4 days
late ----------------------- 20% off
If later
--------------------------------- 50% off
Final: The final examination will be worth 240
points and will be a composite of the topics covered over the entire semester.
Quizzes: There will be a number of unannounced 25
point quizzes. Quizzes cannot be made up. At the end of the course I will strike your
worst quiz. (Best Idea: Perfect attendance then no missed quizzes).
All homework / programs must be submitted on paper. Emailing of coursework will not be accepted
for credit.
Copying/Cheating: --- According to college policy, those involved will be
sent to the Dean for disciplinary action.
Attendance: If you miss a
class during the first three weeks, I will assume (unless you inform me
otherwise) that you are not interested in this class and you will be
dropped. Poor / unexcused classroom or
computer lab attendance will lead to a lower final grade.
Miscellaneous Rules: 1. No food in the
classroom 2. No heads on the desktop.
3. No cell phones in classroom 4. No
leaving the classroom once an exam has started
5. No printing of unrelated materials on the Computer Science
Department’s printers.
Schedule
of Topics and Reading Assignments
Date Chapter Lecture Description
1/27
1 & 2 Introduction
to Computers and Problem Solving
2/3 3 & 4 Design Methodology
2/10
5 Selection - Simple &
Complex IF’s
2/17
Washington’s Birthday
Holiday
2/24 6 Looping
Techniques
3/3 7 Procedures
3/10
Midterm #1 (Covering Chapters 1 thru 6)
3/18 8 Parameters,
Scope Rules & Nesting
3/24
*** Spring
Break ***
3/31 9 Functions &
Recursion
4/7 10 & Control Structures, User
Data Types & Arrays
12
(pages 511-522)
4/14 12 (pages
527-542) Applied Arrays
4/21
Midterm #2 (Covering Chapters 7-10 &
Chapter 12
[pages 511-522])
4/28 15 Multidimensional Array
5/5
11 Records, Sets & Strings
13 (pages
577-581)
5/12 16 & 17 Objects, Pointers &
Linked Lists
5/16
Last day to turn in programs (10pm)
Final Examination Schedule: Monday Class à
Wednesday Class à 2-4 pm
Wednesday, May 21st
At the end of this course a successful student
will be able to: