CS 1310: Introduction to Computer Programming:

“Multimedia Exposed”

General Course Information

Fall 2008

Course Days/Time/Rm
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
Lab 300B

Course Instructor/Rm/Phone/e-mail
Kay Roy (M. K. Roy), Lecturer
Office Hours: Rm 324

Mondays and Wednesdays: 1:45-2:45 p.m.,

or by appointment
(915)747-7941
mkroy@utep.edu

TA/Rm/e-mail
Gowrishwar Akarapu

Office: Rm 304/Lab 300

gowrishwar@gmail.com

TA's Office Hours
Monday Rm 304
Tue & Thur Rm 304
Wednesday Rm 304
Friday (Open Lab 300)

CS 1310 Course Information

Textbook and Other Materials

· The textbook for this course is Starting Out With Python, Tony Gaddis, 2009. The printed version of the book is available at the UTEP bookstore and other local textbook stores. You may also purchase 180 days of access to an electronic version of the textbook for approximately half the price. Go to the Pearson/Addison-Wesley website, www.prenhall.com, for more details on online purchases or ask your instructor. The textbook will be used to provide a basic programming foundation in support of course projects involving multimedia and graphical representations.

· You will need headphones or earbuds for our audio projects.

· A USB “memory stick” is helpful but not required for backing up your work and keeping favorite files handy.

Course Description
Students in this class learn to manipulate and display multimedia (pictures and sound) using computers as they focus on interesting and useful problems. Students work in an interactive environment as they apply techniques as color modification and replacement, sound sampling, and creating web pages in their projects. In addition, students extend image and sound manipulation techniques to graphically represent the results of typical problems found in various fields of study, such as science and engineering.

Learning Objectives

· Students will be able to read, understand, modify, and assemble programs that achieve useful communication tasks such as image manipulation and sound editing.

· Students will use image and sound manipulation techniques to represent common problems from other areas such as engineering and science.

· Students will learn basic concepts of computer science, such as data representations, algorithms, control structures, and encodings.

· Students will gain knowledge of the field of computer science and how it relates to other professions.

Grades
Your grade is based on homework assignments, labs, attendance, class participation, and exams.

• You are expected to do your own work.
• Homework is due at the beginning of class on the day specified.
• You will need inexpensive headphones (or earbuds) for our audio assignments.

Final Grade Calculation:

Your grade is based on homework assignments, labs, attendance, class participation, exams, quizzes and your final project. Percentages are as follows:

Attendance, class participation, and in-class assignments	15%
Homework and labs	25%
Quizzes	10%
Exams (2)	30%
Final exam and project	20%
TOTAL	100%

Grading: The nominal percentage-score-to-letter-grade conversion is as follows:

• 90% or higher is an A
• 80-89% is a B
• 70-79% is a C
• 60-69% is a D
• below 60% is an F

Attendance and Preparation
Your attendance is critical to your success in this course. You are expected to attend and actively participate in class, which includes being prepared for class. You are expected to read the assigned pages from the text and to hand in all homework on time.

Standards of Conduct
Students are expected to conduct themselves in a professional and courteous manner, as prescribed by the UTEP Standards of Conduct. You are expected to maintain academic integrity as explained in the website http://studentaffairs.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=4386.

Students may discuss assignments in a general way with other students, but the solutions must show independent work. Graded work should be unmistakably your own (or, in the case of group work, your team's work). You may not transcribe or copy a solution taken from another person, book, or other source, (e.g., a web page). Professors are required to--and will--report academic dishonesty and any other violation of the Standards of Conduct to the Dean of Students.

Disabilities
If you feel you may have a disability that requires accommodation, contact the Disabled Student Services Office at 747-5148, go to Room 106 E. Union, or e-mail to dss@utep.edu.