General
Course Information
Spring 2008
Course Days/Time/Rm
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
10:30 to 11:20 a.m.
Lab 300B
Course
Instructor/Rm/Phone/e-mail
Kay Roy (M. K. Roy), Lecturer
Office Hours: Rm 324
Mondays and Wednesdays: 1:30-2:30 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)
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CS 1310 Course Information
Textbook
Introduction to Computing and
Programming in Python: A Multimedia Approach, Mark Guzdial, 2005. This book is available in the UTEP Student
Union Bookstore. Photocopied textbooks
violate copyright laws and are not allowed.
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 will apply techniques as color modification and replacement, sound
sampling, and creating web pages in their projects. In the process, each
student will participate in a highly interactive environment of designing and
developing small programs using examples provided. No prior programming experience is necessary
for this course.
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to
read, understand, modify, and assemble (from pieces) programs that
achieve useful communication tasks such as image manipulation, sound
editing, and text (e.g., HTML) creation and manipulation.
- Students will learn basic
concepts of computer science, such as data representations, algorithms,
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:
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Attendance
& Class participation
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20%
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Homework:
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20%
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Labs:
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20%
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Exams
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20%
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Final
Exam
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20%
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TOTAL
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100%
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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.
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