Class and Lab Schedule
Section 001:
Tuesday and Thursday,
4:00 pm to
5:50 pm, Room M 233
Section 290:
Tuesday only,
4:00 pm to
5:50 pm, Room M 233
Notice that both sections meet together on Tuesday. Hybrid Section 290
students are welcome to attend on Thursday, if they wish.
Prerequisites
CSC 123 with a grade of C or higher.
Purpose
This course is the second course of the core sequence
in Parkland's Computer Science transfer program. It covers abstract data
types and object oriented programming;
data structures
using the standard template library;
the design and implementation of larger-scale programs;
program
verification; recursion; pointers
and memory management,
and an
introduction to searching and sorting algorithms.
Structure
Lectures,
readings, graded projects and
tests. The lectures and readings will cover
theory. The projects will
vary in difficulty and will require C++ solutions using
professional quality C++ code. Some of the projects will be started in
class during the time set aside for labs. The tests
will assure mastery of specific knowledge and skills covered in the lectures,
labs, and readings.
Text
Problem Solving
with C++,
Walter Savitch,
6th Edition, Copyright 2007,
ISBN
0-321-41269-9
This is the required text, and you should have access to it for the
course. The course will follow this text closely. Yes, it is
ridiculously expensive ($101 at the Parkland Bookstore).
Csc 125 will use use this text as its only required text for the foreseeable
future (our promise to you). A used text is fine, as long as it is the 6th
edition. I do not plan on using the enclosed CD, so you can get by with a used text without the enclosed CD.
Also, you may want to leave the CD unopened in its pocket to possibly increase
the used price of the text.
Storage
(Flash Drives are best)
You should have a USB Flash Drive for use
during class, although it can be very small capacity by today's standards (2 Megabytes). You can also use a Zip
disk or a number of 3.5" diskettes for use
with this class, but they are not recommended, because they
are less dependable. Be sure to fully label all your
removable storage
with your name and contact information so the they can be returned to you
easily if lost. Some
students work directly on their portables in class, which is acceptable.
Others prefer to work directly onto a Linux server, which is also acceptable.
Backup of work
Remember that whenever you work with a computer, it is
possible to lose all your current work at any time. There are many
different ways to lose your work, including power outages, disk crashes, poor
naming and documentation strategies, and forgetfulness.
You always
must have back ups of all your work. How
you do that depends on your computer systems. At the minimum, you should
always keep copies of your files on a second dependable disk, either hard
disk, flash, a server, or a burned CD-R. I can not grade "vaporware" -- a
program that may have been really good, but you lost somehow.
Also, you should use Version Backups.
As described, Version Backups require only
about 10 seconds every 15 to 30 minutes while you are working, and they probably
will save you hours of work sometime during the semester. Just do
it!
It is a course requirement to keep good back-ups until after you have
received your grade for the semester.
Programming
Language
