CompSci 6, Fall 2006: Information

Warning: Some of this a copy of last semester's stuff. Changes to come.

Professor Dietolf (Dee) Ramm

office: D226, LSRC
email: dr at cs.duke.edu
phone: 660-6532
office hours: Wed 10:30, Thu 10:30 or any time I'm in, which is 8:45-5:30 or so on most days.

Undergraduate TAs

Name	email	In-Class	Office Hours
Isaac Cha	iec AT duke.edu	MWF	Tue 8:30-10:00
Jud Killion	jsk22 AT duke.edu		Sun 4:00-6:00; Wed 8:00-10:00
Tiffany Yam	tjy4 AT duke.edu	WF	Mon 6:00-8:00
Mariya Yao	yy20 AT duke.edu
David Zhang	drz AT duke.edu		Thu 9:00-11:00

Course Meeting Times

Lectures: MW 2:50-4:05, 229 Social Sciences (ICC)
Labs: F 2:50-4:05, 229 Social Sciences (ICC)
Note that the destinction between labs and lecture is somewhat blurred. We meet in an interactive computer classroom (ICC) and will probably use the computers every session.

Text/Reading

Java Concepts, 4th Edition, by Cay Horstmann, Wiley, 2005.
In general you should read the text in order to be prepared to ask and answer questions in class. If you've looked at material before it's discussed in class you'll get much more out of the class discussion. This is especially true once class has been going for a while.
There will be reading quizes on blackboard due before many classes! They must be completed before class time, there will not be second chances.

Web page

Many of the materials for this course (including this page) are available on http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/fall06/cps006/

Bulletin Board

You should regularly read the bulletin board as it may contain announcements, hints, and information relevant to this class.

Classwork

Class attendence is required. We will work on problem solving (with and without computers) during class. Many times classwork will need to be completed outside of class. This is homework that will count as part of your classwork grade.

Computing projects

All computing projects will use Java 5 and the Eclipse environment.

LATE POLICY: Projects turned in up to 2 days late are 10% off (Sunday does not count as a late day). Projects turned in after 2 days are 20% off. Projects must be turned in within one week late. See the instructor immediately if you are having difficulty with this.

Collaboration

Some projects will be pair projects and some projects will be individual projects. On both you may consult with one or two other students (and as many times as you want with TA's and the instructor). Consult means you can discuss the project before writing it, and get help with debugging your project, but you should write your own code. Writing one world and making multiple copies of it is not acceptable! For each assignment you are expected to include a list of the people with whom you have consulted (including students, TA's, tutors, professors). Finally, you may not consult with the same CompSci 6 students on two consecutive assignments.

Tests must be your own work.

Grading

classwork	20%
readingquizzes	5%
assignments	20%
two exams	30%
final exam	25%

Grading is done on an absolute, but adjustable scale. This means that there is no curve. Anyone earning 90% or more of the total number of points available will receive a grade in the A range (A+,A,A-); 80% = B, 70% = C, 60% = D. This scale may go down, but it will not go up.

The tests and final exam will be closed-book.