ClassInfo

CSC 358 Symbolic Programming

Peter Hastings

Office: CDM 717
Winter 2015-2016
Class number: 26561
Section number: 810
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Online Campus

Summary

This course is a hands-on introduction to symbolic programming and to Common Lisp. Lisp is the language of choice for developers who want to develop interesting software, to do it quickly, and to enjoy doing it. In this course, we will explore some of the following topics: symbolic pattern matching, frame-based input processing, inference engines, inductive decision trees, information retrieval, dynamic object-oriented programming, Java interfaces to deployed CORBA-based information servers.



Texts

Required:
  • Object-Oriented Common Lisp by Stephen Slade. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0136059406
    Recommended:
  • ANSI Common Lisp by Paul Graham. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0133708756
  • Land of Lisp by Conrad Barski. 2011. No Starch Press. ISBN: 1-59327-281-2


  • Grading

    Your final grade will be based on:

    • Programming assignments: 50%
    • Programming Project: 30%
    • Project Presentation: 5%
    • Comments on other presentations: 5%
    • Project Write-up: 10%

    The grading scale will be:

      93.3 - 100 A
      90 - 93.3 A-
      86.6 - 90 B+
      83.3 - 86.6 B
      80 - 83.3 B-
      76.6 - 80 C+
      73.3 - 76.6 C
      70 - 73.3 C-
      66.6 - 70 D+
      60 - 66.6 D
      < 60 F


    Prerequisites

    CSC 301 or CSC 383 or CSC 393 or CSC 403


    School policies:

    Changes to Syllabus

    This syllabus is subject to change as necessary during the quarter. If a change occurs, it will be thoroughly addressed during class, posted under Announcements in D2L and sent via email.

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    Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

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    All students are expected to abide by the University's Academic Integrity Policy which prohibits cheating and other misconduct in student coursework. Publicly sharing or posting online any prior or current materials from this course (including exam questions or answers), is considered to be providing unauthorized assistance prohibited by the policy. Both students who share/post and students who access or use such materials are considered to be cheating under the Policy and will be subject to sanctions for violations of Academic Integrity.

    Academic Policies

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    Students with Disabilities

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