CSC 242-604 and
604L
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Introduction to
Computer Science II
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Spring 2023
Class sessions: Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 am – 11:40 am, CDM Center 819 (PC Lab) Labs: Wednesday, 10:10 am-11:40 am , CDM Center lab 819 (PC Lab) |
Professor: Adam J. Hecktman Lab instructor: Marcus Koseck |
Office: Room TBD CDM
243 S Wabash Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone: (312) 493-1612
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Tuesdays |
(in-person or online) |
Office
Location TBD |
12:00-1:30
pm |
Tuesday
office hours are held in a TBD location in the CDM building. I am available
during office hours in person, by phone, using Zoom, or by e-mail. If you wish to meet with me using
Zoom, please request an appointment in advance so that I can set up the meeting.
If you need office hours outside of the designated time, please arrange an appointment well in advance, and I will share a Zoom link with you to be used for our meeting.
Please make use of my office hours. Asking questions about the assessments, course notes and examples, or the readings can improve your understanding enormously. It will also let me get to know you and help me know if I need to review a topic with the class.
This course uses D2L to enable our interactions:
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Please
check this site and the discussion forum regularly.
You must have taken CSC 241: Introduction to Computer Science or an equivalent course that introduces problem-solving techniques and programming in Python and earned a passing grade (C- or better). This course is an order of magnitude more complex than CSC 242. I will assume that:
This course is the second of a two-course sequence introducing Computer Science skills of problem-solving, algorithm development, and programming using Python. In particular, the concept of a class and object-oriented programming will be motivated and introduced.
After you have taken this class:
The following gives all the important dates for this course. The topics covered are subject to change.
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Topic/Deadline |
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1 |
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 |
Object-oriented programming |
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 |
No lab -- review CSC 241 material
at home. |
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Thursday, March 30, 2023 |
Object-oriented programming |
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2 |
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 |
Object-oriented programming |
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023 |
Lab 1 |
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Thursday, April 6, 2023 |
Object-oriented programming |
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3 |
Monday, April 10 |
Last day to
drop the class with no penalty |
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023 |
Object-oriented programming
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023 |
Lab 2 |
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Thursday, April 13, 2023 |
Object-oriented programming |
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4 |
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 |
Graphical user interface
development |
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023 |
Lab 3 |
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Thursday, April 20, 2023 |
Graphical user interface
development |
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5 |
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 |
Graphical user interface
development |
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
No lab – Prepare for midterm |
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Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
Midterm exam: 5:45-7:15 pm |
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6 |
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 |
Recursion |
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
Lab 4 |
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 |
Recursion |
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7 |
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 |
Recursion |
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 |
Lab 5 |
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Thursday, May 11, 2023 |
Recursion |
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Friday, May 12, 2023 |
Last day to withdraw from
classes |
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8 |
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 |
Recursion |
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Wednesday, May 17, 2023 |
Lab 6 |
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Thursday, May 18, 2023 |
HTML basics and web search
fundamentals |
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9 |
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 |
Web search fundamentals
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023 |
Lab 7 |
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Thursday, May 25, 2023 |
Web search fundamentals |
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10 |
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 |
Database fundamentals
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023 |
Lab 8 |
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Thursday, June 1, 2023 |
Database fundamentals |
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 |
Final exam |
The recommended textbook for the course is Introduction to Computing using Python: An Application Development Focus, Second Edition, Ljubomir Perković, John Wiley & Sons, 2015. If you choose to use the textbook, use the electronic version since it contains case studies that we will be using. The electronic text has ISBN 978-1-118-89105-6. If you like, it is available directly from the publisher here.
Course assessments include lab exercises, quizzes, programming homework assignments, and a midterm and final exam. The course grade will be computed as follows:
Assessment
Percentage
Lab exercises
10 %
Homework assignments
20 %
Midterm exam
35 %
Final exam
35 %
All students will be required to sign and submit an Academic Integrity pledge at the start of the quarter. The Academic Integrity pledge will be posted on the D2L site. The pledge must be signed and submitted as a part of the first homework assignment. Students who violate this agreement are violating the Academic Integrity policy of DePaul University. See the section on Academic Integrity below for more information about that policy and the penalties for violating it.
In order to do well in this class, you must participate in the class sessions regularly, complete all of the labs on time, complete class activities, understand the content in the lecture and lecture notes, start work on the assignments early, submit the assignments on time, and ask questions early and often. The answers to the programming assignments, the lab exercises, and the exam questions should be written in a way that is rigorous, clear, and concise.
Homework assignments will be issued the day following class (the day of the lab) and will be due the following week (Tuesday) before start of class. The labs will be graded on a 10-point scale and will make up 10% of your grade.
Every Wednesday you will have lab exercises. You are highly encouraged to attend the scheduled lab session which takes place Wednesdays, 10:10 am – 11:40 am in lab 819 of the CDM Center at 243 S. Wabash Ave. Students attending the lab in person will have priority for answers and help from the teaching assistant. If you cannot attend the lab sessions, ask the Teaching Assistant (TA) if you are able to use a Zoom help session. This will be at the discretion of the TA.
Labs submitted by the deadline will be graded for full credit. Labs submitted no later than 12 hours after the deadline will automatically lose 15% of the points. No lab submissions are accepted more than 12 hours after the deadline for any reason, including upload of the wrong file.
Each week you will have a programming assignment. You can consult with your instructor, the teaching assistant, and the CDM tutors, but you may not under any circumstances submit code that you have not written, nor may you consult anyone beyond those specified when completing your assignments.
Each programming homework assignment will have a posted deadline specified on the assignment. The deadline will typically be before class starts on Thursdays. This way, we can review the solutions to the assignment at the beginning of class.
Assignments submitted by the deadline will be graded for full credit. The submissions should include screenshots of your code running against test data. Assignments submitted no later than 12 hours after the deadline will automatically lose 15% of the points. No assignments are accepted more than 12 hours after the deadline for any reason, including submission of the wrong file.
The midterm and final exams will not be cumulative. The midterm exam will take place on April 20th, 2023, and the final exam will take place on June 6th, 2023. The exams will take place in a lab. Both exams will require you to write Python code. The details about how the exams will be given will be shared later in the quarter. No late exam submissions will be accepted for any reason.
Make-up exams will not be given. If you wish to petition for a make-up exam, you must notify me in advance and provide documented evidence of the emergency that will cause you to miss the exam. Failure to contact me in advance of the exam date and time will disqualify you from being allowed to take a make-up exam. If a make-up exam is granted, it will be of a form of my choosing.
Evaluations are a way for students to provide valuable feedback regarding their instructor and the course. Detailed feedback will enable the instructor to tailor teaching methods continuously and course content to meet the learning goals of the course and the academic needs of the students. They are a requirement of the course and are key to continuing to provide you with the highest quality of teaching. The evaluations are anonymous; the instructor and administration do not track who entered what responses. A program is used to check if the student completed the evaluations, but the evaluation is completely separate from the student's identity. Since 100% participation is our goal, students are sent periodic reminders over three weeks. Students do not receive reminders once they complete the evaluation.
The
course adheres to the DePaul University's Academic
Integrity Policy. For complete information about Academic Integrity at
DePaul University, please see: http://academicintegrity.depaul.edu/.
Cheating is any action that violates university norms or instructor's guidelines for the preparation and submission of assignments. This includes, but is not limited to, unauthorized access to examination materials prior to the examination itself; use or possession of unauthorized materials during the examination or quiz; having someone take an examination in one's place; copying from another student; unauthorized assistance to another student; or acceptance of such assistance.
Plagiarism involves the presentation of the work of another as one's own. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to the following: the direct copying of any source, such as written and verbal material, computer files, audio disks, video programs or musical scores, whether published or unpublished, in whole or part, without proper acknowledgment that it is someone else's; copying of any source in whole or part with only minor changes in wording or syntax, even with acknowledgment; submitting as one's own work a report, examination paper, computer file, lab report or other assignment that has been prepared by someone else (including research papers purchased from any other person or agency or programs written using the assistance of an AI tool); the paraphrasing of another's work or ideas without proper acknowledgment; working so closely with another person other than those authorized so as to produce identical code.
All students are expected to abide by the University's Academic Integrity
Policy which prohibits cheating and other misconduct in student coursework. The
use of others' web/publication content (text, graphics, code) is regarded as
plagiarism if credit is not given (see the above description of plagiarism).
Using materials that the student prepared for other purposes (e.g., for another
course or for his/her work) needs the course instructor's prior permission.
Publicly sharing or posting online any prior or current materials from this
course (including exam questions or answers), is considered 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.
A charge of cheating and/or plagiarism is always a serious matter. It can result in an automatic F in the course and possible expulsion.
Keeping our
DePaul community safe is of utmost importance in the pandemic. Students, faculty
and staff are expected to (1) wear a mask if required while indoors on campus;
(2) refrain from eating and drinking in classrooms; (3) keep current with their
COVID-19 vaccinations or exemptions; (4) stay home if sick; (5) participate in
any required COVID-19 testing; (6) complete the online Health and Safety
Guidelines for Returning to Campus training; and (7) abide by the City of
Chicago Emergency Travel Advisory.
Please note that your
instructor will be wearing a mask during class while he is unable to keep a
safe distance.
The recommendations may change as local, state, and federal guidelines evolve. Students who do not abide by the mask requirement may be subject to the student conduct process and will be referred to the Dean of Students Office. Students who have a medical reason for not complying with any requirements should register with DePaul's Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD).
· DePaul University Counseling Services: Mental health is as important as physical health, and there are professionals a phone call away: (773) 325-7779 or 911 for emergency situations. You can find more information here: https://offices.depaul.edu/student-affairs/about/departments/Pages/ucs.aspx
· The DePaul Dean of Students can help you with a wide range of topics, including figuring out if you should withdraw or apply for an incomplete: https://offices.depaul.edu/student-affairs/about/departments/Pages/dos.aspx
· There are a lot of additional, more specific resources listed with the Office of Student Affairs, including crisis hotlines and sexual assault resources: https://offices.depaul.edu/student-affairs/support-services/counseling/Pages/Crisis-Hotlines.aspx
An incomplete grade is given only for an exceptional reason such as a death in the family, a serious illness, etc. Any such reason must be documented. Any incomplete request must be made at least two weeks before the final and approved by the Dean of the College of Computing and Digital Media. Any consequences resulting from a poor grade for the course will not be considered as valid reasons for such a request.