CS 201 - Introduction to Computing
Fall 2008

3 credits

Instructors:  Section A: Albert Levi, FENS 1091, x9563, levi@sabanciuniv.edu
                      Section B: Gülşen Demiröz, FENS L026, x9559, gulsend@sabanciuniv.edu                    
Office Hours: Whenever we are in our office (We are generally in our offices)
Caution: There is another Albert Levi who is a graduate of SU Material Science and Engineering. Check the email address while writing!

Syllabus is here

Assistants' web site (office hours)

Schedule

Lectures:
Section A:    Monday 11:40 - 13:30, Tuesday 15:40 - 16:30, FASS G062 (auditorium)
Section B:    Monday 15:40 - 17:30, Tuesday 16:40 - 17:30, FASS G062 (auditorium)

Labs/Recitations:   Sections A1,A2, A3, A4, A5, A6: Thursday 14:40 – 17:30, see schedule for the places
                                Sections B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7: Thursday 8:40 – 11:30, see schedule for the places
                                Sections C1, C2,C3, C4, C5, C6: Friday 11:40 – 14:30, see schedule for the places
                                Sections D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6: Friday 14:40 – 17:30, see schedule for the places

Announcements

Textbook

A Computer Science Tapestry, 2nd Edition, Owen L. Astrachan (available in Homer)

The book has a good website at which you can access the codes shown in the book as well as partially the book itself in pdf form.
Its address is http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/tapestry/

The syllabus that is/will be distributed in the first class is here. The course description and the a list of topics that will be covered in class are there.

Lecture Notes and Codes discussed in class are distributed here

Installation guides
For Windows XP users: Visual C++ 6.0 and MSDN library installation from network
For Windows Vista users: Please follow this link for detailed information about Visual C++ 6.0 and MSDN library installation

The programs in the book are in these zip file

Lecture notes of Section A (Albert Levi)

Lecture notes of Section B (Gülşen Demiröz)

Exams

Sample Midterm 1 Questions are here. Solutions are here.
Click here for Midterm 1 Solutions
Sample Midterm 2 Questions are here. Solutions are here.
Click here for Midterm 2 Solutions
Sample Final Exam Questions are here. Solutions are here.
Click here for Final Exam Solutions

First midterm exam will be on Saturday, November 22, 2008, in the morning (exact time will be announced later).
Second midterm exam will be on Friday, December 26, 2008, 17:40 - 19:30.
Final Exam has been scheduled by SR/ÖK. It is on January 22, 2009, Thursday at 09:00.

Homework - assigned and collected at SUCourse.

There will be 7 programming homework. Recitations will mostly be used for clarification about the homework. Late penalty is 10% of full grade for each day (only one late day is allowed). You have to submit your own work!

Tentative Grading

Two Midterm Exams:  23% (each)
Final Exam: 34%
Homeworks: 20% (total) - 7 homework will be assigned and they are not of equal weight

Important Notice about grading: Weighted average is not the only criterion in letter grading; exam average may also be taken into consideration.

Expectations form Students