% St. George course info sheet % \documentclass[10pt,twoside]{article} \usepackage{fancyheadings,rotating,graphics} \newcommand{\ignore}[1]{} %% Page layout. \setlength{\textheight}{\paperheight} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1.5in} \setlength{\topmargin}{-.625in} \addtolength{\topmargin}{-.5\headheight} \setlength{\headsep}{.375in} \addtolength{\headsep}{-.5\headheight} \setlength{\footskip}{.375in} \setlength{\textwidth}{\paperwidth} \addtolength{\textwidth}{-1in} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-.5in} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{-.5in} \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} %% Headings. \pagestyle{fancy} \let\headrule=\empty \let\footrule=\empty \lhead{{\bfseries CSC108H}} \chead{{\bfseries Course Information Sheet}} \rhead{{\bfseries Spring 2003}} \lfoot{{University of Toronto}} \cfoot{{Department of Computer Science}} \rfoot{{Page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}} %\documentclass[10]{article} % %\usepackage{rotating} % %%\pagestyle{myheadings} %\topmargin -40pt %\advance \topmargin by -\headheight %\advance \topmargin by -\headsep %\textheight 9.8in %\oddsidemargin -0.5cm %\evensidemargin \oddsidemargin %\marginparwidth 0.5in %\textwidth 17cm %\footskip .4in % space between footer and bottom of body %\parindent 0pt %\parskip 0.5em %%\usepackage{headerfooter} %\setlength{\parindent}{0mm} %%\setlength{\titlewidth}{.15\textwidth} %%\setlength{\bodywidth}{.85\textwidth} %\newcounter{s} %\newcommand{\cnt}{\addtocounter{s}{1}\arabic{s}} %\pageheader{University of Toronto}{}{{\bf CSC}{\large\bf 148S, Spring 2000}} %\pagefooter{}{}{} %% Formatting macro for each information category. \newenvironment{category}[1]% {\ifvmode\else\unskip\par\fi\vfill\noindent \smash{\parbox[t]{1.125in}{\raisebox{-5.5ex}{\begin{turn}{30} \parbox[t]{1in}{\centering\bfseries#1}\end{turn}}}} \begin{minipage}[t]{6.25in}\par\ignorespaces}% {\ifvmode\else\unskip\par\fi\end{minipage}\par\vfill\ignorespaces} %% `itemize' with less vertical space. \renewenvironment{itemize}% {\ifvmode\else\unskip\par\fi\begin{list}{$\bullet$}% {\setlength{\topsep}{.25ex plus .125ex minus .1825ex} \setlength{\itemsep}{\topsep}\setlength{\parsep}{0ex} \setlength{\leftmargin}{1.5em}\setlength{\labelsep}{.5em} \setlength{\labelwidth}{.75em}}\ignorespaces}% {\ifvmode\else\unskip\fi\end{list}\par\ignorespaces} \def\singlesp{\setlength{\baselineskip}{10pt}} \let\strong\textbf \begin{document} %\vspace*{-2cm} %University of Toronto \hfill Department of Computer Science \hfill %CSC108S, Winter 2001 \begin{category}{Overview} Welcome to CSC108H at St. George Campus. The course consists of lectures given by your professor, and closed labs and tutorials given by a TA. You are in one of two lecture sections given on the St. George campus. \noindent \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|} \hline Section & Instructor & Office & Email & Phone \\ \hline L0101 and L5101 & Danny Heap & SF 4306A & heap@cs.toronto.edu & 416-978-5899 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center} This info sheet contains vital information about how the course works, and is required reading. The course has a website: \begin{center}\verb|http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~heap/108|\end{center} It contains information that you are responsible for knowing: assignment handouts, course announcements, computer lab information, forms for remark requests, medical certificates, and more. There are also many extra-help resources listed there. You must become familiar with the structure of the website site during the first week of classes. You should plan to frequently read both the \textit{Announcements} page (for general announcements) and the individual \textit{Assignment Announcements} page (for information regarding the current assignment). \end{category} \begin{category}{Things to buy} \begin{list}{}{\setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}\setlength{\parsep}{0pt}} \item \textbf{API Reference:} J.N. Clarke,\textit{The Java API: An Introduction for Students,} (July, 2001). \item \textbf{The PC handbook:} J.N. Clarke (ed.), \textit{How to prepare programs on the Computer Science PC Facility}, PC~01 (August, 2001) \item \textbf{Texts:} The Horstmann/Gries bundle: \textit{Big Java} by Cay Horstmann, and \textit{ProgramLive: A Multimedia Java Learning Resource} by Gries\&Gries. There is a discount on this at the university bookstore. \end{list} \end{category} \begin{category}{Marking scheme} \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} \hline Work & Weight & Comment \\ \hline Labs (11) & 10\% & We will take the best 10 of 11 lab marks.\\ Assignments (4) & 40\% & Each is worth 10\%. See below for weirdness. \\ Midterm & 10\% & 1-hour test during week 6 Wednesday lecture. \\ Final exam & 40\% & 3 hours during exam period. \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{center} You must get a 40\% or above on the exam; otherwise you automatically fail the course, regardless of your term mark. \end{category} \begin{category}{Lecture schedule} \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Week} & \textbf{Dates}& \textbf{Notes}& \textbf{Important dates} \\ \hline 1 & 6--10 Jan & & 6 Jan First day of classes \\ \hline 2 & 13--17 Jan & Labs start & 19 Jan Last day to add courses\\ \hline 3 & 20--24 Jan & & \\ \hline 4 & 27--31 Jan & A1 program (due Thursday) & \\ \hline 5 & 3--7 Feb& A1 quiz (in tutorial) & \\ \hline 6 & 10--14 Feb& Midterm (in Wednesday lecture) & \\ & & No lab in week 6! & 14 Feb Exam timetable posted \\ \hline & 17--21 Feb & & Reading Week\\ \hline 7 & 24--28 Feb& A2 program (due Thursday) &\\ \hline 8 & 3--7 Mar & A2 quiz (in tutorial) & 9 Mar Last day to drop S courses \\ \hline 9 & 10--14 Mar & & \\ \hline 10 & 17--21 Mar & A3 program (due Thursday) &\\ \hline 11 & 24--28 Mar & A3 quiz (in tutorial) &\\ \hline 12 & 31 Mar--4 Apr & & \\ \hline 13 & 7--11 Apr& A4 program (due Thursday)& 11 Apr Last day of classes\\ & & A4 quiz (in tutorial) & \\ \hline & 21 April--9 May & Final exams & \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{category} \newpage \begin{category}{Pair-\reflectbox{Pair} programming} You may work on program assignments with a partner. A maximum of two students per partnership, and you both must indicate your partnership to your TA or course instructor at least a week in advance of your assignment's due date. You may not choose the same partner for two consective programs.\\ Studies have shown that learning to program in pairs is more effective than learning to program alone, \emph{even for the better student in the pair}. \end{category} \begin{category}{Assignments} Each assignment consists of two parts: a program and a minimum-standards quiz. Your assignment mark is calculated by multiplying your program mark by your quiz mark. The quizzes really are minimum-standard: they are supposed to be easy, and we expect you to get 100\% on each quiz. Their only intent is to gauge whether you have contributed significantly on the assignment. If you come to lecture and put good effort into the labs and programs, you will almost certainly learn enough to get 100\% on the quizzes. We will be providing sample quiz questions so that you can practice the material.\\ Program handouts will be available on the course web site approximately two weeks before they are due. We will not be distributing paper handouts. Programs will normally be submitted electronically from the computer lab or from home. The course website contains detailed instructions about the process.\\ Programs are due at 6 pm on Thursday; see the front page for the detailed schedule. There is a penalty for submitting a program after the due time. The following formula gives the percentage penalty that will be subtracted from your assignment mark, where $h$ is the number of hours past the 6 pm deadline: \begin{center} $penalty = h^2/48 + h$ \end{center} Here are some rough data points for late penalties. For the first several hours, it's roughly 1\% per hour.\\ \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{r|l|c} Hours & Penalty & Effect on \\ late & (percent) & Course mark \\ \hline 1 & 1 & 0.1\% \\ 2 & 2 & 0.2\% \\ 6 & 7 & 0.7\% \\ 12 & 15 & 1.5\% \end{tabular} \hspace*{.2in} \begin{tabular}{r|l|c} Hours & Penalty & Effect on \\ late & (percent) & Course mark \\ \hline 24 & 36 & 3.6\% \\ 36 & 63 & 6.3\% \\ 48 & 96 & 9.6\% \\ 49.3 & 100 (roughly) & 10\% \end{tabular} \end{center} \end{category} \begin{category}{Closed labs} Closed labs start in the second week of the course. Please sign up for a lab time on the \textit{Labs and Tutorials} section of the web site. You must attend the lab to which you are assigned. \end{category} \begin{category}{Tutorials} There are four tutorials: they contain the minimum-standards quizzes, followed by a review of the assignment solution. \end{category} \begin{category}{Illness} If you miss a lab, the midterm, or a quiz due to illness, you must complete a ``Missed Test'' form from the course web site. Submit the completed form (including a Student Medical Certificate) to your instructor during an office hour as soon as you return to school from your illness. \end{category} \begin{category}{Policy on plagiarism} Submitting work that is not your own or helping others to do so is a very serious academic offense. We will enforce the faculty rules about plagiarized assignments. We will be checking your submissions against those of all other 108 students at all campuses of the U of T. See the course web page for a discussion about what is considered cheating and how to avoid doing it. \end{category} %% Reference for footers. \label{LastPage} \end{document}