CSC 235 010 & CSC 235 020, Fall 2020 Syllabus

General Information

Instructor:
Dr. Dylan Schwesinger
Office:
Old Main 259; Phone: (484) 646 - 4389
email:
schwesin@kutztown.edu
Web URL:
https://csitrd.kutztown.edu/~schwesin
Office Hours:
Mo 10:00am – 11:00am, WeFr 10:00am – 12:00pm

Meeting Time & Place:
Section 010: TuTh 8:00am – 9:20am, OM 159
Section 020: TuTh 9:30am – 10:50am, OM 159

Course Description: This course is designed to provide an understanding of and internal execution of a program by a modern digital computer

Prerequiste: CSC 136 and CSC 125

Textbook: Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective, Third Edition (CS:APP3e), by Randall E. Bryant and David R. O’Hallaron, Pearson.

Course Organization

Your participation in the course will involve the following activities:

Regular attendance and class participation are expected, but attendance will not be taken during lectures. Students are responsible for all material covered in class.

The course is designated as an “In Person / Hybrid” course. The official description is: “A regularly scheduled class; students will attend face to face and remotely on a rotation determined by the instructor.” Each class will be streamed live via Zoom. The Zoom meeting link and class rotation are on the course website.

Policies

Assignments

All assignments must include the following information: your name, the course (CSC 235), semester, year, and assignment number. Programming assignments must follow the Computer Science Documentation Standards. Failure to meet these expectations will result in a 10% penalty for that assignment.

All assignments are due on the specified day and time. The penalty for late assignments is 10% (one letter grade) per day. An assignment can be at most three days late. Each student will receive a budget of five grace days for the course. These grace days are provided to allow you to cope with most emergencies that prevent timely assignment completion. Here is how grace days work:

Exams

Exams must be taken when scheduled unless I have approved an alternate time prior to the scheduled exams. Missed exams will be handled on an individual basis and will require written documentation for the absence. University policy will be followed.

Final Grade Assignment

Each student will receive a numeric score for the course based on a weighted average of the following:

The letter grade cutoff points are 93 (A+), 90 (A-), 87 (B+), 83 (B), 80 (B-), 77 (C+), 70 (C), 60 (D).

Bonus Points: The instructor will selectively consider raising individual grades for students just below the cutoffs based on factors such as attendance, class participation, improvement throughout the course, and special circumstances.

Academic Dishonesty

All students should familiarize themselves with the Computer Science Academic Integrity Policy

The remainder of the academic dishonesty policy is adapted from this syllabus. The policy is based on the following beliefs:

Based on these principles, here are guidelines on what forms of resource use, resource sharing, and collaboration are permitted in this course.

Exams: Each exam must be the sole work of the student taking it. No collaboration of any form is allowed on exams. Students may not discuss any aspect of any exam question with someone who has not yet taken the exam.

Assignments and Information Sources: As a general rule, you may not obtain any information about an assignment from an unauthorized source. Clarifications as to which sources are authorized and which are not are as follows:

Assignments and Collaboration As a general rule, you may not provide detailed help with an assignment other students. Clarifications about which forms of aid are authorized and which are not are as follows:

Enforcement

Assignments will be closely monitored for plagiarism. All infractions will be reported to the department chair. The penalty for cheating will be determined on a case-by-case basis, but it will always be worse than having not turned in the assignment.

Email Correspondence

The preferred method of course communication is email. When sending email, please indicate the course number in the subject line by placing it within square brackets, for example, “[CSC 235] Need help on Assignment 1”. All email correspondence must sent from your Kutztown University email address. You can expect a response to an email with a properly formatted subject line within 24 hours. An email with an improperly formatted subject line may get no response at all.

Classroom Etiquette

Consideration for your classmates, instructor, and class is expected. Please come to class on time and prepared to learn. There should be no classroom conversations, sleeping, cell phone usage, or other disruptions to the class.

Zoom Meeting Etiquette

Zoom meetings are one of the primary modalities of this course. Everyone should be professional, behaving as though it is a face-to-face meeting. Here are some guidelines for Zoom class meetings:

COVID-19 Mask Policy

Current research on the COVID-19 virus suggests there is a significant reduction in the potential for transmission of the virus from person to person by wearing a face mask that covers the nose and mouth. As described in the Kutztown University COVID-19 pandemic response plan, students and employees must wear face masks in classrooms, public areas and common spaces on campus, in addition to practicing social distancing. For the safety of everyone, any student not appropriately wearing a face mask will be asked to leave the classroom immediately. The student will be responsible to make up any missed class content or work. Please note, a face shield can be worn in addition to a face mask – not instead of a face mask (unless approved for pre-existing conditions).

The Student Conduct Pandemic Response Guidelines include information on penalties for not wearing face masks in the classroom. Students who demonstrate a willful pattern of non-compliance, expose community members to a serious, demonstrable health risk, and/or do not comply with a directive of a university employee related to a university-approved pandemic regulation are subject to immediate interim suspension from their academic schedule. Full information can be found online.

Accreditation

Any course work submitted to the instructor (including but not limited to assignments, tests, and projects) may be photocopied and retained for the purpose of assessment, accreditation and quality improvement, after removal of any information identifying the student.

Students with Disabilities

Students with diagnosed disabilities or special needs that require accommodations for this course must first contact the Disability Services Office, located in the Office of Human Diversity at 215 Stratton Administration Building. If you have already disclosed a disability, please feel free to speak with me privately so that I may assist you.

Gender-Based Crimes

Educators must report incidents of gender-based crimes, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, dating violence, and domestic violence. If a student discloses such incidents to me during class or in a course assignment, I am not required to report the disclosure, unless the student was a minor at the time the incident occurred. Regardless of the student’s age, if the incident is disclosed to me outside the classroom setting or a course assignment, I am required by law to report the disclosure, including relevant details, such as the names of those involved in the incident, to Public Safety and Police Services and to Mr. Jesus Peña, Title IX Coordinator.

Note: This syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.