CSC 160: Computer Programming for Non-Majors

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science     Prof. A. Wittenstein

114 Alumnae Hall      (516) 877-4486     Wittenstein@adelphi.edu

Spring 2006 Office Hours - TuTh 4:00-4:30pm (in the Gallagher Lab)

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CSC 160 Announcements

1/1/06: The first class is on Thursday January 26.
1/31/06: Homework 2 has been shortened (exercise 1.2.1 has been removed).
1/31/06: Quiz #1 will be on Thursday February 9th during lab time.
2/9/06: Quiz #2 will be on Thursday February 23rd during lab time.
2/16/06 8pm: An e-mail was sent to the class.
2/16/06: I will be holding a makeup office hour from 1-2pm on Monday February 20th. Feel free to drop by with any questions or difficulties.
2/21/06: Please read the following article on Pair Programming for Thursday's class. Sorry it is longer than I thought. In spite of that, this reading assignment should not take more than 20 minutes. If it does, please let me know.
2/23/06: The due date for HW4 is postponed to Sunday March 5th at 11:59pm. Make sure you submit an Interactions Window which includes two tests for every new Scheme function you wrote as part of the animation.
2/23/06: Quiz #2 is postponed to Tuesday February 28th during lab time.
3/2/06: The midterm exam will be on Thursday March 23rd.
3/14/06: The triangle-draw function on the website has been corrected. (The previous version did not work because draw-solid-line0 requires a color as the last argument.)
3/20/06: You need to understand all of these terms and concepts that may be on the midterm.
3/23/06: For students who received less than 80 on the midterm, I have posted some extra credit problems due on Sunday April 2nd.
3/26/06: This assignment was modified on Sunday 3/26 at 9pm.
3/27/06: Quiz #3 will be on Thursday April 6th during lab time.
4/6/06: Revisions (to all questions but #2) due Monday April 10th (NOT the 17th) at 11:59 p.m.
4/6/06: Quiz #3 is postponed to Thursday April 20th during lab time.
4/20/06: Quiz #4 will be on Tuesday May 2nd during lab time.
4/20/06: The university has scheduled a regular class on Thursday May 11th (Emergency/Study Day) to makeup for the cancelled class on March 2nd. Attendance is required!
4/27/06: The final exam will be on Tuesday May 16th at 3:30 p.m. in our usual classroom. For more information, click here.
4/27/06: Here are the solutions to HW8.
5/10/06: Here are the solutions to HW9.
5/15/06: Here are the solutions to HW10. Be sure to read over and understand the extra credit question, as a very similar question will be on the final exam. If you do not understand it after reading over the solution, please email me to let me know.
5/16/06 7:30pm: All Spring 2006 course grades have been posted to CLASS. For the curious, here is the course grade distribution. Enjoy your summer!