Northeastern State University

College of Science and Health Professions

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Tahlequah, OK

 

INSTRUCTOR:

Mr. William G. King 

Office: NET 327          

Office Hours: MTWThF 10:00 a.m. and MWF 2:00 p.m.

Telephone:  918-444-5840

FAX:  918-458-2325

E-mail: kingw@nsuok.edu

URL: http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~kingw

 

Course Title and Number:                                  Class Days and Time:

Computer Science II  -  CS 2163                                             MWF     11:00 a.m

 

PREREQUISITES:

CS 2013 - Computer Science I or an equivalent course with a grade of C or better.

 

CATALOG DESCRIPTION OF COURSE:

A continuation of CS 2013 emphasizing advanced procedural and structural programming concepts including searching and sorting, recursion, pointers/references, dynamic allocation, file I/O, user defined types and advanced problem solving and program design.

  

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: (Required Textbook)

Starting Out With C++,    Tony Gaddis, 6th Ed, 2009

 

Other materials: We will be using Visual Studio 2008 as our IDE. 

 

STUDENT PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES:

Regular class attendance is expected.   The instructor reserves the right to reduce a student’s grade for excessive absences.  The policy is a letter grade reduction for each four absences.  Students with valid excuses such as sickness or death in the immediate family will be excused.  Students are expected to arrive to class on time and be ready to take notes.  Students are expected to participate in classroom discussion when appropriate.  All cell phone should be turned off during class time.

 

STUDENT EVALUATION:

Grades will be based upon formal written examinations and written assignments. The student’s grade will be based upon total points received from the following possible points:

 

3 Hour Exams

300 points

Homework Assignments

200 points

Final Exam

100 points

Total Possible Points

600 points

 

A student's final grade is determined by his or her percentage of the TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS using the following grading scale:

 

GRADING SCALE

A ................ 90%

B ................ 80%

C ................ 65%

D ................ 55%

 

Exam Replacement Policy: If the student=s score on the Final Exam is higher than the lowest regular Exam score, the Final Exam score will replace their lowest Exam score in determining the student=s final grade.

 

Homework Assignment Policy:   Assignments are due in class or in the instructor’s office on the due date specified on the assignment.  Each student will turn in a hard copy of program assignments along with digital copy.   Digital copies will be turned in through my folder on the I drive.  Each student will be given a secure folder to turn in assignments on

            I:\kingw\CS 2613\student_userid.  

The student_userid is your campus login userid.

Assignments turned in after due date, may be penalized up to 50% of the value of the assignment.

 

Withdrawal Policy: November 11th is the ALast Day to Drop with automatic W@.  Last Day to drop a single class or withdraw form NSU is December 11th.

 

Final Exam: Final Exam will be given Monday, December 14 th, at 11:00 a.m.

 

ADA COMPLIANCE:

If any member of the class feels that he/she has a disability and needs special accommodations of any nature whatsoever, the instructor will work with you and the University's Office of Student Affairs to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure that you have a fair opportunity to perform in this class.  Please inform the instructor of such disability and the desired accommodations at the first class attended.