rev 8/18/13 1 Introduction to Programming System Design CSCI 455x (4 Units) Description This course covers programming in Java and C++. Topics include review of basic programming concepts such as control structures, functions, and arrays; coverage of more advanced programming topics such as classes and linked lists; use of a container class library to program with tools such as a map class and a sort function; and an introduction to algorithm analysis. There will also be an emphasis on good development techniques such as good code style and documentation, unit testing and use of debugging tools. A second goal of the course is to introduce the Unix programming environment, including tools such as the shell, simple shell scripts, and makefiles. Prerequisite: minimal programming experience in a high-level language Instructor Claire Bono Contact Info [email protected] | SAL 310 | 213-740-4510 Lecture 3 hours / week Lab 2 hours / week Textbook Big Java Early Objects, 5th Ed., by Cay Horstmann, Wiley ISBN 978-1-118-70201-7 Note: this ISBN is for a less-expensive unbound binder-ready version, and is available in the campus bookstore. There is also a relatively inexpensive electronic version available on coursesmart.com. If you prefer a regular softcover book, it’s available from other booksellers under ISBN 978-1-118-43111-5. Assignments Programming assignments are graded on thorough testing, documentation, and style, as well as correctness. All work to be submitted for the class is to be done individually unless an assignment specifies otherwise. Late policy for programming assignments. You may turn in a program up to two days late for a penalty of 10% of the available points. So, for example, if you would have gotten a 70/100, you will get 60/100 instead (not 63). After the two day grace period, a late program receives no credit. Computing environment All submitted programs must compile and run on aludra Sun java compiler for java programs and the g++ compiler for C++ programs. Aludra is a time-share Unix computer on the SCF file system. You can access it remotely from PC's on or off campus using the x-win32 software, or from Macs using the X11 or XQuartz application. The first lab will be focused on introducing the programming environment. If you choose to develop your programs on your own computer using another environment (e.g., Eclipse or Visual C++) you are responsible for making sure your code compiles and2 runs on the SCF environment before submitting. Labs The lab is intended for practicing some of the techniques learned in class on the computer in an environment where you can get immediate help from the teaching assistant. Labs meet once a week for two hours. They will start the first week of classes. You will be given the lab exercises a few days before the lab: some require some advance preparation. You may complete the lab exercises before the lab period if you wish, but they are due during your lab section. If you finish early, you are free to leave (once you get the lab checked off) or spend the rest of the time working on your other CS 455 assignments. Each set of lab exercises usually can earn you up to 4 points. There be will up to roughly 40 lab points total. To take some of the pressure off the lab score only 80% of the available points are applicable towards your final score in the class (but scaled to be worth 10% of the total course score). This gives you some leeway if you have to miss a lab, or if you don't have time to solve all of the problems one day. Den students. Den students will complete their labs remotely, and submit them electronically. Den students do not have to be available during the lab session. They can get help on the lab the same way they do for other assignments: generally via email (whenever) or by phone (during office hours) with someone on the course staff. Exams All exams are closed book, closed note. Makeup exams will not be given. Absence due to a serious illness will be an acceptable reason for missing an exam, and the final grade will be scaled accordingly. The exam dates will be announced the first day of class. Website https://www-scf.usc.edu/~csci455 Grading The following is the relative weight of each part of the course work. At the end of the semester, you will have a score out of 100 percent. This score will be used in a class curve to arrive at a letter grade. I guarantee that >=90 will be some kind of A, >=80 will at least be some kind of B, >=70 will at least be some kind of C, and that >=60 will at least be some kind of D. Programming assignments 30% Labs 10% Midterm Exam 1 10% Midterm Exam 2 20% Final Exam 30% Total 100% Academic Integrity The USC Student Conduct Code prohibits plagiarism. All USC students are responsible for reading and following the Student Conduct Code, which appears in the sections on University Governance (sections 10.00-16.00) in the current version of SCampus. SCampus is available on the web at http://scampus.usc.edu (follow the link on University Governance on the left). In this course we encourage students to study together. This includes discussing high level general strategies to be used on individual assignments. But it would not, for example, include jointly developing pseudo-code for an assignment solution with another student. All3 work submitted for the class is to be done individually, unless an assignment specifies otherwise. Also, all exams are closed book, closed note. Some examples of what is not allowed by the conduct code: copying all or part of someone else's work and submitting it as your own, giving another student in the class a copy of your assignment solution, consulting with another student during an exam, using a solution or adapted solution to an assignment that you found on the web. The outside code resources students will be allowed to use in assignments for this class are limited to code written by the course staff for the purposes of helping students in the course, or code from the textbook for this course. If you do use any such code not written by you, you are required to acknowledge your sources in your README file. If you have questions about what is allowed, please discuss it with the instructor. Because of past problems with plagiarism in this and other computer science courses, we may be running all submitted programming assignments through sophisticated plagiarism-detection