CS 005: Winter 2012

Instructor: Dr. Eamonn Keogh.

eamonn@cs.ucr.edu

Office 318, Winston Chung: EBII

Class Web Page: www.cs.ucr.edu/~eamonn/cs005

Office Hours: Open door policy (or by appointment)

Don't be surprised if there is a surprise quiz on Monday. As always, if you are a second late, you cannot take it....

Lecture  MWF  08:10 a.m. - 09:00 a.m.  in BRNHL A125

Labs (you must be enrolled in one of these labs)

• LABORATORY  F  11:10 a.m. - 02:00 p.m.  ENGR2 133 (Shokoohi-Yekta)
• LABORATORY  F  02:10 p.m. - 05:00 p.m.  ENGR2 133 (Shokoohi-Yekta)

Teaching assistant:

• Mohammad Shokoohi-Yekta   Email: mshok002(at)ucr.edu  Replace (at) with @

TAs office hours are Tuesday 12:30-1:30   Location: Winston Chung Hall, 362

Course Description: 

CS 005 Introduction to Computer Programming 4 Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours. An introduction to computer programming for nonengineering and nonscience majors and for students considering taking CS 010 but needing additional preparation. Topics include the history of computing, basic computer operation, the notion of an algorithm, and programming constructs such as variables, expressions, input/output, branches, loops, functions, parameters, arrays, and strings. Credit is not awarded for CS 005 if it has already been awarded for CS 010.

Grading :

·        Midterm Exam:  ~ 25%

·        Final Exam: ~ 25%

·        Homework Assignments:     ~ 10%

·        Programming Assignments:  ~ 30%

·        Participation / pop quizzes:   ~ 10%

Lecture handouts are here.