cpt165syll

St. Charles Community College
CPT 165 Programming Logic Mrs. Heckel
Tech 105 A	sheckel@stchas.edu	636.922.8568
www.stchas.edu/faculty/sheckel

General Course Information

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Understanding and appreciation of computer problem solving methods. Applies knowledge of specific characteristics of computer language and coding mechanics to logical solution of given problem. Logic and programming techniques apply to any of machine-oriented or high-level languages currently available.

Credit Hours: 3

Text: (required) Farrell, Joyce

Programming Logic and Design, Fifth Edition
Course Technology, Boston, MA; 2008

Time of Class: Fall 2008 Sec. 40 Thursday/Thursday 1:00-2:20 pm

Course Objectives:

describe the structured approach to comuter programming
accurately design program logic
create documentation for simple reports with mathematical calculations, headings, subtotals, conditional inclusion and totals, as well as far more complex file creation, update and maintenance program

Students with special needs: We all have various channels through which we learn best. The College has an Office of Accessibility Services that guides, counsels, and assists students with disabilities. It is located in Room 133 of the Student Center. It is your responsibility to discuss with the instructor during the first week of class anything needed to help you succeed. If you have special needs, please call Pam Bova (922.8247) in the Office of Accessibility Services so that your eligibility for services can be determined.

SCC also offers mental health counseling. If you need help with depression, anger, domestic violence, stress, addiction, eating disorder, or anxiety, please contact Mary Hall at 636.288.6533. Her office is located at ADM 1204.

What the teacher expects from each student

Attendance Policy: Each student is expected to attend all classes. The fact that some of the course is group activity makes attendance at class even more important. If absence is unavoidable, the student is expected to have the textbook material read and any class assignments completed before returning to the next schedule class. Failure to do this will cause the inability to keep up with the class material being discussed.

DO NOT call or e-mail the teacher to find out what we covered in a class that you missed.
This information should be obtained from the course timetable and/or a classmate.

Course Requirements

Read the text as assigned before the class time table (at end of syllabus)
Complete and turn in on time all assignments
Attend lectures and participate in class discussion.
Bring to each class;

a writing instrument, preferably a pencil
paper for notes
your textbook

What the student can expect from the teacher

Office Hours:

Monday 8:00-10:00 am
Tuesday/Thursday 10:00 - 11:30 am
Also available by appointment

Returning assignments/tests to the student: Every effort will be made for all assignments to be returned to all students within one week of the test date or assignment’s due date.

Grading Scale:

A	93-100	Homework	30%
B	85-92	Group Exercises *	30%
C	75-84	Individual Exercises*	30%
D	65-74	Final Exam	10%
F	below 65%

*the lowest grade will not be calculated

All written work

Worksheets / Individual and Group Exercises

Homework

Homework will be the WebCT online worksheets for each chapter. Each chapter will be due the class after we cover the chapter.

Absolutely no homework will be accepted after December 4, 2008.

Individual Exercises

Individual assignments for each chapter can be found on this website. These assignments are due one week after we cover the chapter in the classroom. The lowest grade in this category will be thrown out.

Absolutely no homework will be accepted after December 4, 2008.

Group Exercises

Most weeks, group exercises will be assigned in class. The group assignments can be found on this website. As a group, you will submit only one answer sheet. Group assignments cannot be made up, but missing one will not affect your grade (because the lowest grade is thrown out anyway).

Exams

There are no tests throughout the semester, so there is no need to schedule any make-up tests.

The Final Exam will be planning the logic for a program including storyboards and flowcharts (or pseudocode). You will be allowed to use all of your flowcharts, pseudocode, and notes, but not your textbook for the final exam.

Withdrawal dates and related policies

Last day to apply for Dec 2008 graduation	Aug 22
Last day to change from credit to audit or audit to credit	Sep 12
Last day to drop and receive a "W"	Oct 24

Tentative Time Table

Tues	Thurs	Chapter	Topic
8/19		Introduction to the course
	8/21	Using Visio
8/26		1	An Overview of Computers and Logic
	8/28	1
9/2		No classes -- Labor Day Holiday
	9/4	2	Understanding Structure
9/9		2
	9/11	3	Program Planning: Documentation and Design
9/16		3
	9/18	4	Making Decisions
9/23		4
	9/25	No classes--outside assignment
9/30		5	Looping
	10/2	5
10/7		6	Arrays
	10/9	6
10/14		7	Using Methods
	10/16	7
10/21		8	Control Breaks
	10/23	8
10/28		8
	10/30	9	Advanced Arrays
11/4		9
	11/6	10	File Handling and Applications
11/11		10
	11/13	11	Object-Oriented Programming
11/18		12	Event-Driven GUI Programming
	11/20	12
11/25		13	System Modeling with the UML
	11/27	No classes -- Thanksgiving Day Holiday
12/2		14	Using Relational Databases
	12/4	14
12/9	12/11	Final Exam