CS 100: Introduction to the Computer Science Profession

Fall 2009

Instructor: Prof. Kenneth L. Calvert, calvert@netlab.uky.edu, 257-3961, office 773C Anderson Tower (on Wednesdays and Fridays I am at 228 Hardymon, 257-6745).

The complete syllabus has complete information about grading and other policies.


Announcements

Watch this space for announcements, advice, and assignments.
18   Nov Team Assignments for Homework 5 are available here. (Sorry, team assignments are random and final.)
3   Nov Next week is the in-class Exam. You are responsible for any material in slides posted below. This includes Ethics and Professional Responsibility and Five-Minute Madness. Also you should know what Brian Raney's one point was (from today's lecture). Your homework for this week is to study for the quiz.
13   Oct Class will start at 4:00 on October 13 (30 minutes later than usual) to accomodate the speaker's schedule.
6   Oct Class will start at 3:45 on October 6 (15 minutes later than usual).
6  Oct You are encouraged to attend the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Davis Marksbury Building. The ceremony will be held Tuesday, 6 October at 2:00pm in the parking lot next to the Hardymon Building, at the corner of Rose and Maxwell. At the end of the ceremony an aerial photo will be taken of students standing on the outline of the new building. Refreshments will be served afterward. We will have class that day.
29 Sep There is no homework assignment due Tuesday, October 6th.
31 Aug Ms. Megan Boone, Assistant Director of Career Services, and Ms. Ilka Balk, Director of the Engineering Co-op program, will describe the programs and services available to engineering students on September 15th.
31 Aug The CS Department Picnic will be held Tuesday, 8 September at Woodland Park. We will meet in CB 102 as usual at 3:30, have (part of) class, and then walk to Woodland Park together. Attendance will be taken at Woodland Park.

Homework Assignments

When turning in homework: Please write your name, the assignment number (e.g., "HW 3") in the top-right corner of the first page of what you turn in. (Note well that the first assignment is number 0!) Please staple any multi-page solutions.


Calendar

1 September Course Intro; Why it's a great time to be a CS major
8 September Intro to the CS Department; "What is CS?"; Picnic
15 September Ilka Balk and Megan Boone: Career Services and Resume advice
22 September The Composition Paradigm; CS Program Outcomes
29 September Kelley Sloane, Director of Enterprise Software Marketing, Hewlett-Packard
6 October Marksbury Groundbreaking; Communication; Little's Law
13 October Prof. Brent Seales, Computer Science: Digitizing Artifacts
20 October Megan Winfield, Software Development Manager, Perot Systems
27 October GE Consumer and Industrial Products
3 November Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Faculty 5-Minute Madness
10 November TBD; Exam
17 November Prof. Judy Goldsmith, Computer Science
24 November NO CLASS
1 December Team Exercise
8 December The Last Lecture

Additional Materials

Slides from Lectures


Ken Calvert
Last modified: Tue 3 Nov 21:50:45 EST 2009