CSCE 101 - Computer Science & E



University of South Carolina at Columbia   

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

CSCE 101-Z1B - Introduction to Computer Concepts

Online Course - Spring 2014

March 18th – May 6th

Instructor:  Orren Mckay

Office: Byrnes Building 607C

Office Hours:  Monday 2pm-5pm. Other times by appointment.

Office Phone: call or text 803-450-0022.

Email:  mckayj@mailbox.sc.edu (If you email and don’t hear back in 24 hours, please text or call. Sometimes the SPAM filter catches student’s email)

Course website:  (Check this site on a weekly basis, in addition to blackboard for class work and information)

Course Description [from Computer Science home page ]: History, application, and social impact of computers; problem-solving, algorithm development, applications software, and programming in a procedural language. Open to all majors. Carolina Core ARP.

Prerequisite - There are no prerequisites. This course is open to all USC students.

Required Textbook: Dale & Lewis, Computer Science Illuminated. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2012. Fifth Edition. ISBN-10: 1449672841. ISBN-13: 978-1449672843.

Required Software: App Inventor (free download), Notepad++, SciTE, or for mac users TextWrangler (all available for free download) and Internet Explorer/Firefox

Useful Additional Materials – USB/flash drive

Learning outcomes – Specific outcomes of instruction are that students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the ability to find a solution and write an algorithm when given an English description of a task to be accomplished (that is, a problem statement)

2. Demonstrate the ability write, execute, test, and debug computer programs in a high-level language

3. Demonstrate the mastery and use of the concepts and proper terminology related to computer science

Grading: The grade is calculated using the standard curve: A: 90-100, B+: 87-89, B: 80-86, C+: 77-79, C: 70-76, D+: 67-69, D: 60-66, F: ................
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