CompSci 94, Fall 2022, Syllabus

Professor: Susan Rodger

Office: LSRC D237
OFFICE HOURS (In person and on zoom):
MON 4-5pm, TUE 1-2PM, THU 5-6pm
(subject to change, will post on ED if they have to be moved)
The zoom link for my office hours are posted
in Sakai and on Ed.
Email:

Graduate TA: Yanping Zhang

Office Hours: on consult page
Email: yz488 AT cs.duke.edu

Consult/Office Hours

See the Help tab for everyone's office hours in a weekly format

Undergraduate TAs

UTA: Nirvan Silswal

UTA: Karen Wang

UTA: Isabelle Xiong

Course Meeting Time

LECTURE:

Tuesday and Thursday:
LSRC D106, 8:30am-9:45am

Videos/Quizzes

This course will have videos to watch before coming to class. In general you should watch the videos in order to be prepared to ask and answer questions in class. If you've looked at the material before it's discussed in class you'll get much more out of the class discussion. This is especially true once class has been going for a while.

You must have a Duke netid to watch them. The site is https://warpwire.duke.edu/w/jd0CAA/ .

We will have online quizzes due starting September 1 that you need to complete before 8:30AM the day they are due. The idea is for you to read or watch videos and then answer questions about them, BEFORE coming to class. Online quizzes will be available at least two days before they are due, likely earlier. You can take them at most 3 times until they turn off. We do not turn them back on, so be sure to take them before they turn off.

The first two weeks with Drop/Add the quizzes will stay up longer. Starting September 13, quizzes will turn off when they are due.

Text

There is NO required textbook.

There is an optional textbook if you still want a book, but you shouldn't need it. We will not reference this book.

(Optional) Alice 3 to Java - Learning Creative Programming through Storytelling and Gaming - by Wanda Dann, Don Slater, Laura Paoletti and Dave Culyba, Pearson, 2018, (483 pages).

NOTE: This class only focuses on Alice 3. This book also has chapters on Java that we will not do.

Web page

Many of the materials for this course (including this page) are available on
http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/fall22/compsci094/

Bulletin Board

You should regularly read the bulletin board (Ed) as it may contain announcements, hints, and information relevant to this class. Ed is accessible through our Sakai site.

Classwork

Class attendence is REQUIRED. We will be programming in class every day. Many times classwork will need to be completed outside of class. This is homework that will count as part of your classwork grade. Class work must be turned in by the next class period.

Classwork (starting with Classwork 1 on Sept 1) can only be checked off 1) during class OR 2) in Prof. Rodger's office hours only if you have a valid reason for missing class and you filled out the need extension form on the forms page on the course web site.

LATE POLICY on Classwork:

Classwork is due by the next class period. If you do not finish classwork in class, you must finish it by the next class period to receive full credit. Classwork turned in late or not checked off by the due date is 10% off if turned in one class period late. Classwork is 20% off if turned in two class periods late. Classwork is not accepted after that. If you have a valid reason why your classwork is late, you must fill out the extension form on the course web site on the forms page.

Programming Assignments and Final Project

All programming assignments (except the first one) will use the tool Alice 3, the most recent version. (NOT THE BETA VERSION, NOT THE NETBEANS VERSION.) See the resources tab for more info on downloading Alice 3.

The final programming assignment is called the final project.

LATE POLICY on Assignments: Assignments turned in up to 3 days late are 10% off (Sunday does not count as a late day). Assignments turned in by 1 week are 20% off. They must be turned in within one week late. See Prof. Rodger immediately if you are having difficulty with this.

Collaboration

Unless otherwise stated, computing projects should be your own work. If you are assigned a partner to work with, you can work together and help each other, but you still both have to write your own code and turn in your own code. In both cases you may consult with one or two other students (and as many times as you want with TA's and Prof. Rodger). Consult means you can discuss the project before writing it, and get help with debugging your project, but you should write your own code. Writing one project and making multiple copies of it is not acceptable! For each assignment you will fill out a REFLECT form and you are expected to include a list of the people with whom you have consulted (including students, TA's, tutors, professors) on the assignment.

Tests and online quizzes must be your own work. There is no collaboration with others for them.

Grading

Your grade is calculated using the following percentages.

Classwork	30%
Assignments	25%
Final Project	10%
Sakai Quizzes	5%
Exams	30%

There will be three exams (dates will be on the calendar). There is no final exam.

Grading is done on an absolute, but adjustable scale. This means that there is no curve. Anyone earning 90% or more of the total number of points available will receive a grade in the A range (A+,A,A-), with 94 the cutoff for an A; 80% = B range, 70% = C range, 60% = D range.

The tests will be closed-book.

CompSci 94, Fall 2022 Syllabus