CS 101

CS 101
Algorithms and Programming I

Description: Basic computer literacy: terminology, system components and operation. Fundamentals of computer programming: top-down structured design, sequence, decision, repetition, syntax, compilation, debugging and maintenance, object-oriented programming with Java, objects, classes, methods, parameters, arrays, layout and style. The emphasis is on an engineering ''right-first-time'' approach to solving problems using computers. Credit units: 4, ECTS Credit units: 7.

Semester: Spring 2017

Text Book: Cay S. Horstmann, Big Java: Late Objects, Wiley, 2013.

Section: 01 (Details...)
Instructor: H. Altay Güvenir (Room: EA-418)

Section: 02 (Details...)
Instructor: H. Altay Güvenir (Room: EA-418)

Section: 03 (Details...)
Instructor: Erman Ayday (Room: EA-529)

Unilica: Students must log in to Unilica to access the lab exams.

The Honor Code Statement must be signed by every student and returned to his/her TA.

If you are not sure about what source code plagiarism is, please read the following paper:
Mike Joy, Georgina Cosma, Jane Yin-Kim Yau, and Jane Sinclair, "Source Code Plagiarism - A Student Perspective",
IEEE Transaction on Education Vol. 15, No. 1, (2011), 125-132.

Official Syllabus: is here.

Lab Exams:

Lab 0: Computer Literacy (February 20, 21, 22, 2017)
Lab 1: (February 27, 28; March 1, 2017)
Lab 2: (March 6, 7, 8, 2017)
Lab 3: (March 13, 14, 15, 2017)
Lab 4: (March 20, 21, 22, 2017)
Lab 5: (March 27, 28, 29, 2017)
Lab 6: (April 3, 4, 5, 2017)
Lab 7: (April 10, 11, 12, 2017)
Lab 8: (April 17, 18, 19, 2017)
Lab 9: (April 24, 25, 26, 2017)
Lab 10: (May 8, 9, 10, 2017)

Homework

Midterm Exam: Date and Time: April 8, 2017 (Saturday) 10:00 - 12:00; Rooms: B-Z01, B-Z02, B-Z04, B-Z05, B-Z08, B-204. Open-books, Open-notes
Midterm Makeup Exam: Date and Time: To Be Announced Open-book, Open-notes
Final Exam: Date and Time: May 30, 2016 (Tuesday), 12:30 - 15:00 Rooms: EE-03, EE-04, EE-05, EE-214, EE-317. Open-books, Open-notes

Important: Students cannot leave the exam room during the first 30 minutes. No student can enter the exam room in 30 minutes after the exam started.

Grading Policy:

Lab exams : 25%

Quizzes : 10%

Homework : 5%

Midterm Exam : 30%

Final Exam : 30%

The Minimum Requirement to be able to take the Final Exam:
Students will receive an FZ grade unless they score more than 30% on the midterm, AND have a minimum 75% lab average, AND score minimum 25% on the essay homework.

Important notes:

Lab 0 (ungraded lab) will be held on the fourth week of the semester. Please attend this lab to meet your TA and learn about the basics of computer systems such as using Bilkent's web mail system, organizing the H: drive, using MS-Office, etc.
You will have 10 graded lab assignments throughout the semester.
Each lab assignment must be solved in an exam-like environment (no talking with your friends, no cheating).
Do not forget to zip your solution of each lab with the correct name in the form SecX_LabY_Surname_Name.zip before uploading it in Unilica !
The quizzes will be pop-up quizzes. 40% of a quiz grade is reserved for attendance.
You will receieve a 0 for any lab/quiz you don't attend without a legal report/permission from university. No make up examinations will be given for labs and quizzes.
Those who have missed the midterm or final exam due to officially reported health problems can apply for make up exams.

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Lab exams	:	25%
Quizzes	:	10%
Homework	:	5%
Midterm Exam	:	30%
Final Exam	:	30%