SCMP 118 - Introduction to Programming in C++

Spring 2018: Section 01: 1:10-2:30PM TH

Instructor: James Skon

This course presents an introduction to computer programming intended both for those who plan to take further courses in which a strong background in computation is desirable and for those who are interested in learning basic programming principles. The course will expose the student to a variety of applications where an algorithmic approach is natural and will include both numerical and non-numerical computation. The principles of program structure and style will be emphasized. Offered every semester.

Course Information

  • James Skon
  • Office Hayes Hall 303
  • Office Hours: 3-4 TH, 11-12 MWF
  • Phone: (740) 427-5369
  • Textbook: Problem Solving with C++ 8th, 9th, or 10th ed, by Walter Savitch.
  • Pearson.Problem.Solving.with.C.7th.Ed.Walter.Savitch.2009.pdf: Text_Book_Seventh_Ed
  • Room and Time: PRCL09, 9:40-11:00 and 1:10-2:30 Tuesday and Thursday
  • Paperless: This course is intentionally paperless. All assignments are turned in online through Moodle. The instructor will normally not accept work written or printed on paper. (Any exceptions must be pre-approved by the instructor).

Tutors and Graders

  • Tutors: TBD
  • Tutoring schedule: TBD
  • Graders: TBD

Resources

Code Lab

CodeLab is a tool that develops coding skills and understanding through coding exercises. The best way to learn to program is to program! Just like the best way to learn to play a sport is to play that sport. CodeLab assignments are NOT accepted late. Code lab is required, and counts for 15% of your grade.

Assignments

Due Date: All assignments are due by midnight the day of due unless otherwise specified. There will be a 12 hour grace period during which the student will received a penalty equal to 5% of the value of the assignment; any assignments submitted more than 12 hours late will not be accepted. Exception: Each student may have a 24 hour extension on one lab and one history without penalty. This extension will be applied to the first assignment submitted outside the grace period (or retroactively used to cancel one grace-period penalty if not used by the end of the semester.)

Missing Lab Assignments: Labs are an important part of this class; the effort spent on them is a crucial part of the learning process. Failure to submit labs is unacceptable: students earning 0s on two assignments cannot receive a grade higher than a B- for the course; students earning three 0s will receive an automatic F for the course.

Collaboration and Academic: In order to facilitate learning, students are encouraged to discuss assignments amongst themselves. Copying a solution is not, however, the same as “discussing.'' A good rule of thumb is the “cup of coffee'' rule. After discussing a problem, you should not take away any written record or notes of the discussion. Go have a cup of coffee or cocoa, and read the front page of the newspaper. If you can still re-create the problem solution afterward from memory, then you have learned something, and are not simply copying. (The “group problems” are exempt from this, as they are intended to be done together.)

Computer History Assignments: Once a week you will turn in a brief essay on some computer history fact from the Computer History Museum ( Timeline) (or other computer history source). One or two people people will be chosen each week to oraly describe what they found in 2 minutes at the beginning of class. I will ask for volunteers, but will cycle through everyone before I repeat anyone. The idea is give to us all an opportunity to explore the history of computer science, and to find something that interests each of us. Start by going to the computer history timeline, and for each assignment explore the requested years until you find something interesting. Then write up a 200-300 word essay about what you found, what you found compelling, and why you think it is significant. Write the essay in Moodle, and include a link to the item you found so it can be displayed while you share in class. These are due midnight before the day they will be presented (and appear in the calendar below). Late submissions will not be accepted on these assignments.

Course Grades

Category % NotesSorted ascending
Code Lab 15% All questions equal weight
History Essays 5% Equally distributed
Labs 45% Equally distributed
Quizzes 10% Equally distributed
Exams 25% Midterm 10%, Final 15%

Course Calendar

May be subject to change as course unfolds. Asways check here for latest update.

Date Required Reading Notes/Hands On/Links Code Samples Quiz Slides CodeLab Assignment Due
Jan 16 Chapter 1 - Introduction to Computers and C++ Programming. Our Computing Environment. Trying C++, using CodeLab Netbeans First Program CodeDay1   Ch1.ppt    
Jan 18 Evening (7:00) in Hayes 311. Help installing Netbeans on your Laptop.            
Jan 23 Chapter 1.3-1.4 and C++ Programming. Our Computing Environment. Notes2 Hands on Code2   Day2.pptx    
Jan 25 Chapter 2.1-2.2 - C++ Basics (Variables, Assignments, I/O) Notes3 Hands on CodeDay3 Link 1 ch2-2.1-2.pptx 1. First Exercises,
Comments 		Lab 0 Chapter 1
 Lab 0 Sample Code
Jan 30 Chapter 2.2-2.5 - Data Types, Expressions, Flow Control, Style Notes4 Hands on CodeDay4 Link 2 ch2.3-5.ppt 2. Assignment,
Input And Output,
Integers,
Other Expressions,
Data 		1930s
Feb 1 Chapter 3.1-3.3 - Boolean Expressions, Branches, Loops Notes5 CodeDay5 Link 3 ch2.3-5.ppt
ch_03-1.ppt 		3. Logical Expressions,
Arithemetic Expressions, Branching Statements 		Lab 1-1 Chapter 2
Feb 6 Chapter 3.3-3.4 - More on Loops Notes5 CodeDay5   ch_03.ppt 4. Techniques1, Conditionals, Loops, Constants Lab 1-2 Chapter 2
Feb 8 Chapter 3.3-3.4 - More on Loops Notes Quote Code Link 4
ch_03-Part3.ppt 		  1940-1944
Feb 13 Chapter 4.1-4.2 - Introduction to Functions Functions Code1 Code2 Link 5 ch4.1-3.ppt
ch_04.4-6.ppt 		   
Feb 15 Chapter 4.3-4.6 - Procedural Abstraction, Local Variables, and Overloading Names.
Chapter 5.1-5.3 - void Functions, Call-By-Referance, Procedural Abstraction 		Functions2 Hands On
 Hands On
Code
Code 		 

ch_04.4-6.ppt

CH_5.1-3.ppt

 5. Functions,
Type casting, Boolean Expressions, Multiway If-Else, Switch, Iteration

1945-1949

Lab 2 Chapter 3
Feb 20 Chapter 7.1-7.3 - Arrays, Arrays with Functions Creating random numbers Hands On Quote   Link 6 CH_5.4.ppt Ch7.1-4.ppt 6. Void functions, Call-By-Referance 1950-1954
Feb 22 Chapter 7.3-7.4 - Programming with Arrays Hands On Code Link 7 Ch7.1-4.ppt   Lab 3 Chapter 4
Feb 27 Chapter 7.3-7.4 - Arrays, Arrays with Functions, sorting, Hands On   link 8   7. Random Lab 4-1 Chapter 5
Mar 1 Midterm Exam            
Mar 5-16 Spring Break            
Mar 20 Chapter 7.4 - Multidimensional Arrays, - Tick Tack Toe Hands On Code   Ch7.1-4.ppt 8. Arrays Lab 4-2 Chapter 5
Mar 22 Chapter 10.2 - Intro to Object Oriented Concepts, structures ClassNotes1 Code   IntroObjectsc.ppt 9. Array Techniques Lab 5 Chapter 7 1955-1959
Mar 27 Chapter 10.2, 10.3, Classes, Friend Functions Classes Tutorial Code   Ch_10_2-3.ppt    
Mar 29 Chapter 10.3 - ADT's, Separate Compilation Hands On Code(Friend Example) Link 9 ch_12.ppt   1960-1964
Lab 6 Chapter 7
Apr 3 Chapter 8.1, 8.2 - C-Strings and String class StringNotes1
 Hands On 		Code Code   Ch8.1-2.ppt 10. Strings 1965-1969
Apr 5 Chapter 8.3,10.1 Vectors Hands On
StructNotes C++ string reference 		Code Link 10 Ch8-3.ppt    
Apr 10 Chapter 8.3,10.1 Vectors Hands On Vector and String Example Link 11     Lab 7 Chapter 7
1970-1974
Apr 12 Start Fractions Lab, C++ file I/O Classes Tutorial, In Class Activity, Solution Code(Friend Example)     11. Vectors 1975-1979
Apr 17 Files - input and output Hands On - Poetry Fun
EmilyDickinson1.txt 		CountWords
 RandomNumbers
Code, Code 		  Ch_06.1-3.ppt
12. OOP Lab 8 Chapter 8
Apr 19 Classes, Card Game, Intro to GitHub Blackjack start on GitHub     GitHubIntro.pptx 13. Class Definitions 1980-1984
Apr 24 Graphing Emily Dickinson (Files, classes, Vectors) Emily Dickinson Part 1 Code   ch_11.ppt 14. File I/O 1985-1989
Apr 26 Chapter 6.1 6.2, 6.3 - File I/O, Character I/O, Array's with Classes Shakespeare in class start activity Code, ShakespeareDemo   Ch_06.1-3.ppt

 

Lab 9 Chapter 10
1990-1994

May 1 Chapter 14 Recursion Hands On, Factorial, Reversing a string Recursion in graphics  
ch14.ppt
  1995-1999
 Extra Credit Tick Tack Toe
May 3 Chapter 14 Recursion, sorting with recursion Merge Sort, Binary Seach , Binary/Linear Compare , Sorting ,
Program
 Towers of Hanio 		Code, CodeComplete
 SortCompare
Code
Link ch14.ppt

15. Recursion 2000-2010 Final Project

May 7 Final Exam:
Mon, Dec 7 at 6:30-9:30 pm 		           
Assignments are due by midnight of the day due.

Academic Honesty

Any work you submit for credit in this course must result directly from your own understanding. Moreover, written work must be a creation of your own hand. Presenting the work of others as your own is strictly prohibited. At Kenyon we expect all students, at all times, to submit work that represents standards of academic integrity. It is the responsibility of each student to learn and practice the proper ways of documenting and acknowledging those whose ideas and words you have drawn upon (see Academic Honesty and Questions of Plagiarism in the Course Catalog). Ignorance and carelessness are not excuses for academic dishonesty. If you are uncertain about the expectations for academic honesty in this class, please ask for clarification.

It is likely that proof, algorithm and code solutions for most problems exist online. Generally you should not search for any of these solutions. If you do use online or written documents, you must fully disclose and reference everything used, and be prepared to lose some credit if the help is deemed to be beyond that which you should used. The rule of thump is you can use references to help understand the problems and terminology, but should not use (and copy or modify) complete or partial solutions found online.

If you use online resources, up to and including the use of code found on the internet, and do not disclose it, you will be subject to AIB notification.

Disabilities

If you have any disability and therefore may have need for some type of accommodation in order to participate fully in this class, please feel free to discuss your concerns in private with Erin Salva, Coordinator of Disability Services (phone 5145).

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