> Syllabus - Intro to Computer Science
>
> Jerry Waxman
> waxman@aleph.cs.qc.edu
> 
> The main purpose of this syllabus is for evaluation by
> SSSB to compare the Intro to Computer Science class
> offered in YC to the C++ for Business Course offered
> in SSSB. As such, this syllabus is derivative of that
> for the SSSB course, with notes as to any differences.
> That syllabus is available at:
> 
> http://www.yu.edu/faculty/arosnfld/2125/syllabus.htm
> 
> The order the material is presented differs, but for
> the purposes of comparison I will follow that of the
> SSSB syllabus. I think a comparison of the midterms
> and finals of the courses would actually provide a
> better basis upon which to judge what is learned in
> each class. In the future, we may try to change the YC
> syllabus to better match that of SSSB and thus allow
> students who wish to switch to MIS a smoother
> transition.
> 
> Differences will be marked in []s.
> 
> Week 1: Introduction to Computer Hardware and Software
> 
> A.    Basic Overview of Terminology 
> B.    The Software Life Cycle 
> C.    Memory Storage and Binary Systems 
> [We do all the above.]
> 
> Weeks 2-4: Introducing Visual C++ and Basic Programs 
> A.     Basic Output (cout) 
> B.    Creating and Using Variables with Input (cin) 
> C.    Arithmetic 
> D.    Basic Data Types and Type Casting 
> E.    Formatting Output (iomanip library) 
> F.    Using the string library
> G.    Using Files (fstream library) 
> 
> [We do not discuss E, the iomanip library. Everything
> else we do.]
> 
> Class on Creating Basic Programs
> Lab Class on Making Basic Programs
> Class on setprecision, math
> [We do not discuss setprecision. We discuss and
> implement various 
> functions in math.h]
> 
> Lab on Files
> Class on Files and Objects
> Lab Class on Files, Math, and Strings
> [The discussion of creating classes is left to the
> Data Structures class.
> As time permits, we sometimes cover structs. We
> demonstrate the STL string class as well as ifstream
> and ofstream.]
> 
> 
> Weeks 5-7: Using Logical Statements 
> A.    Boolean Logic 
> B.    If, Else if, and Else Statements 
> C.    Case Statements 
> D.    While, For, and Do … While Loops 
> 
> Class on Boolean Logic and If Statements
> Lab Class on If statements
> Class on Case Statements and While Loops
> HW on Case Statements and While Loops
> Class on For Loops and Case Statements
> Lab on Loops
> [We do all of the above. We also cover the switch
> statement, as SSSB does, but which was not mentioned
> on the syllabus.]
> 
> Weeks 8-9: Writing Functions 
> A.    Using Void Functions
> B.    Returning Values to/from Functions
> C.    Issues of Scope (local / global variables).
> [We do all of the above.]
> 
> Weeks 10-13: Simple User Defined Data Structures 
> A.    Enumerated Data Types 
> B.    Strings 
> C.    One Dimensional Arrays 
> 
> [We discuss enums if time permits. We discuss strings,
> one dimensional
> and multi-dimensional arrays.]
> 
> [The Intro course also encompasses some material from
> the second semester of C++ for Business. Thus, the Intro
> course actually covers more material. 
> Here is a quick list of the topcs from the Second Semester 
> that we discuss in the Intro course:
> One Dimensional and Two Dimensional Arrays (Weeks 1
> and 2)
> We do NOT cover structs but not classes (weeks 4-5)
> We do brute force, bubble sort, and also insertion
> sort. We do NOT do binary search, but we will in the 
> future. (Weeks 6-7)
> Pointers and Pointer Arithmetic: we cover pointers and
> references, but we leave the introduction to dynamic
> memory allocation to the Data Structures class. (Weeks
> 8-9)
> Recursion: We briefly discuss recursion, but more
> fully develop them and tempate function in Data
> Structures. (Week 10)
> The remainder of the course except the Introduction to
> OpenGL and MFC programming is covered in Data Structures.
> Also covered in the Intro course are topics such as base
> conversion, the bitwise operators, and writing, reading, 
> and using such code as 
> float integrate(float (*f)(float), float b, float e)
> In other words, passing function pointers to functions.
> The above code was taken from the last or second to last 
> assignment. We also cover using and passing to 
> functions multi-dimensional arrays, arrays of pointers,
> and the like.
> In terms of homeworks, 15-30 non-trivial programming 
> assignments are assigned over the course of the semester.
> There are also labs where students are given lab assignments
> and learn to use the debugger effectively, as well as
> (depending upon the semester) some basic HTML and Visual Basic.
> 
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