CPSC 203: Spring 2009

Index

• Lecture information

• Tutorials & Lab information

• Course topics and notes for the lecture

• Assignments and exams

[Term grades]

Lecture Information (L20)

Tutorial and lab Information (Labs and tutorials don't start until after the first lecture)

Tutorials (start May 19, 20):

• Are mandatory and time will be split between TA's teaching new skills, discussion of assignment requirements, completion of practice exercises, and if possible some question and answer time.
• Schedule of activities for the tutorials

Tutorial	Date/Time	Location	Instructor	Email
T20	Tuesday & Thursday: 15:00 - 16:50	MS237	Wadhah Saeed Almansoori	wsalmans@ucalgary.ca
T22	Wednesday & Friday: 11:00 - 12:50	MS237	Adesola Omotayo	adesola.omotayo@ucalgary.ca

Lab (Continuous tutorials):

• In addition to my office hours and your time in lab there will be time set aside for you to ask questions. These sessions will be staffed by the lab instructor(s) and they are not mandatory and are provided so that you can get help while you are in the computer lab.
• Times/Days: TBA

   

 

Course topics and notes for lectures

Number	Topic	Related reading
1	Introduction to the course: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]	Not applicable
2	Introduction to Computers, Part I: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint] Introduction to Computers, Part II: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]	Technology in Action: Chapter 2 Technology in Action: Chapter 6
3	Spreadsheets: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]	(Also refer to the tutorial schedule for the relevant sections/concepts that you need from the book "Special Edition Using Microsoft Excel 2007" to determine what you need to know for that component of the course)
4	Logic: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]
5	Databases: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint] Data file for this section: [Access database]	Technology in Action: Chapter 11 (Also refer to the tutorial schedule for the relevant sections/concepts that you need from the book "Special Edition Using Microsoft Access 2007" to determine what you need to know for that component of the course)
6	Introduction to problem-solving and computer programming: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint] Data files for this section: [input1] [input2] [output1] [picture1] [picture2] [picture3] [profit] [start] [lion.jpg]
	Intermediate programming techniques: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint] Data files for this section: [decision1] [tax] [decision2] [grades] [grades2] [loop1] [loop2] [guessingGame] [nested] [picture1] [picture2] [smallLion.jpg] [lighten] [mediumLion.jpg] [soundExample] [sound.wav]
7	Computer networking: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]	Technology in Action: Chapter 7 (up to Page 331), Chapter 12 (Transmission Media: Page 592 -595).
8	The Internet: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]	Technology in Action: Chapter 13 (up to Page 631)
9	Privacy and computer security: [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]	Technology in Action: Chapter 6 (Page 106 -111)
10	Software (if there is time): [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]
11	Introduction to Computer Science (if there is time): [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]	Not applicable

Assignments and exams