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CSC 100 -
Orientation to Computer Science - Fall 2008 |
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100-001 Lecture |
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9:00am - 9:50am |
CI 1008 |
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Instructors:
Curry Guinn Office: CI
2045 Phone: 962-7937
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Office Hours: |
MTWRF 10:00am-11:00am |
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and by appointment. |
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Email: guinnc@uncw.edu |
Description: (From the 2007-2008 Catalog) CSC 100. Orientation to
Computer Science (1). Introduction to
the field of computer science. Overview of computer science disciplines,
application areas, and career options. Presentations in the department’s
research areas. This course is a required course for all majors and minors in
computer science.
o An understanding of
o Assignments o Attendance is critical and will be factored into the final grade. o Quizzes and exams may be administered at the discretion of the instructor. o Students will be assigned a midterm essay on a topic within computer science. o Students will be assigned a final exam essay (completed out of class) on a topic within computer science. o Grading o This a 1-credit course taken A-F. It may not be taken Pass/Fail. Grading is on the traditional 10-point scale with pluses/minuses allocated at the discretion of the instructor. Class participation and timely completion of assignments are significant factors in the awarding of pluses and minuses. o Week 1 (08/22) § Introduction to the field of Computer Science o Week 2 (08/29) § Homework 1 and Homework 2 Due Today § Faculty Talk: Karl Ricanek (My Intro Slides) Movie clips from presentation: o Week 3 (09/05)
Cancelled Due to Tropical Storm Hanna. Dr. Vetter will be rescheduled later in the semester. o Week 4 (09/12) §
Faculty Talk: Laurie Patterson. General
Computer Application Knowledge: Is There
a Difference Between the Genders? (My
Intro Slides) o Week 5 (09/19) § Faculty Talk: Clayton Ferner. (My Intro Slides) o Week 6 (09/26) § Faculty Talk: Devon Simmonds. (My Intro Slides) o Week 7 (10/03) § Homework 7 Due Today (Same as Homework3) § Faculty Talk: Ron Vetter. (My Intro Slides) o Week 8 (10/10) § Faculty Talk: Curry Guinn. Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and Virtual Humans.(Slides) o Week 9 (10/17) § Faculty Talk: Jack Tompkins. Flash and C programming languages. (My Intro Slides) Midterm Paper Due (10/24) (Electronic Submission Only) o Week 10 (10/24) § Faculty Talk: Eric Patterson. The Digital Media Revolution. (My Intro Slides) Midterm Paper Due (10/24) (Electronic Submission Preferred) o Week 11 (10/31) § Graduate Students will talk about graduate school. What is it like? Why enter graduate school? o Week 12 (11/07) § Faculty Talk: Bradley. The CSC Internship Program. (My Intro Slides). o Week 13 (11/14) § Faculty Talk: Gur Adhar. Simulated Annealing, Ant Colony Optimization, Swarm Intelligence, and other Natural Computations. (My Intro Slides) Optimization by Simulated Annealing (Kirkpatrick et al.) Notes on Simulated Annealing (Dr. Adhar) o Week 14 (11/21) § Faculty Talk: Sridhar Narayan.. (My Intro Slides) o Week 15 (11/28) § Thanksgiving Break. No class. |
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