MCS-177 Introduction to Computer Science I, Fall 2004

• Course Information
• Course description
• Schedule of classes, reading, homework, projects, etc.
• First half of schedule (through Reading Break)
• Second half of schedule (after Reading Break)
• Office hours and other useful information
• Homework
• Homework #1 - Due Monday, September 13
• Homework #2 - Due Monday, September 20
• Homework #3 - Due Monday, September 27
• Homework #4 - Due Friday, October 15
• Homework #5 - Due Friday, October 29
• Homework #6 - Due Friday, November 5
• Homework #7 - Due Monday, November 22
• Homework #8 - Due Wednesday, December 1
• Homework #9 - Due Monday, December 13
• Projects
• Project 3 (Fractal Curves), suggested schedule, and Gradesheet
• Project 4 (Nim with Strategies), suggested schedule, and Gradesheet
• Project 5 (Movie Query System), suggested schedule, and Gradesheet
• Project 6 (Implementing Computer Graphics), suggested schedule, and Gradesheet
• Guidelines for writing project summary papers
• All project assignments
• Tests (always in Olin 103)
• Thursday, September 30, from 7:00 - 8:30 pm
• Tuesday, November 9, from 7:00 - 8:30 pm
• Tuesday, December 21, from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm (tentative)
• Useful Links
• Supporting Materials for our textbook, including Scheme implementations for many platforms
• Graph paper (Use sparingly; buy some if you need more than a page or two.)
• Documentation for the Scheme programming language
• The graphics tool for DrScheme