CMSC 104 Course Information

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CMSC 104 Course Information

• Instructor Dr. Li-Chuan Chen
• Emai lichen_at_umbc.edu
• Work Phone [phone]
• Office ECS 335A
• Office Hours Mon, Wed 100 200 or e-mail.
• Instructor Kevin Adkinson
• Emai kevina1_at_umbc.edu
• Office ECS 230
• Office Hours Tu, Th 400 500

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CMSC 104 Course Information

• Textbook C How to Program, 3rd Edition
• Deitel and Deitel, Prentice Hall
• Course Homepage
• http//www.cs.umbc.edu/courses/undergraduate/104/f
  all02/chen
• Syllabus, schedules, lecture notes, homeworks,
  programming projects, exams, etc.

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Course Work

• Grading tentative and subject to change.
• Homeworks 10
• Projects 40
• Exams 30
• Final Exam 20
• Homeworks are due at the start of class. No late
  homeworks are allowed.
• Projects are due at midnight of the due date.
  They are subject to the following late penalties
  subtract 20 for ach additional day.

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Academic Dishonesty

• All class work is to be done independently.
• You may discuss class material, homework
  problems, and general solutions with others, but
  when it comes to formulating, writing, and
  programming solutions you must work alone.
• Instances of academic dishonesty will be dealt
  with harshly, and usually result in a grade of F.
  Please refer UMBC Student Handbook for a complete
  description.

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Prerequisites

• CMSC 104
• Assumes NO programming experience
• Does NOT count towards your CS major
• Prepares you for CMSC 201
• CMSC 201
• Assumes some programming experience
• First CMSC course for CS majors
• Also required for IFSM majors
• More challenging

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Getting a GL Account at UMBC

• You MUST have a GL account.
• To get your GL account
• Go to room ECS 020 (in the basement), OR
• Using the Internet
• accounts.umbc.edu (NO www.)
• Change your password
• Type passwd and follow instructions.
• Password should be at least 5 characters. Type
  man passwd for help.

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Computer Science at UMBC

• CSEE Administrative Offices
• ECS 210
• CSEE Student Services Office
• ECS 201
• CSHC (Computer Science Help Center)
• ECS 332
• Linux Users Group (LUG)
• http//linux.umbc.edu/umbc-lug/

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Office of Information Technology Labs

• The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is
  responsible for all lab computers.
• On Web at www.umbc.edu/oit
• Labs
• ECS 021 -- PCs, MACs, SGI Workstations
• ECS 104 -- PCs
• ECS 104A -- SGI Workstations
• ECS 122/122A -- PCs
• ECS 333 -- PCs
• ECS 336 MACs
• Labs may not be available if reserved by other
  classes.

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OIT Labs (cont'd)

• Print Dispatch -- ECS 019 (10 cents/page)
• Hours of Operations
• August 25 to September 14
• Monday Friday 0800 am midnight
• Saturday 0800 am 1000
  pm
• Sunday 1200 pm
  1000pm
• September 14 to end of semester
• Monday Saturday 24 hours
• Sunday 1200 pm
  midnight

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Help Desk

• OIT labs are staffed by consultants.
• using software (pine, Netscape, etc.)
• some text editors (xemacs, pico, gvim)
• operating system commands (Linux)
• cleaning floppy disks (viruses)
• communicating with UMBC computers

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Help Desk (cont)

• CSHC (Computer Science Help Center) is staffed
  by student tutors.
• Help with homework and projects.
• Text editors and Linux questions.
• ECS 332A Hours of Operations
• Monday Thursday 12 - 8 PM
• Friday 12 4 PM

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Hardware and Software Needs

• Do I need my own PC?
• No, but it is more convenient for you to log into
  your GL account from home.
• Do I need to install C Compiler on my home PC?
• No. All programming should be done in your GL
  account.

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Remote login to UMBC

• Handouts will be given later for remote login to
  UMBC.
• Consult OIT for help.

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Prerequisites

• CMSC 104
• Assumes NO programming experience
• Does NOT count towards your CS major
• Prepares you for CMSC 201
• CMSC 201
• Assumes some programming experience
• First CMSC course for CS majors
• Also required for IFSM majors
• More challenging

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Course Outlines

• Basic Computer Architecture and Data
  Representation
• Introduction to Operating Systems
• Problem Solving and Algorithm Development
• Introduction to Programming Techniques
• Introduction to C Programming Language

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Assignment 1

• Get a GL account.
• Reading C How to Program textbook
• 1.1-1.3
• E.1-E.6