CISC 320 Algorithms and Advanced Programming

Syllabus, Fall, 1999

General Information

Course meeting time: TR 5:00-6:15pm, place: 219 Gore Hall

Saunders' office hours : 11-12am TuWeTh.

Teaching Assistant: Su Qi
Office: 404 Wolf Hall, 831-8004, Hours: 2-4pm Wed
Email: su@cis.udel.edu

Text: Introduction to Algorithms, by Corman, Leiserson, and Rivest.

The computer (composers) project number is 2011

Coverage and pace, tentative

Chapter I, Introduction: 0.5 weeks.
Section II, Sorting: 2 weeks.
Section I, Mathematical Foundations: 0.5 weeks
Section III, Data Structures: 2 weeks.
Section IV, Design and Analysis Techniques: 1 week.
Section V, Advanced Data structures: 2 weeks.
Section VI, Graph algorithms: 2.5 weeks.
Section VII, Selected topics: 3 weeks.

Grading
Midterm Exam, 25%, in class, October 14.
Homework Assignments, projects, classroom performance 35%.
Final exam, 40%, December 16, 3:30-5:30pm in room 205 Gore Hall.

Homework Assignments will be distributed throughout the semester, for the most part on a weekly basis. Homework assignments are due at the start of class on the announced due date. Late submitted assignments will be accepted but a penalty of 20% per day will apply. Also a 20% penalty applies if you miss class or arrive late on the due date. Timeliness on assigned work is important for your understanding of the material. This is not a subject that is effectively learned with periods of neglect and periods of cramming.

The course homepage will contain a record of homework and reading assignments and of lecture topics.

Policy on plagarism Except for group projects, all homework, quizzes, and exams in this course are designed to be done individually. You may discuss problems in general, you may help each other by discussing strategies, bugs, etc. But the submission of another person's recorded work (in whole or in part, with or without modification of detail) is plagarism and will be handled in accordance with University procedures. Recorded work includes handwritten and other hardcopy forms as well as copy in electronic media. In accordance with copyright principles, it is acceptable to include work of another person in your own, if you explicitly identify the author and have permission. For the purposes of grading, of course, you would not receive credit for the content of such quotations. In the context of the course, you also have an obligation to keep your own submissions confidential. If you share your written work, you also share the responsibility for resulting plagarism.

Course webpage: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~saunders/courses/320/99f/
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