Fall 2008 CS240 Syllabus
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You must apply for a Linux account in the CS department and a link to the course directory for this course. Please read the instructions at: How do I get a UNIX account for my course?. If you have any questions about the apply process, please contact the operators in the CS Dept. Linux/PC Lab.
After you get your UNIX/email account, you can login using any Sun Blade in the UNIX/PC lab room with your account ID and the password you selected during the apply process. You will also be able to login on the PC's in the lab with your UNIX account ID and a default password that your instructor will provide to the class.
To access our UNIX systems remotely from your PC, download and install one of the secure shell packages. There is a link to the SSH Communications package below for your convenience. When you login remotely, use the host name "users.cs.umb.edu", your account name, and password. Your email address will be your name@cs.umb.edu and it will be included in the course email broadcast list. You are responsible for receiving any email the grader or I broadcast to the list. You may send and receive mail via the UNIX pine program if you are a UNIX user. If you want your email forwarded to another email adress, follow these instructions: Forwarding UNIX email
The practice final exam is posted: Practice Exam 4 with solutions (pdf format).
A Little C Humor
Source Citation: http://xkcd.com
Course Sections
- Section 1: M-W 5:30PM-6:45PM Location: M-2-428
Textbooks
- The C Programming Language, 2nd edition, Kernighan & Ritchie, Prentice Hall.
- UNIX for Programmers and Users, 3rd edition, Graham Glass & King Ables, Prentice Hall.
Secure Shell Software Package
SSH Communications Software Download
Other Useful References
Class Schedule, Lecture Notes and Homework Assignments
NOTE: DO NOT PRINT THE HTML FILE VERSION OF THESE NOTES ON UNIX PRINTERS!
(Print the Powerpoint version on your own PC or a PC in Healey General Use Labs.)
| Class |
M-W |
HW Due! |
Lecture Notes |
File |
| 01 |
09/03 |
|
Introduction, C, Java vs C, UNIX, "Hello World!" |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 02 |
09/08 |
|
Variables/Symbolic Constants, For, Character I/O |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 03 |
09/10 |
hw1 |
Arrays/Strings, Functions, Arguments, Pseudo Code |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 04 |
09/15 |
|
ASCII Code, Number Systems, Use of Debugger |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 05 |
09/17 |
|
Scope of Variables, Names, Data types |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 06 |
09/22 |
hw2 |
Number Systems, Bit Operations |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 07 |
09/24 |
|
Const, Enum, Operators, HW2 |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 08 |
09/29 |
|
Finish K & R Chapter 2 |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 09 |
10/01 |
hw3 |
K & R Chapter 3, Review for Exam #1 |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 10 |
10/06 |
Practice Exam |
Exam #1: Covers through end of Chapter 3, UNIX, and Debugger |
|
| 11 |
10/08 |
|
Functions, Multimodule Programs, MAKE |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
|
10/13 |
|
Columbus Day |
|
| 12 |
10/15 |
|
Registers, Macros, Conditionals, Recursion |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 13 |
10/20 |
hw4 |
Introduction to Pointers |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 14 |
10/22 |
|
Pointers to Pointers, Command Line Arguments |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 15 |
10/27 |
|
Memory Allocate/Free, Pointers to Functions, Structs |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 16 |
10/29 |
|
Structs, Arrays of Structs, Pointers to Structs |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 17 |
11/03 |
hw5 |
Review Declarations/Definitions/Memory Allocation, Intro to C99 |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 18 |
11/05 |
|
Self Referential Structures, Intro to HW6 |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 19 |
11/10 |
Practice Exam |
Exam #2: Covers through end of Section 6.4 plus MAKE |
|
|
|
11/11 |
Veteran's Day |
|
| 20 |
11/12 |
|
Table Look Up, Multi-Dimensional Arrays, Typedefs, Unions, Bit Fields |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 21 |
11/17 |
|
UNIX grep/Pipes, Formatted I/O, Variable Length Argument Lists |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 22 |
11/19 |
hw6 |
Intro to HW7, File Access, Error Handling |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 23 |
11/24 |
|
Line I/O, Standard Library Functions, UNIX Time |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 24 |
11/26 |
|
UNIX Shells, Processes, Environment, Variables |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
|
|
11/27 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
|
| 25 |
12/01 |
hw7 |
Shell Scripts, Review for Exam 3 |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 26 |
12/03 |
|
Websites on UNIX Systems |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
| 27 |
12/08 |
Practice Exam |
Exam #3: Covers through end of Chapter 7, UNIX Shells/Processes/Scripts |
|
| 28 |
12/10 |
hw8 |
Course Review, Course Evaluation |
Printable (Powerpoint) |
Finals Week - Optional Final Exam: Covering the Entire Course
- Section 1: Monday, Dec 15, 2008, 6:30-8:00PM in M-2-209
Homework
Homework assignments will be C programing projects.
A description of the work required for each homework assignment is available within the syllabus above.
The rest of the materials for each homework must be accessed using UNIX as explained in each assignment.
Course UNIX Home Directories
UNIX home directory for getting homework assignment files is ~bobw/cs240
After you apply for the course, the operators will create a cs240 soft link in your home
directory. That link will point to your subdirectory for doing your homework. You will create
subdirectories and put all of your homework files there. Do not change the ownership, the group,
or the modes on your homework directories. That could prevent me and the graders from reading your
files and/or allow other students to read your homework files. Doing this will be considered
a possible infraction of the academic honesty policy.
Graders
The grader for CS240 Section 1 is Paskorn Champrasert(email address: paskorn@cs.umb.edu).
Grading Policy:
Exams
- Three exams during class - 100 points each
- Optional final exam (Finals Week) - 100 points
- Lowest one of the four exams will be dropped:
-
- If you miss an exam except for a good, well-documented reason, you get a zero for that exam
- Makeup exams are at my sole discretion, based on your circumstances!
- If you take all three exams during the semester, you do not need to take the final exam.
- If you miss one of the exams during the semester, you must take the final exam.
- Missing exams or homework with an otherwise failing grade will NOT result in an incomplete
Homework Assignments
- Eight homework assignments - 100 points
-
- Assignment 1 0 (just for practice with the homework procedures)
- Assignment 2 10
- Assignment 3 20
- Assignment 4 10
- Assignment 5 10
- Assignment 6 20
- Assignment 7 20
- Assignment 8 10
Course Withdrawal and Pass/Fail Deadline: Thurs, 11/06/2008
You will get grades back for two Exams and the first few homework assignments before the Registrar's withdrawal and pass/fail deadline
so that you will know where you stand in time to make that decision.
Accomodations:
Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 offers guidelines for curriculum modifications
and adaptations for students with documented disabilities. If applicable, students may obtain adaptation
recommendations from the Ross Center for Disability Services in the Campus Center (617-287-7430). The student
must present these recommendations and discuss them with each professor within a reasonable period,
preferably by the end of Drop/Add period.
Student Conduct:
Students are required to adhere to the University Policy on Academic Standards and Cheating, to the
University Statement on Plagiarism and the Documentation of Written Work, and to the Code of Student
Conduct as delineated in the catalog of Undergraduate Programs. The Code is also
available online at: Code of Student Conduct