Computer Science 102
                           Spring  2009

Instructor:
            Dr. Mike Westall
            McAdams 307
            westall@cs.clemson.edu
            656-5868

Office hrs:
            10:30 - 12:00  W
            After class as needed.
            Other hours available by appointment.

            Please see us after class or send e-mail
            when you need to make one.

TAs:        Adam Whitley
            awhitle@clemson.edu


Texts:      Programming in C
            by Stephen Kochan
            (Any reasonable C and C++ reference should suffice)

Topics:     Advanced C programming
               General Parsing
               Linked Lists
               Multi-module programs and the Makefile
               Incremental development and testing
               Debugging strategies for large programs
               Emulating inheritance via hierarchical data structures
               Emulating polymorphism via function pointers

            Computational Linear Algebra

            Raytracing

            Introduction to Object Oriented Langues and C++

Grading:    Final Exam       15%
            Mid-Term exam    15%      The <<maximum>> grade for any
            Major Programs   25%      student whose major program average
            Short Programs   15%      is < 50% is D.
            Daily quizzes(n) 20%
            Lab Grade        10%

Daily tests will be given at the end of class and will cover the
material presented in the PREVIOUS class. Two COMPREHENSIVE makeups will
be given at the time of the final exam and at least one grade will be
dropped. No other makeups will be given... so please do not ask. Any
student MISSING 6 QUIZZES WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE CLASS effective the
date of the 6th miss.  Attendance at lab is also mandatory.  Any student
with more than two lab absences will also be DROPPED FROM THE class.

            Final avg >=      insures grade no worse than
                  90                A
                  80                B
                  70                C
                  60                D


Late assignments will be SUBJECT TO A DEDUCTION OF N SQUARED
where n is the number of days late. Assignments will be due no
later than 11:59pm on the due date. Weekend days count in the
deduction computation. The maximum deduction is 81 points.