CS 51P: Intro to Computer Science

There are two sections of this class. Lectures for the morning section take place on Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00-12:15. Lectures for the afternoon section take place Mondays and Wednesdays 2:45-4:00. All lectures will take place in Edmunds 114. See the schedule for details.

There are two lab sections. One section takes place on Monday evenings 7-9:45pm in Edmunds 219/229. The other section takes place Tuesday afternoons 1:15-4pm in Edmunds 229. You may enroll in either lab section (space permitting), but please attend your assigned lab section.

There will be twelve assignments in CS 51P. All assignments will be due on Friday afternoon at 5pm. See the schedule for details.

Assignments will be started in the laboratory sessions. It is your responsibility to complete the assignments and turn them in on time. You get five late days that may be used at your discretion to submit assignments after the deadline with no penalty. For partner assignments, both you and your partner must spend a late day available to use one. Further extensions after you have exhausted all your late days will be granted only in exceptional circumstances.

There will be two checkpoints and one final exam in this course. See the schedule for details.

Finishing all the assignments successfully is required to pass the class. After that, grades are computed on a point basis, as follows:

Assignments: 35%
Checkpoints: 30%
Final Project: 15%
Final Exam: 20%

In general, collaboration is encouraged in this course. This means that you may discuss approaches to solving problems with anyone in this class, including faculty and TAs. As specified in the department policy, you may help, or receive help, in using systems and tools, in brainstorming debugging or testing strategies, and in working with high-level design issues. However, unless otherwise specified, you should never be looking at another student's code. Moreover, using material from any external source---web page or person or book---is forbidden. The actual solutions to the laboratory exercises and the code you submit must be your own. Except for material from the textbook or lecture, you may not copy, retype, view, or share a copy of any file. Any ideas that do not originate with you should be cited. If you have any questions about what is appropriate or inappropriate collaboration, please speak with the instructor.

Course materials provided to you, including graded papers and exam summaries, are for your use in the course. You are encouraged to use them to the fullest extent, but you are not to publish them or distribute them to other people or organizations.

There will be stringent penalties for violations of academic honesty, up to failure in the course.

Pomona College is committed to providing equal opportunity for participation in all programs, services and activities. Requests for accommodations may be made by contacting the Disability Coordinator on your home campus. At Pomona College, that person is Associate Dean of Students Jan Collins-Eaglin. Pomona College’s policy on disability accommodations can be found at the Dean of Student’s website.

Accommodation forms must be submitted and accommodations agreed upon by the last day to add classes, or within five days of the date on which the form was signed by an appropriate dean, whichever comes later. Many accommodations will be handled through the Student Disability Resource Center in the Tranquada Student Services Center.