CS105: Info

Description

The course is designed to introduce non-majors to the fundamental concepts of computer science. Students will be given the background to appreciate the exciting and influential ideas that have shaped this fast-moving discipline. Although it will provide a broad context, the course will focus on specific examples of great ideas and how they work. Students will learn about and solve example problems drawn from major areas within computer science. Although students will learn to read and understand short programs, the course will not teach or require programming skills and cannot be taken for credit for the CS major.

Details

Time MW 3:20 - 4:40 PM
Room SERC 117

Materials

The Pattern on the Stone, Basic Books, 1999
Clicker – Available at the bookstore
Sakai – Used for grading

Grading

Homework 25%, Clicker Questions / Attendence 25%, Midterm 25%, Final 25%

These weights are more like guidelines and are subject to possible change.

Prerequisites

Mastery of high school level algebra will be assume (minimum of Math 026). You should be comfortable with solving equations involving multiple variables, exponents and graphing functions.