Lecturer

Name: Michelle Craig
Office: South Building, room 4063
Phone: 828-5352
Office hours: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Wednesdays

Timetable

Lectures: Mondays 6:10 -- 8:00 p.m. Tutorials: Mondays 8:10 -- 9:00 p.m.

Tutors Office Hours

Joe Lim will hold office hours in the computer room on Thursdays from 4-5pm.

Things you need to buy

All items are available at the university bookstore.

• Text: J. Parsons and D. Oja, New Perspectives on Computer Concepts Second Edition, Nelson, 1996.
• Supplementary Readings: Supplementary Readings for CSC 104S, Spring 1998 Erindale edition.

Grading scheme

Assignment	Date (week)	Weight	Comments
Assignment 1	February 2 (week 5)	10%	due in lecture
Midterm test 1	February 9 (week 6)	10%
Assignment 2	March 16 (week 10)	10%	due in lecture
Midterm test 2	March 23 (week 11)	10%
Assignment 3	April 6 (week 13)	10%	due in lecture
10 Labs	one per week	10%	due in lecture
Final Exam	exam period (Apr 20 - May 6)	40%	3 hour exam - no aids

You must achieve at least 40 out of 100 on the final exam to pass this course.

Handing in Assignments

Assignments are to be submitted at the beginning of lecture. 6:30 is considered late. Late assignments will be accepted during or after the lecture for a 5% penalty. Assignments which are one week late will be accepted in the following tutorial with a 20% penalty. After one week late work will not be accepted.

Yes, we really mean this. Late penalties are only waived for a good reason such as a documented medical or other emergency. Discuss any special circumstances with your lecturer, not your tutor.

Labs

The course work includes ten hands-on labs each worth 1% of your final grade. Labs are to be done on your own time at the computer and submitted to your tutor at the beginning of each tutorial. Labs will not be accepted at the lecture. There will be no labs due in week 6 or 11 which are midterm tests or in week 1.

The first lab is due on January 12th. It is "User Interfaces" on page 1-37 in your text. You are required to complete only the "steps" part of the lab and submit the printout from the self-test to your tutor. Use your university student number (not your 104 account number) when it asks you to give your ID number.

To begin the lab, log onto your account following your instructors directions or the directions in the PC guide. Then click on the 104 course labs icon and pick User Interfaces. Follow the instructions on page 1-37 for the "Steps" portion of the lab.

If you would prefer to work at home on the labs and you have an IBM compatible PC with a CD-ROM drive, you may purchase the lab software on CD from the bookstore. A version of the textbook which comes with the accompanying software is available. This is completely optional.

The schedule below lists the titles and due dates for all ten labs. In each case only the ``Steps'' portion of the lab should be submitted.

Lab Title	Date Due	Week
User Interfaces	January 12	week 2
Windows: Directories, Files ...	January 19	week 3
Binary Numbers	January 26	week 4
CPU Simulator	February 2	week 5
Defragmentation & Disk Operations	February 23	week 7
Databases	March 2	week 8
Spreadsheets	March 9	week 9
Using Files	March 16	week 10
Computer History Hypermedia	March 30	week 12
Data Backup	April 6	week 13

Illness and other troubles

If you are too sick to write a test or to hand in an assignment on time, you must contact your instructor (not your tutor!) as soon as you return to class. Use email or see your instructor before class. If you are too sick for the final examination, phone your college registrar's office instead of your instructor.

Lecture/Tutorial Schedule

Here is the lecture and tutorial schedule for Michelle Craig's section.

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For further information, please contact the course coordinator, M. Craig.