CSE 1111 Week 1

Who? What? When?

CSE 1111 - 002 Introduction to Computer Science&EngineeringTime: Thursdays 4:00 – 4:50pm

Place: 100 Nedderman Hall (NH)

Instructor: Dr. Lynn Peterson Office: 307 NH (or 625 NH)

Phone: (817) 272-3609 or 5503 (voice-mail)

Email address: peterson@uta.edu

Class web site: crystal.uta.edu/~cse1111/

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Catalog Course Description

CSE 1111, 1 hour credit.

Topics include problem solving, ethics, and contemporary issues in computer science and engineering.

Students will demonstrate competence in word processing, spreadsheets, research and library skills. Emphasis is placed on team building, oral and written communication skills.

Primarily for students pursuing a degree in the Computer Science and Engineering Department.

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Course Objectives

#1       To make students aware of ethical and other contemporary issues in computer science and engineering (CSE), in an environment in which they are asked to think about the issues, form opinions backed up by reasons, and discuss / defend those opinions.

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Course Objectives

#2 To allow students to work with problem solving (critical thinking) techniques, and the application of those techniques to a variety of problems.

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Course Objectives

#3     To give students the opportunity to demonstrate competence in word processing, spreadsheets, research and library skills.

• These topics are not taught in the course, but materials are provided so that students who are not already proficient in

these areas can work to gain the required competence. • Successful demonstration of these competencies is

necessary to complete this course, but these topics will not enter into computation of the course grade.

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Course Objectives

#3     To give students the opportunity to demonstrate competence in word processing, spreadsheets, research and library skills.

• These topics are not taught in the course, but materials are provided so that students who are not already proficient in these areas can work to gain the required competence.

• Successful demonstration of these competencies is necessary to complete this course, but these topics will not enter into computation of the course grade.

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Course Objectives

#3     To give students the opportunity to demonstrate competence in word processing, spreadsheets, research and library skills.

• These topics are not taught in the course, but materials are provided so that students who are not already proficient in these areas can work to gain the required competence.

• Successful demonstration of these competencies is necessary to complete this course, but these topics will not enter into computation of the course grade.

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Course Objectives

#4    To give students the opportunity to gain experience in working in teams as well as preparing individual portions of required work. The intention is to allow entering students an opportunity to work with groups of CSE students whom they will meet in other courses.

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Textbook

Readings will be from the web and the UTA Library on-line materials.

(No textbook is required this semester.)

Good reference: Johnson, D.

Computer Ethics (3rd edition/2000),

Prentice Hall.

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Grading

Grades will be letter grades ‘A’ through ‘F.

The course grade is made up as follows: Homework / laboratory / workshop: 20%

Oral presentation(s), group work: 40%

Quizzes: 20%

Final exam: 20%

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Quizzes

Several times during the semester, there will be announced quizzes (announced 2 weeks in advance).

Occasionally there may be unannounced quizzes, covering reading assignments or material from a previous class.

In this way, attendance in class will “count”. (Unless arranged in advance, there will be no makeups)

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Computer Use Proficiency (CUP)CUP, as required by the University, is demonstrated for CSE majors in CSE 1111. So, demonstration of proficiency in

(1) word processing,

(2) spreadsheets,

(3) library skills,

(4) use of the internet and

(5) email

are required for satisfactory completion of the course, but measurement of these skills will not enter into the computation of the final grade.

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Computer Use Proficiency (CUP)During Weeks 2 – 4 of CSE 1111,

TAs will be available at specific hours to allow students to demonstrate the ability to do word processing using Word and manipulate a spreadsheet using Excel.

Later, there is an assignment involving finding information on the internet and sending e-mail.

Later, instruction is provided on using the UTA Library on-line resources for research.

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Word exam Students should be able to create, modify,

save and print a document. The university requires demonstration of the following abilities in Microsoft Word.

Create a fileCut and paste textCopy textSave material to a file / name that fileUnderline textBold face textItalicize textJustify textChange font sizeChange font faceDouble space the documentChange marginsCreate a bulleted listSpell check the documentDo something that likely requires use of the word processor’s Help facility, such as creating a table.

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Word exam 

Students should be able to create, modify,

save and print a document.

There is a complete listing of the required skills for each of

the CUP requirements. See the class web site (under CUP) for that listing.

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Academic Honesty

Ethical Behavior in a Student Role ---- CHEATING on quizzes or exams, PLAGIARISM, or

COLLUSION will not be tolerated at UT Arlington

[Student Handbook p. 92].

The College of Engineering Statement of Ethics is provided for you (on the class web site) to read, sign, return, and follow.

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Contacting the Instructors

Email will be the best way to communicate with your instructor outside of class. For this communication, use:

There will also be several teaching assistants (TAs) available to work with this class in various capacities which will be announced in class. Email for TAs will be provided as needed.

NOTE: Homework and Computer Use Proficiency requirements should be submitted to the email addresses specified for each assignment. Credit will only be given for

work submitted to the correct address.

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Time for CSE 1111

In general for the College of Engineering,

1 hour of class time and 2-3 hours of out-of-class time are planned for each credit hour of class.

This is true for CSE 1111 also.

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Questionnaire

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Notes for Week 1

Today, notes are available in class in hard copy form as well as available on the class web site for viewing and for downloading.

Class notes will always be available on the web site for viewing and downloading (and therefore for printing if you wish).

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Notes for Week 1 For Thursday 1/23/03

  #1 Obtain a UT Arlington email account, or be sure you already have an email account which

* allows you to send attachments and * has its “reply-to” set to your own account.

If the account name is not your own name, include your name in every email message you send.

If you are not clear on following these instructions, stay after class for a few minutes to clarify this.

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Notes for Week 1

  #2 Using that email account, send email to your instructor, with

subject line: Intro – Your Name (For example: Intro - Mary Smith.)

sent to peterson@uta.edu as soon as you obtain an account but before 1/23/03Contents: introduce yourself (including your name, your email address) and then tell a little about yourself (including something interesting that makes you unique …. something you don’t mind other people knowing about.)

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Notes for Week 1

  #3 Locate College of Engineering Ethics Statement on the class web site .

Read and print it.

Q uestions? discuss with your instructor.

Otherwise, sign and return on 1/23/03.

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Notes for Week 1

  #4 Readings are from the web.

Topic for week: What is Computer Ethics?

You are to find some information about that topic on the web. 2 sources to get you started (but you can find others):

http://www.onlineethics.org

http://library.thinkquest.org/26658/links.html

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Notes for Week 1

  #4 Answer questions using web resources.If you use any of the information from one of the web pages directly, be sure to cite your source.1) What kinds of problems that existed prior to computers have been changed or made more difficult thanks to computers?

(Identify at least 4, and describe each in 1-2 sentences) 2)  For each one of these problems, how is it related to ethics?

(Describe in 1-2 sentences) 3)  In general, how are laws related to ethical issues?

Put your answers to these questions in a text file or a Word file, and save that file for later use. If not clear, stay after class ….

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Notes for Week 1

  #5 Computer Use Proficiency (CUP):

Prepare for the Word and Excel exams, and make plans to sign up for the Word test ---

schedule will begin 1/23/03.

 

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To recap

Before you leave today, be sure you

• have the syllabus & Notes for Week 1

• have turned in the completed questionnaire

• know how to access the class web site to get the additional materials

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Volunteer Opportunity

URGENT: Volunteers NeededDFW FUTURE CITY COMPETITION

The Future City Competition - sponsored by National Engineers Week – is designed to inspire 7-8th grade students with engineering by challenging them to solve the real-world problems associated with building a livable city of the future.Hundreds of North Texas students have been working hard since October on their city concepts and will be bringing them to UTA, Nedderman Hall on Sat., Jan. 25.

We need about 10 volunteers to help with coordination for the 7-8th grade students and the judges. Approx. time commitment - 6 hours

(8am - 2 pm: we'll provide danish in morning and lunch).

Come and see what these talented kids have in mind for the future and helpto inspire them into engineering school. Let Dr. Peterson know if you’re interested.