Syllabus  (Page 4/4)

The problems given in the exams are like those on exercises and lab work. The students who spend more time and effort in doing exercises and lab assignments will certainly have better performance in the exams. Exam scores are given in the range from 0 to 10.

Course materials

Lecture Notes, Exercises, Laboratory Manual

Available at the instructor’s website.

Text book:

[1] G. J. Bronson, Program Development and Design Using C++, 3nd Edition, Brooks/COLE Thomson Learning, 2006.

(All lecture notes and exercises used in this course are mainly from this textbook. Students can find more C++ language features, problem-solving guidelines as well as good exercises and assignments from this book for further self-study.)

Reference books:

[2] H. M Deitel and P. J. Deitel, C++ How to Program – 3rd Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2001.

(This book contains a lot of good C++ programming examples. All examples in this book are very well explained.)

[3] J. Farrel, Object-Oriented Programming Using C++, 2nd Edition, Course Technology/Thomson Learning, 2001.

(If students want to go in depth in object-oriented programming with C++, they will find this book very helpful.)

[4] D. Gosselin, Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, Course Technology/Thomson Learning, 2001.

(This book is a supplementary text for the students who want to know more about Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 programming environment.)

Calendar

There are 16 sessions which compose of 14 lectures, 1 mid-term exam and 1 final exam.

End-of-course evaluation

To continuously improve course content and design, students are requested to complete end-of-course evaluation form. The student comments will be carefully reviewed and used to improve the quality of the course. Please take a moment to complete the following end-of-course feedback form.

OVERALL

1. Rate your overall satisfaction with the course.

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1. Rate the course in terms of meeting your educational needs.

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1. Based on the knowledge/skill you require to do your job, how would you want to change this course?

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COURSE CONTENT

1. Rate the course in terms of meeting the stated objectives.

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1. Rate the course content (e.g., relevance, structure, level of details).

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1. Rate the participative activities (e.g., labs, exercises, projects).

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1. Rate the course materials (e.g., lecture notes, slides, lab manual, textbook).

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1. What topics in the course you like best? Why?
2. What topics in the course you like least? Why?
3. Course content comments:

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INSTRUCTION

1. Rate the instructor’s subject knowledge.

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1. Rate the instructor’s effectiveness (e.g., question handling, presentation, and ability to explain ideas).

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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

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1. Rate the computer lab equipment provided (e.g., computers, software, Internet access).

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SUPPORT

1. Rate the lab/teaching assistant support. (enthusiasm, effectiveness, knowledge, skill, communication ability).

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