CPSC 203: Winter 2007

Index

• Lectures

• Tutorials

• Course outline

• Assignments and course projects

• Grades:  [Unofficial term grades]

Lecture Information (L91)

Tutorial Information

Date/Time	Location	Tutorial instructor	Email
TR 19:00 - 19:50	ES656	Chengyao Deng	cdeng@cpsc.ucalgary.ca

 

Course Schedule

Week No.	Date	Course component graded or due during the week	Topics	Chapters to read from the book	Extra materials
1	Jan 7 – 13
		Administrative information
Introductory slides [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]
Why bother with computers
Chapter 1 (except for ‘Bits and Bytes’)
[Chapter 1: Sample questions]
2	Jan 14 – 20		Computer hardware	Chapter 2	[Chapter 2: Sample questions] [Computer history: Sample questions]
3	Jan 21 – 27		Application software	Chapter 4	[Chapter 4: Sample questions]
4	Jan 28 – Feb 3	A1 (due Friday Feb 2)	The Internet	Chapter 3	[Chapter 3: Sample questions] [MS-Word: Sample questions]
5	Feb 4 – 10	In class Midterm #1	System software	Chapter 5	[Chapter 5: Sample questions]
6	Feb 11 – 17
Computer hardware: its effect on running software, upgrading
Chapter 6
[Chapter 6: Sample questions]
7	Feb 18 – 24		Reading week: time to catch up on your work for this class and for your other classes
8	Feb 25 – Mar 3	Project proposal #1 (due Monday Feb 26) A2 (due Friday March 2)
Computer networking and security
Chapter 7
[Chapter 7: Sample questions]
Note: Lectures will be held during the week of March 4 - March 10 during the normal lecture and normal tutorial time.  You need to attend class that week.
9	Mar 4 – 10		Binary number systems	Chapter 1: “Bits and Bytes”	[Chapter 1: Sample questions] Hardware review [Acrobat] [PowerPoint] Binary [Acrobat] [PowerPoint]
10	Mar 11 –17	In class Midterm #2	Advanced concepts in computer hardware	Chapter 9	[Chapter 9: Sample questions] [MS-Excel: Sample questions]
11	Mar 18 – 24	Project proposal #2(due Monday March 19) Project #1 (due Friday March 23)	Computer databases	Chapter 11	[Chapter 11: Sample questions]
12	Mar 25 – 31		An overview of writing computer programs	Chapter 10	[Chapter 10: Sample questions]
13	Apr 1 – 7		The Internet: Behind the scenes	Chapter 13	[Chapter 13: Sample questions]
14	Apr 8 - 13	In class Final exam Project #2 (due Friday April 13)	NA	NA

 

Assignments and projects (you must complete both assignments and two term projects)