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COURSE SYLLABUS: CST388 - Data Structures and Algorithms

Course Title: CST388 - Data Structures and Algorithms
Department: School of Computer Science & Technology
Instructor: Earl Robinson, MSCIS, MBA, CIAPT, E-Mail -- Vita
Office: Please contact me via Ask-the-Professor (ATP) in the Discussion Forum
Office Hours: Wednesday between 1-4 pm via chat Goggle IM Chat ID Earl122
Phone: (313) 402-0845
Alt Email: earlpower1@yahoo.com


Required Texts  Online Bookstore

Joyce Farrell, Programming Logic and Design, Comprehensive, Fifth Edition. Course Technology Incorporated, 2008.
ISBN-13: 9781423901969
Available Electronically for class.

Course Objectives

Programming Logic and Design provides the beginning programmer with a guide to developing structured program logic. The course assumes no programming experience and does not focus on any one particular language. It introduces programming concepts, such as structure, decision-making, looping, arrays, and methods, and enforces good style and logical thinking. Students will also learn how to design control-break programs. Advanced chapters cover arrays, files, objects, events, and databases.

Specific topic coverage includes: Email

All students are requested to obtain an e-mail account. If you have any questions about the course or need assistance, please contact me in person or by telephone during office hours; or by e-mail at any time. Also, you may submit the end-of-chapter case project assignments in class on the due date or by e-mail with a date stamp at or before 5:00 P.M. on the due date. E-mail submissions should be submitted as an attachment in Microsoft Word format.

Grading and Evaluation Criteria

40% of the grade is based on a midterm and a final examination. Both examinations are cumulative and given in a varied format. An in-class review will be held prior to each examination.

20% of the grade is based on quizzes. Quizzes are announced one day in advance and may vary from three to five questions that may be in any format.

40% of the grade is based on keeping a project notebook. Students are asked to obtain a small notebook to enter the answers to the various homework exercises and projects at the end of each chapter in the text.

8-Week Course Outline



HERE'S THE GRADING SCALE ... I WILL POST YOUR GRADES ON WEBGATE ON AUGUST 20, 2008.

1000 - 900 - A
899 - 700 - B
699 - 500 - C
499 - 300 - C-
299 - 100 - D
BELOW 99 - E