Class attributes: Math/Science/Technology Essential Studies requirement for information literacy

Synchronous class delivery: The class lectures will be delivered synchronously via https://und.zoom.us/j/2489867333, and the Zoom video will be posted on the Blackboard afterwards. Students can watch the video clips anytime they want.

Programming helps: The four programming exercises have each student step-by-step build a simple, dynamic website, which may be the most useful and popular IT system. By doing the exercises, students will gain essential knowledge and experience of using computers because they require you to know how to use various fundamental computer tools (like Linux, HTML, and Python). If you need helps for the programming exercises,

• Come to the classes physically and the instructor will help you during or after classes.
• Come to the instructor’s or TA’s office during the office hours.
• We can do it over the Zoom during the office hours, but it would take much time.
• Send an email to the instructor for a face-to-face or Zoom appointment other than the office hours.

Lecture notes: No textbook will be used. Instead, award-winning, interactive, informative, and practical lecture notes (based on books, papers, online documents, and user manuals) and detailed and precise class instructions will be provided. Collectively, the lecture notes and instructions are more like a small book, which supplies much more information than regular notes do and makes the subject studies much easier. Students will not have problem learning the subjects or taking the exams after studying them and doing programming exercises.

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Grading: Grade information Programming exercises Programming exercise guidelines Examination rules and guidelines

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Announcements:

• Updated constantly: Class notes:
  • undcemcs02 (most up-to-date and requiring a VPN connection)
  • undcemcs01 (no VPN required, but may not be up-to-date)


• If you need helps for the programming exercises,
  
  
  • Come to the classes physically and the instructor will help you during or after classes.
  • Come to the instructor’s or TA’s office during the office hours.
  • We can do it over the Zoom during the office hours, but it would take much time.
  • Send an email to the instructor for a face-to-face or Zoom appointment other than the office hours.


• Wednesday, April 10: Exam II to be held at 6:30pm–8:30pm (CST) for all students
• Friday, March 29: Exam II rules and question distribution posted
• Wednesday, February 21: Exam I to be held at 6:30pm–8:30pm (CST) for all students
• Monday, February 12: Exam I rules and question distribution posted
• Friday, February 16: Programming Exercise II due before the Exam I because HTML will be covered in the exam, but the due date will not be enforced
• Friday, January 26: Programming Exercise II posted
• Friday, February 02: Programming Exercise I due
• Wednesday, January 17: Programming Exercise I posted
• Monday, January 08: Register this course via Course Registration.

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Tentative Schedule:

Week	Class	Topic	Due	Where
0		0. Computer Career and Data Research & Technologies
		0.1 A computer career
		0.2 Data research
		0.3 Data technologies
1	01/10 01/12	1. Introduction to CSCI 101
		1.1 Course outline
		1.2 Tentative schedule
		1.3 Topics to be covered
2	01/17 01/19	2. Fundamental Software Development Tools
		2.1 Programming Exercise I
		2.2 Linux operating system
		2.3 Emacs editor
	01/18	Last day to add a course or drop without record  Last day to add audit or change to/from audit  Last day to receive a refund on a dropped class  Drops after the last day to add will appear on a transcript.
	01/15	Holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday) — no classes
3	01/22 01/24 01/26	3. Operating Systems (OSs)
		3.1 OS architecture
		3.2 OS process management
		3.3 OS memory management
4	01/29 01/31 02/02	4. The World Wide Web
		4.1 A website architecture
		4.2 Technologies for website building
		4.3 World Wide Web programming	EX I
5	02/05 02/07 02/09	5. HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
		5.1 Introduction to HTML
		5.2 HTML tags
		5.3 HTML syntax
6	02/12 02/14 02/16	6. HTML (Cont.)
		6.1 HTML forms and input
		6.2 HTML frames and iframes
		6.3 HTML5
7	02/23	7. CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)
		7.1 Introduction to CSS
		7.2 CSS basics
		7.3 CSS syntax
	02/19	Holiday, Presidents’ Day (Monday) — no classes
	02/21	Exam I (for both on-campus and on-line students; 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Wednesday)
8	02/26 02/28 03/01	8. Programming Languages
		8.1 Language generations
		8.2 Language survey
		8.3 Language processing
9	03/04 – 03/08	Spring Break — no classes
10	03/11 03/13 03/15	10. Data Structures and Algorithms
		10.1 Introduction
		10.2 Data Structures
		10.3 Algorithms
11	03/18 03/20 03/22	11. A Computer History
		11.1 Historical perspective
		11.2 Personal computers
		11.3 Smartphones
12	03/25 03/27	12. Computer Architecture
		12.1 Under the covers
		12.2 Computer mice and monitors
		12.3 Processor technologies
	03/29	Holiday, Good Friday — no classes
13	04/03 04/05	13. Computer Architecture (Cont.)
		13.1 Memory technologies
		13.2 Computer Networks
		13.3 Chip manufacturing process
	04/05	Last day to change to or from S/U grading  Last day to change to or from audit grading  Last day to drop a full-term course or withdraw from school
	04/01	Easter holiday (Monday) — no classes
14	04/08 04/12	14. Smartphones
		14.1 Smartphone structure
		14.2 Smartphone components
		14.3 Mobile operating systems
	04/10	Exam II (for both on-campus and on-line students; 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Wednesday)
15	04/15 04/17 04/19	15. Smartphones (Cont.)
		15.1 Mobile processors
		15.2 Memory
		15.3 Synchroniztion
16	04/22 04/24 04/26	16. Smartphones (Cont.)
		16.1 Computer networks
		16.2 Mobile networks
		16.3 Mobile payment methods
17	04/29 05/01	17. Databases
		17.1 Introduction to databases
		17.2 Relational databases
		17.3 Relational tables	EX II
18	05/08	Final exam (for both on-campus and on-line students; 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Wednesday)
19	05/14	Grades posted before noon, Tuesday