Introduction to C

CS 113

Fall 2000

Basic Info

• Time: Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 12:25-1:15 pm (notice the time change).
• Place: Phillips 101.
• First class: Friday, August 25.

Staff

• Instructor: Ioannis A. Vetsikas, 5136 Upson Hall, 255-9730. email: vetsikas@cs.cornell.edu
  • please include "CS113" in the subject if you email me

Office Hours (not valid anymore)

Monday 3:00-4:00

Thursday 4:00-5:00

Friday 3:00-4:00

Office Hours (during last week of September)

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:30-1:30 (time when class would normally meet)

Also: Thursday 4-5pm

NEWS

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Follow this link get to the news page. 

Lectures

Follow this link to the lecture schedule and notes. 

Homework

There will probably be four homeworks, generally due on Fridays (one week after they are given out). They will mostly involve coding some small programs.

• Late homeworks will not receive credit. If a genuine emergency situation prevents you from handing in an assignment on time, come talk to me or email me. I will allow each student to submit at most one late homework, if a really serious emergency occurs.

Homework 1 (due on Friday, September 1st)            Solutions

Homework 2 (due on Friday, September 8th)            Some examples executions of my program!

Homework 3 (due on Friday, September 15th)

Homework 4 (due on Friday, September 22nd - official date)    unofficial date: Friday, September 29th (during office hours)

Quiz

The quiz was given on Friday, Sept. 22.

Follow the link to go to the quiz (with solutions)

Web pages for this class in previous semesters

You might want to look at these web pages. They were created by the people you taught CS 113 in the previous semesters. You will be able to look at assignments of previous semesters among other things; if you want you may try to solve them, since they are different form the ones that I gave and will give in this class! 

1. Spring 99
2. Fall 99
3. Spring 00

Pre-requisites

The pre-requisite for the course is CS 100.

Grading

A student will pass provided that all homeworks are attempted and the results are reasonable overall.

• Grades on assignments:
  • 4 = Perfect
  • 3 = Very good
  • 2 = Good
  • 1 = Seriously incomplete homework and/or significant errors
  • 0 = No effort at all
• You'll get an S if you complete all assignments with a grade >=2 and decent performance on quizzes
• Failing to complete any assignment will probably result in a U

Books

The course required textbook is

• The C Programming Language, 2nd ed. Kernighan and Ritchie. Prentice-Hall, 1988.

An optional book is

• A Book on C, 4th ed. Kelley and Pohl. Addison-Wesley.

This book exists at the campus store but it is not required

Another book that was also used in the past (and is given for your reference) is:

• C by Dissection, 3rd ed. Al Kelley and Ira Pohl. Addison-Wesley, 1996.

The Kernighan and Ritchie book is the only required textbook.

Reserved Books

The following books should be reserved at the engineering library

• The C Programming Language, 2nd ed., by Kernighan and Ritchie.
• The C answer book : solutions to the exercises in The C programming language, second edition, by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, 2nd ed., by Tondo and Gimpel.
• An introduction to programming in C : a book on C, by Kelley and Pohl.

Academic Integrity

You are expected to maintain the utmost level of academic integrity in the course.

You are allowed to discuss ideas for the programs that are asked to code, but each person MUST submit his/her own programs.

If you are unsure about anything feel free to contact me!