C++ Course Syllabus
Last changed: October 2nd
Below is the general syllabus. In addition, there will be
weekly announcements. You may want to
read the
welcome message to the students and
the
regular announcements by the
team of consultants.
Class Format
The class consists of two parts. One part will consist of a
hyper-textbook.
The other part consists of an
online consultant
who is available at the
"Diversity University MOO"
to answer any questions you may have real-time.
In addition, there is an
Email discussion list for questions
whose archives will be accessible on the Web.
Solutions to programming exercises will be made available to the students.
Details are given in the
bootstrap document.
Class Schedule
The class is officially scheduled to begin on Oct 3th, 1994. A rough
draft of the
class notes
is available right now, and consultants
are also available to answer any of your questions. You are encouraged
to use these services even though the class has not official started.
Course Units
One course unit will last one week and cover one chapter of the
class textbook.
The course will probably proceed in three blocks covering
subsequent parts of the class textbook, exercises with solutions.
The meaning of course 'units' is that within the week of the unit,
a student logging in for online advice can expect to find a consultant
who is sufficiently prepared to help him. Students who are "out of phase"
with the current class schedule should respect the needs of others who
follow the course closely. They should restrict themselves to either ask
questions outside the office hours or send Email to the consultant in charge
of a particular unit.
Student Projects
There was discussions about the possibility of assigning a group
of students to a consultant. We felt that this was not the best
way to go. We believe that
grouping students around a project make
much more sense.
Because of this, anybody who has a project to propose do so.
Those who don't want to propose a project should read the different
proposals and find one that suit his/her taste and availability.
Those who don't want to participate in a project
should ignore this aspect of the course.
Proposals for course projects should be send to
the
Email discussion list of the class.
Acknowledgements
None of this would have been possible without the enthusiasm and
active support of both the
students and the
consultants of the first course.
Without the help of many volunteers
the WWW textbook could not have been written. Help with an own, archived
email list was crucial for the progress
made during the course.