Students are expected to have a strong background in structured programming (CSE 17 or equivalent) and some machine organization/architecture understanding (binary, bits, bytes, addresses, etc.)

Homework and programming assignments will consist mostly of C programs and Unix shell scripts. Tests will consist of two hour exams, a final, and many short quizzes.

Expected grading: homeworks, quizzes, and class participation will be worth 20%; programs 40%; hourly exam 1 - 10%; hourly exam 2 - 10%; and final exam 20%.

Attendance is strongly encouraged and pop quizzes may occur at any time. You are responsible for everything that occurs in class. A grade may be changed up to two weeks after an assignment, program, or exam is returned. After the final exam, no grades may be contested.

Quizzes:
Short quizzes will be given at the beginning of class on Fridays unless there is an hour exam. These quizzes should take no more than 10 minutes, and are closed book, closed notes.

Homework:
Late homework will be penalized according to the same process as for programs, below, unless a solution has been posted or presented in class, after which there will be no credit.

Programs:
Programs will be graded on correctness, style, and documentation. Each program will typically be graded out of 100 points, and then the score will be weighted to reflect its complexity. Programming assignments will consist of small (10-200 lines), medium (200-600), and large (600+ lines) projects.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, programs are due electronically at 11:59pm (local time) on the due date. Late programs will be accepted, but will be penalized 10% per day that it is late.

Tests:
No makeup exams will be given. Students who are excused from an hour exam will be graded out of the remaining percentages.

• C programming: syntax, statements, data types, operators; the standard libraries; separate compilation; machine architecture concerns; safe programming practices.
• Software development issues: Text editing; Automatic program testing; Source tools for compilation (make), maintenance (indent, cxref, cflow, cvs) and debugging (gdb, gprof).
• Unix operation.
• Shell programming/scripting.
• Text Processing: awk, diff, grep, perl; LaTeX.
• Unix systems programming: system calls; signals; processes and inter-process communication; files and filesystems.

The primary computer resource will be the various CSE/ECE Sun workstations (e.g., those in PL122) running the Solaris version of the UNIX operating system, but students are free to utilize other (equivalent) computers for developing their programming assignments. However, all programming assignments, unless explicitly stated otherwise, must work correctly and be submitted on the Suns. A list of the names of those machines can be found here.

All work, unless explicitly stated in the problem definition, is to be an individual effort. You are encouraged to discuss assignments with one another, your friends, and with the instructors and graders of the course. Indeed, this may be the most effective method of learning. You may share concepts, approaches and strategies for producing a solution. However all work submitted in your name must be your own. If necessary, violations will be considered as cases of academic dishonesty.

It is sometimes difficult to know where to draw the line between educationally useful sharing of ideas and the educationally destructive copying of ideas. Please refer to the "Collaboration Policy" statement for more examples of what is and what is not unfair collaboration.

If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting accommodations, please contact your professor and the Office of Academic Services, Room 212, University Center or call (610-758-4152) as early as possible in the semester. University policy states that you must notify your professor seven (7) days prior to the exam.

• Religious Holidays
• Lehigh Computer Usage
• Academic Integrity

Mon Jan 17	First day of classes
Fri Jan 21	Last day to add online
Fri Jan 28	Last day to drop without W
Fri Feb 18	1st Hour Exam
Sat Mar 05-Sun Mar 13	Spring Break
Fri Apr 01	2nd Hour Exam
Fri Apr 08	Last day to drop with a W
Fri Apr 29	Last class day, last day to drop WP/WF
Tue May 03-Wed May 11	Final Exams