CSC 482 COURSE POLICY STATEMENT -
Spring 2001
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Instructor: |
Dr. Peter Sanderson |
203B Cheek Hall |
836-4157 |
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Office Hours: 10-11 MTW,
2-3 WR, or by appointment.
Textbook: The
Case of the Killer Robot, by Richard Epstein, John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Prerequisites: completion
of or current enrollment in CSC 326 and CSC 460.
Course Purpose: This one-hour seminar course is designed to heighten
your awareness of the social issues raised by computer usage, with an emphasis
on ethics.
Examinations: The MFAT computer science assessment test must be
taken on the last day of class, March 6. This is a timed standardized exam with
two one-hour sections. The questions fall into four general categories:
programming methodology, software systems, computer organization, and theory
and computational mathematics. Your exam score will not affect your 482 grade,
except that failure to take the exam will result in a failing grade for the
course! Scores will be available before the end of the semester.
Homework: You will be assigned readings each week, and must
turn in written summaries as directed. One or more class members will be
appointed discussion leaders for each reading, and are responsible for turning
in additional written work as directed. Each student will also be required to
write a term paper on an appropriate topic and give a brief presentation about
it to the class.
Grading Policy: Your grade will be based on class attendance (10%)
and participation both as a discussion leader (15%) and in general (20%),
summaries and outlines (20%), the term paper (35%), and completion of the MFAT.
Each component will be scaled to 0-100 point range, then weighted according to
the percentages shown to yield a final score. The letter grade is then based on
a straight 90-80-70-60 translation. Participation and summaries will be marked
on a three-level scale (check-plus, check, check-minus, corresponding roughly
to 95, 85, 75%).
Attendance: This is a one-credit hour discussion-oriented course
that meets only 7 times. You are expected to attend each week, and attendance
will be recorded. Make arrangements in advance of a planned absence (e.g. job
interview).
Academic
Integrity: SMSU
is a community of scholars committed to the ideal of academic integrity. All
members of the University community share the responsibility and authority to
challenge and make known acts of apparent academic dishonesty. Academic dishonesty in this course is
defined as either blatant copying of individual assignments. Either will result in shared credit among
the persons involved for a first offense, and zero credit thereafter. Carefully review the University Student Academic Integrity Policies and
Procedures; http://www.smsu.edu/acadaff/StudentAcademicIntegrity.pdf;
also available at the Reserves Desk (Meyer Library), and in abbreviated form in
the SMSU Undergraduate Catalog.
Disability Accommodation Policy: To
request academic accommodations for a disability, contact Disability Support
Services (DSS), Plaster Student Union, Suite 405, (417) 836-4192 (voice); (417)
836-6792 (TTY); http://www.smsu.edu/disability.
Students are required to provide documentation of disability to DSS prior to
receiving accommodations. DSS refers some types of accommodation requests to
the Learning Diagnostic Clinic (LDC).
For a sliding-scale fee, the LDC also provides diagnostic testing for
learning and psychological disabilities.
To inquire, contact Dr. Steve Capps, Director, LDC, (417) 836-4787; http://www.smsu.edu/contrib/ldc/.
SMSU is an equal
opportunity institution, and maintains a grievance procedure incorporating due
process available to any person who believes he or she has been discriminated
against. At all times, it is your right
to address inquiries or concerns about possible discrimination to the Equal
Opportunity Officer, Carrington 128, (417) 836-4252. Concerns about discrimination can also be brought directly to
your instructor's attention.
[ CSC 482 | Peter Sanderson | Computer Science | SMSU ]
Last
reviewed: 17 January 2001
Peter Sanderson ( PeteSanderson@smsu.edu )