TS2T 390 - Great Ideas in Computing

Instructor: Aaron Gordon

Office: EBH 170 Phone: 970-247-7436

Office Hours:

Textbooks:

• Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things, MIT Press
• Wanda Dann, Stephen Cooper, and Randy Pausch, Learning to Program with Alice, Prentice Hall
• Lawrence Snyder, Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities, 2/E, Addison-Wesley_

Classroom: Noble 110

email: gordon_a@fortlewis.edu

Web Page: http://faculty.fortlewis.edu/gordon_a/ts2t390

Course Objectives: To learn how computers work and to study historical, sociological and ethical issues surrounding computing.

Syllabus

Week	Topic
1	History, The Web & HTML, Sociology of Web Read Computing History Computing History 2 Computing Timeline HTML chapter 4 in Fluency HTML Tutorial Cyber Communities ASSIGNMENT: make a web page
2	Electric Circuits and Architecture and Operating Systems Read: Fluency, chapter 9
3	Algorithms and Problem Solving (automating process) READ: Handout on Algorithmic thinking, ASSIGNMENT: Write Alice programs (Programming with Alice will continue thru week 7)
4	Human-Computer Interaction READ: Norman "Design of Everyday Things" Assignment: paper #1
5	Software Engineering Test #1 on Thursday READ: Handout on Software Engineering Assignment: project - can software be bug-free? implications for medial, aerospace, defense, self-driving cars, ...
6	Digital Media READ: Fluency - chapter 11
7	Simulation and experimentation READ: Handout on Simulation
8	Programming Tools & Python (thru week 14) Topics include: Data Representation (int, double, char, String, array) Decisions (if stmt) Repetition (while) Modularization (functions) Assignment: Python programs Documentation: http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html
9	Abstraction & more Python Test #2 on thursday Assignment: more Python
10	Analysis of algorithm & Limits of Computation READ: Chapter 23 in Fluency
11	Legal Issues, such as Intellectual Property Rights & Protection Ethics READ: Ethics paper
12	Networking - a behind the scenes look Test #3 on thursday READ: Fluency, p66-84, Networking paper Documentation: http://www.pcsupportadvisor.com/TCP_IP_tutorial_page1.htm
13	Cryptography - Security READ: Fluency-Chapter 17 Assignment: paper
14	XML Documentation:: http://www.w3.org/XML/ http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/education/xmlintro/xmlintro.html http://www.xmlfiles.com/xml/default.asp

Evaluation: There will be two or three tests and one final exam. These exams will account for appoximately 66% of the final grade. There will be writing assignments and programming assignments and possibly other assignments and quizzes that will account for the other 34%.

Course Policies: All assignments must be done individually unless otherwise stated. All programming assignments must work before handed in. For late asssignments, there is a 2 point penalty if the assignment is one day late and the penalty doubles each subsequent day to a maximum of 32 points. There is no penalty for weekends and holidays. Students are expected to attend class and take exams at the time given. A student may choose a no credit grade at any time up to the deadline set by the college.

Class attendance on Religious Holidays: You are excused from class for religious reasons but you are still responsible for assignments and class activities.

American with Disabilities Accommodations: Students with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations to fully participate in course activities or meet course requirements must register with Disability Services, 280 Noble Hall, 247-7459. If you qualify for services, bring your letter of accommodations to me as soon as possible.

This syllabus is subject to change during the semester.