CPSC 200 — Fall 2018 —
Algorithm Analysis and Development

Prerequisites: A grade of C^- or better in cpsc 141 and cpsc 101; or permission of instructor.

Important Information

Important information may be posted here from time to time.

2018-11-26: Course Evaluations changed to Wednesday
2018-11-21: Homework Assignment 4 now on Blackboard and here.
2018-11-01: Homework Assignment 3 now on Blackboard and here.
2018-10-15: Homework Assignment 2 now on Blackboard and here.
2018-10-10: Quiz and Beamer slides added to Blackboard (learn.unbc.ca) site.
2018-10-08: Laboratory Assignment 2 has been posted.
2018-10-08: Lecture notes have been posted to the BlackBoard site.; Beamer Lecture notes have been added under “More Handouts”.

Accommodations

Students in this course who, because of a disability, may have a need for special academic accommodations should discuss this with the instructor, or contact the Access Resource Centre located in the Teaching & Learning Building in Room 10-1048.

Instructor

David Casperson; Office: T&L 10-2080; Telephone: 1(250)960-6672; e-mail: David.Casperson; (more contact information …)

Administrative Assistant

Marva Byfield; Telephone: 1(250)960-6490; e-mail: Marva.Byfield@unbc.ca ;

Rooms and Hours

(Click for David’s schedule.) M W F 16:30–17:20. Room: 5-174. There are no assigned lab or tutorial times.

Homework:

See here.

Learning Outcomes

Topics

Blackboard

There is a blackboard site at learn.unbc.ca

Handouts:

2018-09-05	Printed Outline
	Facts about Logarithms
	Advice on Plotting
2018-09-10	Asymptotic Summary
	more handouts…

Grading Scheme:¹ and Dates

Homework	25%
First Class		Wed, Sep 05
Thanksgiving		Mon, Oct 08
Midterm I	20%	Fri, Oct 12
Last Drop Day		Thu, Oct 25
Midterm II	20%	Fri, Nov 09
No classes		Mon, Nov 12
Course Evaluation		Wed, Nov 28
Last Class		Fri, Nov 30
Final	35%	Thu, Dec 13
7-212		18:00–21:00

Text (see Books)

Weiss is required.

Final Examination

Three hours sometime in December. See above.

Notes:

I reserve the right to change the weight of any portion of this marking scheme. If changes are made, your grade will be calculated using the original weighting and the new weighting, and you will be given the higher of the two.

CPSC 200 — Fall 2018 — Algorithm Analysis and Development

CPSC 200 — Fall 2018 —
Algorithm Analysis and Development