Syllabus Introduction to Computer Science

							             Syllabus
Introduction to Computer Science
         Yonsei University
  1st Semester, 2010 Daewook Lee
                   Lecturer & TA
   Lecturer
     Daewook Lee
       Postdoctoral Researcher
       Dept. of Computer Science,
       Yonsei University
     Office : C533-1
     Email: daewook@gmail.com
   Teaching Assistant
     Eun-Ji Shin
     Office: C533-1
     Email: shineunji@cs.yonsei.ac.kr
                    Course Goals
   This course provides an introduction to
    fundamental scientific principles of computation
    including

       Computer organization
       Computer networks
       Algorithms
       Software engineering
       Databases
       Etc.
                     Web Site
   http://embio.yonsei.ac.kr/course_view.php?courseid=46
    (class homepage)

   Announcements, syllabus, lecture notes, homework and
    solution, etc.

   http://www.cengage.co.uk/forouzan (textbook homepage)
                        Textbook
   Required
    Behrouz Forouzan and
    Firouz Mosharraf,
    Foundations of Computer
    Science, 2nd Edition,
    Thomson, 2008
              Class Schedule (1/2)
   Week 1:   Chapter 1      (introduction)
   Week 2:   Chapter 2      (number systems)
   Week 3:   Chapter 3      (data storage)
   Week 4:   Chapter 4      (operations on data)
   Week 5:   Chapter 5      (computer organization)
   Week 6:   Chapter 6      (computer networks)
   Week 7:   Chapter 7      (operating systems)
   Week 8:   Midterm exam   (4/20)
            Class Schedule (2/2)
   Week 9: Chapter 8     (algorithms)
   Week 10: Chapter 9    (programming languages)
   Week 11: Chapter 10   (software engineering)
   Week 12: Chapter 11   (data structures)
   Week 13: Chapter 12   (abstract data types)
   Week 14: Chapter 13   (file structures)
   Week 15: Chapter 14   (databases)
   Week 16: Final exam   (6/15)
                           Grades
   30% midterm exam
   40% final exam
   20% quiz
   10% attendance
   „F‟ will be given if absent more than 1/3

   The class is divided into two groups:
       Group 1: students whose IDs begin with “09”
       Group 2: the other students
   Evaluations are based on the underlying groups
                              Quiz
   Four quizzes will be taken during the semester
       Quiz 1: during the 3rd week
       Quiz 2: during the 5th week
       Quiz 3: during the 10th week
       Quiz 4: during the 12th week

   Quiz problems will be selected from the textbook
    exercises
Any questions or comments on this class?