Program Overview

Course Overview

General Information

The course CSCI 1200 - Spring 2006, Computer Science II, provides an overview of the program's structure and content.

Course Content

Lecture and Lab Materials

The course includes:

• Calendar
• Lecture notes
• Lab materials
• Homework
• Test reviews

Instructor and Teaching Assistants

Instructor Information

The instructor for the course is Professor Barbara Cutler.

Teaching Assistants

The teaching assistants for the course are:

• Bettina Schimanski
• Jacob Juda Becker
• Luis Gervasio
• Roopa Venkateswaran

Lecture and Lab Times

Lecture Times and Location

Lectures are held on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:00-11:30am in DCC 318.

Lab Times and Location

Lab times and locations are determined by the lab schedule page for each section.

Textbook and Web Resources

Required and Optional Textbooks

The required textbook for the course is Koenig and Moo, Accelerated C++, Addison-Wesley. The optional textbook is D.S. Malik, C++ Programming, Thomson Learning (2nd edition).

Web Resources

The course utilizes web resources, including the STL programmer's guide at SGI and an organized summary of C++ newsgroups FAQs.

Course Emphasis and Goals

Course Objectives

The course emphasizes the development of problem-solving skills using the standard C++ library. By the second week of the semester, students will start programming using the standard library, allowing them to write sophisticated programs quickly. The course also covers the implementation of container classes and functions of the standard library, introducing low-level tools of the C++ language.