ENGR 112 FOUNDATIONS OF ENGINEERING II (Sections 510-512)

Fall 2009
Course Information

Instructor: Dr. Hyunyoung Lee [E-mail: hlee (put at sign here) cse (dot) tamu (dot) edu]
Lecture Room: ZACH 227A
Lecture Time: MW 1:50PM-2:40PM
Office: HRBB 410B

Teaching Assistant: Elham Khabiri [E-mail: khabiri (put at sign here) gmail (dot) com]
Lab Room: CVLB 418
Lab Time:
    Section 510: TR 11:10AM-12:00PM
    Section 511: TR 12:45PM-1:35PM
    Section 512: TR 2:20PM-3:10PM

Peer Teachers:
    Shell Zhang [E-mail: xzhang1 (put at sign here) neo (dot) tamu (dot) edu]
    Jessica McMillin [E-mail: jessicalmcmillin (put at sign here) gmail (dot) com]
    Chad Spratt [E-mail: internet2.0 (put at sign here) gmail (dot) com]

Syllabus

Course Description

Computer programming syntax for primitive types, control structures, vectors, strings, structs, classes, functions, file I/O, exceptions and other programming constructs, use of class libraries; practice in solving problems with computers; includes the execution of programs in C++ written by students.

Office Hours

Monday	Hyunyoung Lee, HRBB 410B, 10:30-11:30AM Jessica McMillin, HRBB 214, 12:30-1:30PM Shell Zhang, CVLB 418, 5:30-7PM
Tuesday	Elham Khabiri, CVLB 418, 12:00-12:45PM and 1:35-2:20PM
Wednesday	Hyunyoung Lee, HRBB 410B, 10:30-11:30AM Jessica McMillin, HRBB 214, 12:30-1:30PM Shell Zhang, CVLB 418, 5:30-7PM
Thursday	Elham Khabiri, CVLB 418, 12:00-12:45PM and 1:35-2:20PM
Friday	Elham Khabiri, HRBB 408A, (By appointment, please send e-mail) Jessica McMillin, CVLB 418, 12:30-1:30PM

ECEN 214/248 help desk
ENGR 111/112 help desk

Announcements

[Monday, Sep 7] Shell Zhang will hold her office hours starting from this Wednesday.
[Wednesday, Sep 16] Homework 2 deadline is extended 24 hours to 9 PM Thursday, September 17.
[Sunday, Sep 27] In the exam tomorrow, there can be all kinds of questions including true/false, definitions, and program code.
[Tuesday, Sep 29] Dr. Lee's office hour on Wednesday, September 30 is canceled.
[Monday, Oct 12] Jessica McMillin's office hours change this week: Monday (Oct/12) -> canceled, Wednesday (Oct/14) -> 11:30AM-1:30PM, Friday (Oct/16) -> canceled.
[Wednesday, Oct 21] Exam II will be held on Monday, November 2.
[Tuesday, Oct 27] Dr. Lee's office hour on Wednesday, October 28 is moved to 3-4 PM.
[Wednesday, Oct 28] Homework 6 deadline is extended to 9 PM Friday, Oct 30.
[Thursday, Oct 29] Tomorrow (Friday, Oct 30), Shell Zhang will hold a review session for the exam II at 2pm in the lab (418 CVLB).
[Monday, Nov 23] We will not have class on Wednesday, November 25. However, Dr. Lee will hold her office hours. Wishing everyone Happy Thanksgiving!

Homework

Homework 1 due on 9 PM Wednesday, September 9.
Homework 2 due on 9 PM Thursday, September 17 *extended*.
Homework 3 due on 9 PM Wednesday, September 23.
Homework 4 due on 9 PM Wednesday, October 7.
Homework 5 due on 9 PM Wednesday, October 21.
Homework 6 due on 9 PM Friday, October 30. *extended*.
Homework 7 due on 9 PM Monday, November 16. *extended*. Image 1 and Image 2 to be used for problems 4 and 5 (you can use either image for either problem).
Homework 8 due on 9 PM Wednesday, November 18.
Homework 9 due on 9 PM Wednesday, November 25.
Homework 10 due on 9 PM Monday, December 7.

Lectures

Week 1: Introduction [Ch.1]; Hello, World! [Ch.2]
Week 2: Objects, Types, and Values [Ch.3]; Computation [Ch.4]
Week 3: Computation (Cont.) [Ch.4]
Week 4:

Monday, September 21: Errors [Ch.5] (Lecture given by Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup)
Wednesday, September 23: Errors (Cont.) [Ch.5]; Quiz 1; Review for Exam I (Chapters 1-5)
Thursday, September 24: Industry Night (Zach Engineering Center, 7-9 p.m. Attendance required)

Week 5:

Monday, September 28: Exam I (Chapters 1-5)
Wednesday, September 30: Writing a Program [Ch.6];

Week 6: Writing (and Completing) a Program [Ch.6&7]; Functions [Ch.8]
Week 7:

Quiz 2; Functions (Cont.)
Calculator programs (to be used in the labs):
Fibonacci numbers programs:
- A recursive function for Fibonacci numbers and
- its verbose version

Week 8: Classes [Ch.9]
Week 9:

Classes (Cont.)
Input and Output Streams [Ch.10]: sample program and its data file
Customizing I/O [Ch.11]

Week 10:

Monday, November 2: Exam II (Chapters 1-11. In Ch.11, only Sections 11.3.1, 11.4, 11.5)
A Display Model [Ch.12]; Graphics Classes [Ch.13];

Week 11:

Week 12: Vector and Free Store [Ch.17]
Week 13: Vectors and Arrays [Ch.18]

Week 14: Vector, Templates, and Exceptions [Ch.19]

Final Exam: Tuesday, December 15 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Additional Information

Claiming your CS account (MS Word document)
VPN (You need to connect to VPN to be able to login to CSNet and submit your homework there.)
PuTTY
Basic UNIX Commands
vi Editor Commands