teaching
CMSC 143
Object-Oriented Programming with Robots (F2009)
overview | logistics | schedule | announcements | assignments | labs | resources
Class: Monday & Wednesday 9:00am-10:30am (RKC 107)
Lab: Friday 9:00am-11:00am (RKC 107)
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 11am-12pm and by appointment
Textbooks
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IPRE Robot: Scribbler + Fluke (and bluetooth adapter if necessary)
Loaners will be available, but you are encouraged to purchase your own personal robot! - Learning
Computing with Robots. Deepak Kumar. 2008.
Available for free online, or for a small fee at amazon or the bookstore. - Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer
Scientist aka Think
Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist. Allen
B. Downey. 2009.
Available for free online, or for a small fee at amazon or the bookstore.
DO NOT use campus lab printers to print copies of the textbooks.
- Assignments (30%): Large programming assignments
- Labs (25%): Small weekly programming assignments
- Quizzes (20%): Short open-note quizzes given approximately every week
- Midterm (10%): Closed book exam
- Final (10%): Closed book, cumulative exam
- Participation (5%): Positive impact on the class
- Attend class.
- Be on time.
- Participate.
- Come to class prepared. Make sure to have the required reading done BEFORE class.
- Complete all assignments, and start early.
- Cooperate, but don't copy.
- Credit work, including all sources you used from the web, other books, etc.
- Sharing ideas is encouraged, but blatantly copying work without attribution will be treated as scholastic dishonesty and receive no credit.