CSCI 101.03 Syllabus

Syllabus:

Instructor: Xusheng Wang
Email: wangx@winthrop.edu
Webpage: http://faculty.winthrop.edu/wangx/teaching/CSCI101F/syllabus.htm
Phone: (803) 323-4824
Office: 304 Thurmond
Office hours: MWF 10:00am - 10:50am, and MW 2:00pm - 5:30pm, or by appointment
Classroom: THUR 210
Class time: F 11:00am - 12:15pm
Course credit hours: 1.5

Textbooks:
1. Technology in Action, Custom Edition for Winthrop University, ISBN-10: 0558265634, ISBN-13: 9780558265632, Pearson Custom Publishing, or Alan Evans, Kendall Martin and Mary Anne Poatsy, Technology in Action, Complete, 5th Edition, ISBN-10: 0135137209, ISBN-13: 9780135137208, Prentice Hall, 2008.
2. Deidre Hayes, SAMS Teach Yourself HTML, 4th Edition, ISBN-10: 067232878X, ISBN-13: 9780672328787, SAMS, 2006.

Prerequisites:
None.

Course Description:
This course includes an introduction to computer concepts, using computer systems, computing related ethics, and web authoring. In the separate laboratory modules, students use microcomputers to learn software packages such as word processing, spreadsheets, database, and a web development system.

Course Credit:
Be sure that you have registered for enough CSCI 101 credit. Most students need 3 hours of CSCI 101 credit for their majors. This lecture portion of CSCI 101 is worth 1.5 credit hours. The remaining 1.5 hours are earned through completion of three separate 0.5-credit lab courses. These lab courses last five weeks each, allowing students to take their three 101 lab courses within a single course time slot, i.e. all three labs at M 6:30pm in one semester. For further information, please check the CSCI 101 FAQ web site.

Course Objectives:
Provide an introduction to using computer systems. Students learn about general computer concepts, issues related to computers and to develop a web-based system using a manipulation language such as HTML. After completing this course, a student will:

understand the basic components of a computer in order to make the student a better buyer of technology and a user who accurately understands the limitations and capabilities of computers;
understand the functioning, capabilities, and limitations of computer networks;
know the basic laws governing privacy, security, and intellectual property;
understand the basic principles of how harmful applications work and how to protect against them;
understand what information moves across the World Wide Web and how it moves, who governs the web, and how to create a corporate or personal web site;
have a working knowledge of HTML in order to make the student a better user of web page development applications such as Expression Web;
understand and practice rhetorical techniques and styles by writing and by giving oral presentations;
use computers competently;
use the library and other information sources competently;
understand cultures in their own terms and in terms of the diversity of ideas, institutions, philosophies, moral codes, and ethical principles;
examine problems, issues, and choices that confront citizens of the world.

Course Grading Policy:
4 Assignments - 30%
2 Quizzes - 5%
Midterm Exam - 30%
Final Exam - 35%

The final grade will be based on the following scale:
100 >= A >= 93%, 93 > A- >= 90%,
90 > B+ >= 87%, 87 > B >= 83%, 83 > B- >= 80%,
80 > C+ >= 77%, 77 > C >= 73%, 73 > C- >= 70%,
70 > D+ >= 67%, 67 > D >= 63%, 63 > D- >= 60%,
60% > F.

All assignments must be handed in to the instructor by the due time that will be specified on each assignment. Late submission will be accepted with a penalty of 5% for every delayed day. You are expected to take exams at the scheduled times. If you cannot take an exam at the scheduled time, you must request an alternate time before the scheduled exam date. The instructor will judge the validity of the request, and either disallow it or assign another time.

Attendance Policy:
Attendance is required and will be monitored. Students are responsible for the information provided in every class. Missed classes may negatively affect grades on assignments, and exams.

Academic Success Center (ASC):
Winthrop’s Academic Success Center is a free resource for all undergraduate students seeking to perform their best academically. The ASC offers a variety of personalized and structured resources that help students become effective and efficient learners. The services available to students are as follows: peer tutoring, academic skill development (test taking strategies, time management counseling, and study techniques), group and individual study spaces, and academic coaching. The ASC is located in University College on the first floor of Dinkins Hall, Suite 106. Please contact the ASC at 803-323-3929 or success@winthrop.edu. For more information on ASC services, please visit www.winthrop.edu/success.

Students with Disabilities:
Winthrop University is dedicated to providing access to education. If you have a disability and require specific accommodations to complete this course, contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS) at 323-3290. Once you have your official notice of accommodations from the Office of Disability Services, please inform me as early as possible in the semester.

Assessment Responsibility:
Data from this course are collected and used as part of Winthrop's continuous program assessment. Specifically students will take a short leadership assessment near the beginning of the semester to provide baseline information for use by the BS in Business Administration degree program.

Syllabus change policy:
The grading and attendance policies for this course, as described above, will not change and are adhered to strictly. The schedule of class meetings, listed below, may change due to unexpected events such as class cancellation due to weather.

College of Business Expectations Regarding Professionalism in the Classroom

The College of Business Administration is a professional organization with a well-defined and widely disseminated mission of student development. Accordingly, each class represents a gathering of professionals and professionals-in-training. The instructor's job as a professional is to deliver quality instruction in each class, to start and end each class on time, to be responsive to student perspectives, issues and questions, and to treat each student respectfully. The student's job, as a professional-on-training is to be prepared for class, to be on time, to attend all classes, and to be respectful of others in the classroom.

In accordance with and pursuant to these roles the following guidelines were established to specify to students (both present and prospective) faculty expectations regarding their behaviors

Students will attend all class meetings. There are no automatically "excused" absences. In the event that you will be unable to attend a class session, you should inform your professor in advance as a matter of professional courtesy just as you would/should with an employer.
Students will arrive in advance of the beginning of the class session. Late arrivals are disruptive, inconsiderate and unprofessional. Professors may make arrangements for delinquent, but are not obliged to do so. Those not present at the beginning of the classroom period will be considered absent.
Students will not converse among themselves during class except when instructed to do so. When a student creates a disturbance in the classroom, instructors will either ask the student to desist immediately or speak to the student at the conclusion of class. Repeat offenders will be sanctioned.
Students will not leave class before its conclusion. Early departures are disruptive, inconsiderate and unprofessional. Professors may make arrangements under some circumstance, but are not obliged to do so. Those not present at the conclusion of the classroom session will be considered absent.
Students will have procured textbook/materials prior to the first class. Instruction will begin with the first class meeting and consume the remainder of the class period.

General Education requirement:

CSCI 101 Lecture is certified to count as a Technology course under Winthrop's Touchstone program.
Learning Objectives Related to the Technology Component:

Information Platforms: understand how computers work, how hardware components are linked together, and the relationship between hardware and software; know how to use instructions in a technical manual; know how to perform basic computer operations.
Communication: understand the function of a network; know how, when, and why to use e-mail and the Internet.
Presenting verbal and visual information: use technology to produce documents; use technology to create and deliver presentations.
Data manipulation: work with programs to enter, manipulate, and query data (for example, using spreadsheets, databases, or similar programs).
Researching: Apply research techniques using library resources and the Internet; evaluate information obtained by computer (reliability, validity, ephemerality, timeliness, bias, etc.); recognize plagiarism and understanding ‘appropriate use’ issues); know how to use Dacus library computer resources.
The Foundations of Technology: know major events, standards, and terminology that have affected the integration of computers into our world and culture; understand (at least in broad terms) how computing has changed and that it will change in the future.
The Impact of Technology on our Lives, Society, and Culture: understand how computers will affect the ways individuals interact with their world understand ethics issues involving computing; understand issues.