Term and Credits
Spring 2022-2023
3 Credits
Lecture
Section | Time | Instructor | Classroom |
CS 172 - A | Monday 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM | Prof. Adelaida A. Medlock | Bossone Auditorium |
CS 172 - B | Monday 11:00 AM -12:50 PM | Prof. Mark W. Boady | Bossone Auditorium |
CS 172 - C | Monday 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Prof. Daniel W. Moix | Bossone Auditorium |
Lab
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CS 172 - 060
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Wednesday 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM
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3675 Market St.
Room 910-911
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CS 172 - 061
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Wednesday 11:00 AM - 12:50 PM
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3675 Market St. |
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CS 172 - 062 | Wednesday 3:00 PM - 4:50 PM |
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3675 Market St. Room 910-911 |
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CS 172 - 063 | Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM |
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3675 Market St. Room 1054-1055 |
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CS 172 - 064 | Thursday 11:00 AM - 12:50 PM |
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3675 Market St. Room 1054-1055 |
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CS 172 - 065 | Friday9:00 AM - 10:50 AM |
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3675 Market St. Room 1054-1055 |
Instructors Prof. Adelaida Alban Medlock
Electronic Mail Address: aalban@drexel.edu
Webpage: http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~aalban/
Office: 3675 Market St. - Room 1064
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Prof. Mark W. Boady
Electronic Mail Address: mwb33@drexel.edu
Webpage: https://boadycs.gitlab.io/about-mark/
Office: 3675 Market St. - Room 1063
Office Hours: Mondays 3:00 - 4:-- PM
Prof. Daniel W. Moix
Electronic Mail Address: daniel.moix@drexel.edu
Webpage: https://drexel.edu/cci/about/directory/M/Moix-Daniel/
Office: 3675 Market St. - Room 1058
Office Hours: Mondays 12:00 - 2:00 PM and Thursdays 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Teaching Assistants
Ali Turcan |
Andrew Chen |
Aref Azizpour |
Gary Pham |
Ishan Desai |
Mayinuzzaman Shawon |
Minh Nguyen |
Nam Dao |
Raj Ray Chaudhury |
Rayan Shrestha |
Saquib Baig |
Tasmin Rahman |
Theo Jerome |
Tri Truong |
Uday Jain |
TA Office Hours: will be conducted in the person, in the CLC located at 3675 Market St. Room 1066
Office Hours Schedule: https://www.cs.drexel.edu/clc
Contact Info: can be found under the Faculty Information section of Bb Learn
Contact your TA through Discord for Course Related Questions.
CS Department Contact Information
CS Dept. Phone: (215) 895-2669
CS Dept. Fax: (215) 895-0545
CS Dept. Location: 3675 Market Room 1171-A
Course Description
Covers object-oriented design, inheritance hierarchies, information hiding principles, string processing, recursion, good programming style, documentation, debugging, and testing.
Course Goals
The goal is to be able to write a working program using appropriate constructs when presented with a problem description.
Course Objective
Students completing this course should:
Audience and Purpose within Plan of Study
This course is open to all students interested in Programming and Computer Science. This course is the second in a two-term sequence of computer programming courses in Python (CS 171-172) and is a required course for students majoring in computer science, mathematics, physics, information systems, and digital media. It is also a required course for students pursuing a minor in computer science.
Prerequisites
A grade of C or better in CS 171.
Title: CS 172 Computer Programming II
Edition: Spring 2023
Author: Bailey Miller, Roman Lysecky, Frank Vahid
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Title: Making Games with Python and Pygame
Edition: 1st
Author: Al Sweigart
ISBN-13: 978-1469901732
Free at: https://inventwithpython.com/pygame/
Software and Hardware Requirements
All Drexel students are required to have individual access to a dedicated personal computer which meets minimum specifications, including: processor speed, memory and secondary storage requirements, and connectivity to campus network. Please see https://drexel.edu/cci/admissions/graduate-professional-development/admissions-information-and-requirements/computer-requirements-and-skills/ for further information.
The official language used for this course is Python 3. It is available for free at https://www.python.org.
Required Software
Blackboard Learn
This course is operating with the Drexel BlackBoard Learn (Learn) Course Management System, which allows electronic submission of assignments, quizzes, and lab exercises, and threaded discussion groups. You can access the Drexel Learn course website from the Drexel portal http://one.drexel.edu/. You can also access Drexel Learn from the following page https://learn.dcollege.net/.
Labs | 15% |
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Homework | 15% |
Readings | 10% |
Midterm | 30% |
Final Exam | 30% |
Final grades will be determined by your total points weighted according to this distribution. Grades may be curved but are generally computed via the formula below. It may be modified at the instructor's sole discretion, but letter grades will generally not be lower than those shown here.
Grading Scale
A+ | 97-100 |
A | 93-96.99 |
A- | 90-92.99 |
B+ | 87-89.99 |
B | 83-86.99 |
B- | 80-82.99 |
C+ | 77-79.99 |
C | 73-76.99 |
C- | 70-72.99 |
D+ | 65-69.99 |
D | 60-64.99 |
F | 0-59.99 |
Readings
Homework
Labs
Midterm and Final Exams
Special Circumstances
If you have a documented reason why you cannot submit any work by the cut-off deadline, a special exception may be made. The Professor may also wave the late submission policy for documented special exceptions. Special Exceptions must be approved by the Professor.
Additional Policies
Plagiarism Detection System
To ensure that assignments are done independently, in addition to human observation, we will be running all assignments through a plagiarism detection system. This program uses compiler techniques which are invariant of syntax and style. It has a very high accuracy rate.
The university's Academic Honesty policy is in effect for this course. This policy is available in the Student's Handbook https://drexel.edu/studentlife/community_standards/code-of-conduct/. Please also read the following information from the Provost Office: https://drexel.edu/provost/policies/academic-integrity/
You must be the sole original author of all assignments and examination solutions in their entirety, unless the instructor explicitly instructs you otherwise in written directions on an assignment or exam. Except where specifically assigned, collaborative work is a violation of academic honesty in this course. You are not to examine, share, or use code/written solutions belonging to someone else, nor may you let anyone else examine or copy your code/written solutions.
Students found in violation of the Academic Honesty policy will receive no credit for the questionable assignment or exam, a half letter grade reduction on the final grade for the course (on the first occurrence), a whole letter grade reduction on each subsequent occurrence(s), and/or will possibly receive a failing grade for the course. In addition, a Drexel University Alleged Academic Misconduct Report will be filed for each occurrence of Academic Dishonesty.
If you are suspected of academic dishonesty, you will receive an email letting you that your assignment/exam/quiz has been flagged. You will be required to communicate with the course instructor within 72 hours indicating your response to the suspected violation.
Students having difficulty fulfilling the requirements for an assignment without outside help are to seek assistance from a teaching assistant or instructor, not from another student or knowledgeable person.
It is your responsibility to avoid violating the university's policy. If you are unclear as to what the policy means in a particular situation, ask the instructor for clarification before you hand anything in.
See the examples below for clarification of this policy.
The following are acceptable:
These are NOT acceptable:
Computer/Software Help
CCI Commons (3675 Market #1067): https://drexel.edu/cci/current-students/icommons/
Students Accommodations
Students requesting accommodations due to a disability at Drexel University need to request a current Accommodations Verification Letter (AVL) in the ClockWork database before accommodations can be made. These requests are received by Disability Resources (DR), who then issues the AVL to the appropriate contacts. For additional information, visit the DR website at https://drexel.edu/oed/disabilityResources/students/, or contact DR for more information by phone at 215-895-1401, or by email at disability@drexel.edu
Initial Course Participation (ICP)
Class attendance is critical to your success as a student. Missing classes may impact your class success and your federal financial aid.
In addition to the course policies listed on this syllabus, course assignments or course website, the following University policies are in effect:
Class Disruption Policies
According to the student handbook (Code of Conduct section), Disorderly Conduct is defined as behavior that disturbs academic study:
Behavior that disturbs the peace, academic study, or sleep of others both on or off campus is prohibited. Examples of disorderly conduct as it pertains to class/research settings includes, but is not limited to the following:
Students are responsible to comply with a reasonable request from a professor, instructor, or other University official regarding appropriate behavior.
Students disrupting online office hours will be asked to stop the disruptive behavior. If they do not stop, the student will be asked to leave the online session, and a formal complaint will be filed with the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement
CCI faculty believes and embraces diversity for it fosters innovative, transformative classrooms where optimal learning for students of all identities and backgrounds can occur.
For more information on Diversity and Inclusion in CCI, please visit: https://drexel.edu/cci/about/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-council/
Appropriate Use of Course Materials
It is important to recognize that some or all of the course materials provided to you are the intellectual property of Drexel University, the course instructor, or others. Use of this intellectual property is governed by Drexel University policies, including the IT-1 policy found at: https://drexel.edu/it/about/policies/policies/01-Acceptable-Use/
Briefly, this policy states that all course materials including recordings provided by the given prior written approval by the University. Doing so may be considered a breach of this policy and will be investigated and addressed as possible academic dishonesty, among other potential violations. Improper use of such materials may also constitute a violation of the University’s Code of Conduct found at: https://drexel.edu/cpo/policies/cpo-1/ and will be investigated as such.
Recording of Class Activities:
In general, students and others should not record course interactions and course activities in lecture, lab, studio or recitation.
Students who have an approved accommodation from the Office of Disability Resources to record online lectures and discussions for note taking purposes should inform their course instructor(s) of their approved accommodation in advance. The recording of lectures and discussions may only be carried out by the students enrolled in the class who have an approved accommodation from Disability Resources with their instructors’ prior knowledge and consent. Students with approved accommodations may be asked to turn off their recorder if confidential or personal information is presented.
If a student has any comments, concerns, or questions about provided class materials and/ or recording, talk to your course instructor first. If this does not resolve the issue, you can also reach out to the Department Head, and use the process described for a grade appeal to move your concern forward. The process described for grade appeals can be found at: https://drexel.edu/provost/policies/grade-appeals/
Tentative Course Schedule
Schedule Subject to change at any time.
Note: All due dates and times are on Eastern Time Zone.
CS 172 Spring 2022 - 2023 Schedule | ||||
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Week | Topics | Reading | Lab | Notes |
1 (4/2/23) |
Course Overview |
ZyBooks 1.1-1.6 |
Lab 1 |
Week 1 Reading Homework 1 |
2 (4/9/23) |
Classes in Python | ZyBooks 4.1-4.7 |
Lab 2 Due by 11:59 PM on the day of your lab session |
Week 2 Reading Due Sunday 4/16/23 by 11:59 PM |
3 (4/16/23) |
Overloading Operators |
ZyBooks 6.1-6.2; and |
Lab 3 Due by 11:59 PM on the day of your lab session |
Week 3 Reading Due Sunday 4/23/23 by 11:59 PM |
4 (4/23/23) |
Inheritance | ZyBooks 9.1 - 9.4 |
Lab 4 Due by 11:59 PM on the day of your lab session |
Week 4 Reading Due Sunday 4/30/23 by 11:59 PM Homework 3 |
5 (4/30/23) |
OOP Case Study - PyGame |
Sweigart textbook: |
Lab 5 Due by 11:59 PM on the day of your lab session |
Week 5 Reading Homework 4 |
6 (5/7/23) |
MIDTERM EXAM |
NONE this week | NONE this week | |
7 (5/14/23) |
Memory Considerations |
ZyBooks 16.1-16.7 |
Lab 6 |
Week 7 Reading |
8 (5/21/23) |
Linked Lists |
ZyBooks 18.1 - 18.16; and |
Lab 7Due by 11:59 PM on the day of your lab session |
Week 8 Reading Due Sunday 5/28/23 by 11:59PM
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9 (5/28/23) |
Hash Tables |
ZyBooks 21.1-21.7; and |
Lab 8 Due by 11:59 PM on the day of your lab session |
Week 9 Reading Due Sunday 6/4/23 by 11:59PM |
10 (6/4/23) |
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ZyBooks 23.1-23.9 |
Lab 9 Due by 11:59 PM on the day of your lab session |
Week 10 Reading Due Sunday 6/11/23 by 11:59PM |
Finals Week (6/11/23) |
Final Exam
Final Exam Covers all topics from Weeks 1 to 10 (with the exception of PyGames).
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