Instructor: Qusay H. Mahmoud
Email: qmahmoud@cis.uoguelph.ca

TAs:
This course will have two teaching assistants, who are graduate students at the main campus. They will be commuting to deliver the lab and will have regular office hours. You should try to see them for extra help or if you cannot make it to my office hours. But if the TAs do not provide satisfactory help, please come to me. Feel free to make an appointment via email. The TAs are:

Nicholas Chop (Lab Instructor)

• Email: nchop@uoguelph.ca
• Office hrs: Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:00 (Lab: 9:00 - 11:40)
• Location: Room C131

Guillaume Autran

• Email: gautran@uoguelph.ca
• Office hrs: Wednesdays 1:10 - 3:10
• Location: Room C131

Textbook: Java by dissection, Ira Pohl and Charlie McDowell, Addison-Wesley, 2000. Note: This textbook doesn't cover all course contents, additional material will be provided.

References (on reserve in library):

• HTML book
• JavaScript book

Prerequisites: High School Mathematics.

Grading Scheme: the final grade will be determined based on the following components:

• Weekly Labs: 15% (one three-hour lab per week; best of 10 [1.5% each])
• Bi-Weekly Quizzes: 10% (five in-class quizzes)
• Assignments: 20% (five programming assignments 4% each)
• Mid-term Exam: 20% (date: Tuesday, Oct 22)
• Final Exam: 35% (sometime in December, to be scheduled by the university)

Letter Grades:

<50	 F
50 - 52	 D-
53 - 56	 D
57 - 59	 D+
60 - 62	 C-
63 - 66	 C
67 - 69	 C+
70 - 72	 B-
73 - 76	 B
77 - 79	 B+
80 - 84  A-
85 - 89  A
90 - 100 A+

Note 2: Academic Honesty plays a key role in our efforts to maintain a high standard of academic excellence and integrity. Students are advised that ALL acts of intellectual dishonesty are subject to disciplinary action by the school; serious infractions are dealt with in accordance with the University of Guelph's academic misconduct. Students are encouraged to read the university's statement on academic misconduct.