COURSE: COSC 117 Programming Fundamentals LAB 

TERM: Fall 2015

INSTRUCTOR: Dean DeFino

TELEPHONE: Office (410-543-6145) Home (410-546-5461)

TEXTBOOKS:

Same as class notes   COSC 117  Text and Lab Manual  DeFino

PURPOSE: The purpose of these labs is to give students practical applications of material covered in the lecture class. 

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the course are as follows:

To apply the basic fundamentals instructions and concepts of programming learned in the lecture class.

PROCEDURES: This labs are self paced and follow the lab manual.  The instructor will from time to time give examples and demonstrations. 
Requirements:   Students are expected to be at all labs on time!  If you need to miss a lab for any reason, please contact the instructor a.s.a.p.  All pre-lab activities are to be completed BEFORE coming to lab.  Students are expected to remain the whole time or until they have correctly completed all the assignments of the lab.  They may leave early only if the assignments are finished, they are correct (which means the students has tested all of them and found the results to be correct on various types of data) and turned in to the instructor.  If for any reason you need to leave the lab early, please let the instructor know before the class begins. 

Students will be graded on each lab.  Student who stay the full time and do not complete the lab assignments will be allowed to turn the unfinished work in no later than at the next class meeting.  No work will be accepted after that.  No work will be accepted for a missed lab unless the person has an excused absence. 
NO FOOD OR DRINKS IN THE LAB!  NOTE:  You should test your lab assignments before turning them in.  Better not to turn in a program from lab than to turn one in that is wrong!
The final lab grade will be determined by the average of all lab grades. 
A 90 -100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
F 0 - 59

NEITHER Cell phones NOR MP3 players (or other audio/visual equipment) are to be used during class or lab time.  (No calls and no text messaging during class) Silence your phones for all classes

OFFICE: Devilbiss Hall  room 105
MW   9:00 - 9:50   11:00- 12:30   Friday  9:00 - 9:50   11:00 -12:00