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Your course grade will be based on three different class measurements, programming assignments, a midterm test and a final exam.
| Programming Assignments | 45% |
| Math/Logic Test | 10% |
| Short Timed Quizzes | 5% |
| Midterm Test | 15% |
| Final Exam | 25% |
| Total | 100% |
Your final grade in the class will be based on this table:
| total | >= | 90% | A | |||
| 90% | > | total | >= | 80% | B | |
| 80% | > | total | >= | 70% | C | |
| 70% | > | total | >= | 50% | D | |
| 50% | > | total | >= | 45% | F | |
| 45% | > | total | W |
| total | >= | 90% | A | |||
| 90% | > | total | >= | 80% | B | |
| 80% | > | total | >= | 70% | C | |
| 70% | > | total | >= | 60% | D | |
| 50% | > | total | F |
Your attendance in class will help you learn the material covered. Some times I will take attendance. If you expect to miss two or more consecutive classes, please contact me by phone or message.
This is a programming class. The lab assignments will involve writing, entering, assembling, running, testing, and debugging programs. The programs in this class will need to be written and checked using an assembler on a Intel 386, 486 or Pentium, AMD Athlon or Opteron, or other compatible processor.
For all programs turned in I will need the printed output and some convincing data that the program has been tested. There are many forms this can take. Spreadsheets are great tools for testing math. Even a copy of my handout will work for some programs. A hand written note will often do.
There is NO credit for programs that do not run. Usually, I will just use your output to verify the program is running correctly, but I can ask for you a demonstration.
The lab work will need to be done independently.
Labs need to be turned in on time. The lab work is essential to the understanding of the lectures.
Labs will be due on the assigned date. Under my door at midnight counts. You might even get by with more time than that, but don't count on it. Each student can turn in up to two (2) late labs. Late labs will only be accepted if they are turned in no more than one week late. No credit will be given for more than two (2) late labs.
There will be short, time limited, unanounced quizzes prior to some classes on the material you were assigned to read prior to class.
Early in the class there will be a test on:
There will be one midterm exam. This will cover the first part of the class.
The only other exam in the class will be a comprehensive final exam. It will include a sampling from all of the material covered in the class.
| Activity | Date | Credit |
| Introduction & Numbers | January 21, 2009 | |
| UNIX/Linux | January 26, 2009 | |
| Lab "Getting Started" | January 28, 2009 | 10pts |
| Lab "Numbers and Bits" | January 4, 2009 | 10pts |
| Lab "Intro to Assembly Language" | February 11, 2009 | 10pts |
| Math Test | February 11, 2009 | 10% |
| Lab "Flow of Control" | February 18, 2009 | 20pts |
| Lab "Bit fields, rotate & shift" | February 25, 2009 | 15pts |
| Midterm Exam | March 25, 2009 | 15% |
| Lab "Subroutines" | March 25, 2009 | 25pts |
| Lab "Pointers and Addressing" | April 22, 2009 | 30pts |
| Lab "Structures" | May 6, 2009 | 30pts |
| Lab "Floating Point" | May 6, 2009 | 20pts XC |
| Lab "Comparative Architectures" | May 6, 2009 | 15pts XC |
| Review | May 6, 2009 | |
| Final Exam | May 13, 2009 | 25% |
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Students with disabilities requiring special accommodations are strongly encouraged to notify the instructor at the beginning of the [class] so that appropriate verification and identification of reasonable accommodations may be made in a timely manner. (Accommodations cannot be made without verification of need.)" 1
relates to mandatory reports of (1) child abuse, (2) neglect or (3) reportable offenses (sex crimes against children). The Office of the Chancellor delegates responsibility to the Executive Vice Chancellor for Administration and the Department of Public Safety for ensuring that the Board Policy on Institutional Security and Safety, as it relates to this SPG, is implemented.
"No College employee is exempted from Arizonas mandatory reporting statute (A.R.S. §13-3620). Thisstatute requires College personnel, including faculty, staff, and administrators, who learn in the course and scope of their employment that a minor has been the victim of abuse to immediately report this information. The College requires that the report be made to the College Department of Public Safety (DPS). The duty to make a mandatory report is not satisfied by conveying the information to another College employee. The requirement to make a mandatory report includes situations where the victim of the abuse is under 18 years of age as well as situations where the victim is now 18 years of age or older but was abused as a minor. Failure of an employee to make a mandatory report can result in the employee being charged with a misdemeanor or a class 6 felony."
From Pima Community College SPG-1505/BB.
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