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\emph{Digital Sciences DSCI 15310 Computational Thinking and Programming}\\
Section 001\\
Call Number 12536\\
\textbf{COURSE SYLLABUS} \\
Spring 2015\\
Michael Rothstein\\
Kent State University\\
College of A\&S, Dept of Computer Science\\ 
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Phone 330-672-9065\\
Email: rothstei at cs.kent.edu or mrothste at kent.edu\\
Delivery: 100\% Web-based, Asynchronous.\\
Dates: January 12 to May 9, 2015 (Including finals week)
\begin{description}
\item[Course Description]
This course is an introduction to Programming, Problem Solving and
Computational Thinking, helpful to many people in many disciplines.
Originally planned for the Digital Sciences program, it has become
one of the alternatives for people who want to learn how to program.
For many students, it satisfies programmatic requirements; for others,
it can be a choice elective.
\item[Course Organization]
This course is 100\% online. Materials will be delivered through Blackboard
Learn (\htmladdnormallink{https://learn.kent.edu}{https://learn.kent.edu}).
You will be reading the textbook,
listening to lectures, doing exercises and 
submitting them through 
Blackboard. There will also be homework which will be submitted in the same
manner.  

Blackboard  Discussion Forums will be
available for your convenience, or you can submit questions via email.

The course is divided into 
fifteen units, all of them doable in a week. The first one is introductory,
the remaining fourteen are based on the first fourteen chapters of the
textbook.
%\item[Time and Place:]
%Monday, Wednesday, 12:30 - 1:45 PM in room 121 MCS aka MSB;
\item[Instructor:]
Michael Rothstein, office 268 MSB, phone 330-672-9065.
\item[Email address:]
rothstei at cs.kent.edu or mrothste at kent.edu ;
please do not send mail to both at once; I'll simply get it twice and think it
is spam!  (Substitute @ for `` at '').

Best way to reach me is through email or during my office hours. 
I recommend you email me directly; you can also use Blackboard email, since
that reaches me directly also.
I will try to answer email within 24 hours, but I cannot make any promises;
please do not count on an instant response; I may be otherwise
occupied. Also, some emails may not allow for a quick answer.
\item[Instructor's Web address:]
\htmladdnormallink{http://www.cs.kent.edu/\TLD rothstei}
{http://www.cs.kent.edu/~rothstei}
This website \linebreak
will contain a copy of this syllabus.
\item[Please Note:]
The syllabus may be changed during the semester if necessary: changes will be 
announced; they will also show up on Blackboard and the instructor's website.
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\item[Office Hours:] \hspace{3cm}\\
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Monday, Wednesday 11:00-12:00 and 3:45-5:00 PM\\
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Also, you can always send email with questions and/or to 
set up an appointment. I try to answer email within 24 hours, with priority
given to cs email. Email use is to be preferred over voice-mail, which will
not be checked as often.

%During office hours, you will also be able to contact me through Wimba; go to
%course site, course content, click on the last icon (after all the available
%units) and then click on ``Enter this room''. You will be able to use your
%mike to talk to me, use your speakers to listen to me and I will have a camera
%though which you will be able to see me (if you don't see me in the camera, I
%may have stepped out for a minute...)
\item[Course Goals:]
There are several goals to this course:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Learn a form of reasoning, or problem solving, called Computational
  Thinking.
\item Learn what a computer can do and the primitive operations it can
  perform.
\item Learn what an algorithm is and learn to design, develop and test simple
  algorithms. 
\item Learn a subset of a certain programming language called Python.
This subset includes:
\begin{enumerate}
\item loops
\item if then-else and branching
\item strings, lists and tuples
\item functions, procedures and their use for top-down design.
\item files
\item introduction to classes
\end{enumerate}
(Notice that Python programming is last in the list; that is intentional)
\end{enumerate}
This course will require a lot of extra work; just like a language is only
learned with practice, a programming language and programming itself, can
only be learned with lots of practice. A course similar to this has earned a
reputation as a tough course because of the time required and the high fail
rate. I recommend you 
devote at least about 10 to 12 hours of weekly work to this course. Of course,
if you get behind, these hours will add up, to the point where there will not be
enough hours! (For example, if you are carrying 15 hours, that would mean
that you need about 48 hours a week of study; if you goof off a couple of
weeks, that will add up to a staggering 72 hours!)
\item[Textbook:]
Downey, Allen B. \emph{Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist\/}
Green Tea Press, 2010. This book is  available at its website\- 
\htmladdnormallink{http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html}
{http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html}
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\item[Other useful resources:]
There are several resources on campus that will enable you to have more
success in this course:
\begin{enumerate}
\item For issues related to system software or software
  downloaded from the University Website, please contact the University
  Helpdesk at (330)-672-HELP (330-672-4357) or at their website:
  \htmladdnormallink{http://support.kent.edu}{http://support.kent.edu};
  they are there to help you.
\item For help with the course, there is help in the form of tutors from the
  Computer Science Department and from the College. However, your instructor
  will be more than happy to help you through any difficulties you may have
  with the course. In particular, the discussion forums and office hours are there
  for that purpose. Also, if there is enough demand, the Academic Success
  Center will make tutors available.
\item For help with Blackboard, there is a collection of PDF files you can
  look at
\htmladdnormallink{http://www.kent.edu/is/resources/elearning/student.cfm}
{http://www.kent.edu/is/resources/elearning/student.cfm}
\item Finally, if you need technical help with your computer, the kindly folks
  at the TechSpot in the Tri-Towers Rotunda, 330-672-TECH (8324) x 2 can help
  you. You can usually just walk in.
\end{enumerate}

There are also many references on Python you may want to look into if you need
help, there is nobody around to help you and you are desperate:
\begin{enumerate}
\item
The main source of information about Python is the Python website itself:
\htmladdnormallink{http://www.python.org/}{http://www.python.org/}
We will be going there to download Python, also, but, for information, we
can click on DOCUMENTATION where the three following sites are located
\item
There is a tutorial on Python at
\htmladdnormallink{http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/}
{http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/}
although topics are covered in a different order than here, it might help,
specially at the beginning.
\item
In case of doubt, you can always check the reference, at\linebreak
\htmladdnormallink{http://docs.python.org/2/reference/}
{http://docs.python.org/2/reference/}
\item
We will be covering functions, and Python comes with many; they are all
described in
\htmladdnormallink{http://docs.python.org/2/library/}
{http://docs.python.org/2/library/}
\item
There is also a lot of information at the beginners guide wiki:\linebreak
\htmladdnormallink{http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide}
{http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide}.
It includes instructions for downloading Python; just remember to download
Python 2 (TWO); we will not be using Python 3
\item
There is a big, possibly useful, collection of Python Tutorials at \linebreak
\htmladdnormallink{http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html}
{http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html}.
\item
Last, and probably most, Professor Eneritus Steve DiFranco has been so kind as
to restore his excellent Python course website for us. The address is at:
\htmladdnormallink{http://www.difranco.net/compsci/Python/index.htm}
{http://www.difranco.net/compsci/Python/index.htm}
It includes lecture notes, example programs, a vocabulary list and (another)
link to the Python website. Thanks Steve! Aside from its excellence, I
included this website because it closely mirrors this course.
\end{enumerate}

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\item[Other necessary materials:]
Students new to Kent State University should review Information Service's
\htmladdnormallink{Technology Viewbook}
{http://www.kent.edu/is/support/viewbook/index.cfm}.
A personal computer with Internet access is required:
\begin{enumerate}
\item
A DSL or cable connection to the Internet; dial-up is not sufficient.
\item
Your desktop/laptop should have at least a 2 GHz processor and 2 GB of RAM.
\end{enumerate}
You should have one of the following operating systems and
additional software installed on your computer:
\begin{enumerate}
\item
One of Windows 7 (or better), or Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.7 or Linux 2.6.32 (or
better).
\item
An office suite; Microsoft Office, 
\htmladdnormallink{Open Office}{http://www.openoffice.org/} or
\htmladdnormallink{Libre Office}
{http://www.libreoffice.org/}. The two latter options are available as part
of the open software movement.
\item
An Antivirus;
For Windows OS, \htmladdnormallink{Microsoft Security Essentials}
{http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials},
for the Mac OS X, \htmladdnormallink{Sophos}
{http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx};
for Linux, no antivirus is necessary.
\item
You will need a PYTHON interpreter. It is freely available. There are
\emph{two} versions; there is a version 3.(something or other) and there is
version 2.7.9. You may have an older version in your computer. \emph{The
  version we will be using is 2.7.9} or earlier; \emph{do not touch Python 3!}
As said above, the current version is 2.7.9, but most
things are the same; PYTHON 2.7.9 just has more features than previous
versions.
For Windows users, you will need to download the whole thing from \linebreak
\htmladdnormallink{http://www.python.org/download/}
{http://www.python.org/download/}. (use one of the links in the second list;
whichever applies to your computer).
Download the appropriate package and follow the instructions.
It is strongly recommended you
download this as soon as possible: you will get the Python interpreter, a
program that allows you to write Python programs and test them (an editor 
called Idle after actor Eric Idle); this is called a ``Software Development
Environment'', and some references and tutorials.

For people using MACs and Linux Computers, you already have Python running in
your computer! Python is so useful that many people have incorporated it into
the operating system and used it to write programs for it. You may even have
Idle (just open a console box and type 
``idle'' (without the quotations) and see what happens. In the worst case,
you might want to download the whole thing also. Note that the version of
Python available on your system might not be the latest.

\item
If you are trying to access campus information from outside campus, you will
need the campus VPN; you can download that from the University Helpdesk
\htmladdnormallink{http://support.kent.edu}{http://support.kent.edu}.
Contact the Helpdesk if you need help with this item.
\end{enumerate}
%\item[Material to be covered:]
%We will cover the material, mostly from the textbook, from chapters
%0 through 11 and some material from the \\
%\htmladdnormallink{Python Website on mixing languages}
%{http://docs.python.org/extending/}. Each unit (except the first)
%corresponds to one of the chapters in the book.
\item[Subject and Units Calendar] 
As mentioned before, this course is broken up into 15 units, the first has some
introductory material, the others correspond to a chapter in
the book. Not all of the material in each
chapter will be covered, in particular, we will only cover a few examples.
Also, we will only cover until chapter 14.

The table of subjects and units follows:\\
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|p{2.5in}|}
\hline
Week of & Unit & Source & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Material} \\
\hline
Jan 12 & 0 & Syllabus and Videos & Syllabus; Installing Python. Program 1 due\\
Jan 20 & 1 & Chapter 1 & Introduction to Programming\\
Jan 26 & 2 & Chapter 2 & Variables, expressions and statements.\\
Feb  2 & 3 & Chapter 3 & Functions. Program 2 due\\
Feb  9 & 4 & Chapter 4 & Computational Thinking: Interface Design. Midterm I\\
Feb 16 & 5 & Chapter 5 & Conditionals, recursion.\\
Feb 23 & 6 & Chapter 6 & Functions that return values\\
Mar  2 & 7 & Chapter 7 & Iteration. (Loops).  Program 3 due.\\
Mar  9 & 8 & Chapter 8 & Strings. \\
Mar 16 & 9 & Chapter 9 & Playing games with words. Midterm 2. \\
Mar 30 & 10 & Chapter 10 & Lists.  Program 4 due. \\
Apr  6 & 11 & Chapter 11 & Dictionaries.\\
Apr 13 & 12 & Chapter 12 & Tuples.  Program 5 due. \\
Apr 20 & 13 & Chapter 13 & Computational Thinking: choosing data structures\\
Apr 27 & 14 & Chapter 14 & Files. Final due date for all programs.\\
May  4 &\multicolumn{3}{c}{Final}\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

First lesson in  this course: we start numbering at 0, not 1! That is why the
units are numbered from 0 to 14.
\item[University Prerequisite:]
Technically, there is no prerequisite; however,  some
familiarity with reading and writing algebraic formulas will be useful.
\item[Other Prerequisites:]
You need to be able to use a computer, to use the web, to download programs
and use them. You will not be able to progress in the course without these
skills.
\item[Work policy]
Each unit has some graded work assigned to it; your grade for that work will
show up on Blackboard soon after you complete it; in the interest of
minimizing attrition, I will not penalize late work (distance learning is hard
enough as it is). \emph{Do not take this as a get out of jail card!} If you
get behind, it will be harder for you to catch up, and you will start to get
nagged from all kinds of quarters, so \emph{try to stay on time}!.
I want you to succeed and am bending over backwards for you to do so, but you
have to work hard. Usual effort required is around 10-12 hours/week.
\item[The 30 minute rule] If you have difficulty with a concept, mull it over;
  try to listen to the lecture again; if after thirty minutes you are still
  having difficulties, please contact the instructor (email or in person).
  Please do not expect an immediate answer.
\item[Communication Policy]
In order to facilitate communication among us, please adhere to the following
guidelines:
\begin{enumerate}
\item 
Course questions and concerns of a personal nature should be emailed from your
kent.edu email address or, better yet, handled over the phone or in person.
\emph{Do not submit any personal information to the discussion boards.}
\item 
Though cs.kent.edu email will be checked at least once daily and kent.edu
email will be checked weekly, please do not expect immediate answers; some
questions do require research.
\item 
Discussion boards will be checked once per day during the week and once during
the week-end.
\item 
``30 minute rule'' If you encounter a problem with the technology, give
yourself  30 minutes to try to resolve on your own; if you cannot, you can
post it on the discussion board; other people may already have encountered and
solved the issue. You may also contact the KSU helpdesk 24/7. Or, you may
contact the instructor; however, never expect an immediate answer.
\item 
When posting or sending email about technological issues, please remember that
a lot of information can be gained from seeing the problem. With that in mind,
please:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Make your subject line as descriptive as possible: it does not hurt to
  put in the name/number of the course and a short description of the issue.
\item Try to describe as best as you can, what you were doing when the problem
  happened; if you can make it happen again, describe how. If you get an error
  message, include the exact wording of the message (if possible,
  cut-and-paste it).
\item If you can, include a screenshot(s) showing the problem.
\end{enumerate}
%\item %6
% Virtual office hours will be held using the Blackboard IM tool. Instructions
% for downloading the tool are located in the START HERE folder in Bb Learn LMS.
\end{enumerate}
\item[On online conduct, communications and (N)etiquette:]
Online courses\linebreak
present a special challenge, due to the way communication is
presented and the lack of physical presence: the following points will help
smooth the communication between us all:
\begin{enumerate}
\item
Please check your KSU email at least every other day.
\item
When in a discussion board, please read the entire sequence of posts before
commenting yourself, to avoid repeating other people's comments, or answering
questions that have already been answered.
\item
Be as professional and matter of fact as possible: avoid language that may
come across as strong, offensive or
abusive; also avoid humor or sarcasm, it can be misinterpreted.
\item
An online classroom is still a classroom: even though the class is online,
appropriate behavior is still mandatory; the University has strict rules about
disruptive behavior. Respect for your classmates and your instructor is more
important than ever.
\item
There are some conventions in online communication: among them: avoid the use
of all capitals: it appears as shouting: an emphasis effect can be achieved 
if needed by using underline characters \_like\_this\_.
Emoticons ( ``smileys'' ) can also be used, but use them sparingly.
\item
Be considerate of other people's privacy; do not give out other people's
information without their explicit permission.
\item
Do not distribute inappropriate material: no jokes, chain letters, virus
warnings, etc. to classmates or other University personnel.
Sharing pornography is strictly forbidden and may be viewed as sexual abuse.
\item
Keep attachments small; if it is necessary to send pictures over email, change
the size to 250KB or less.
\item
Do not post information of a personal nature, or information that may be
embarrassing to yourself or to others.
\end{enumerate}
\emph{Note:} The instructor reserves the right to remove posts that are not
collegial in nature and/or do not meet the Online Conduct and Etiquette
guidelines listed above.
\item[Online Attendance policy:]
Online courses are conducted on the premise that regular attendance requires
students to log into the Bb Learn learning management system (LMS). Attendance
is measured both by virtual presence in the online course and student
interaction with course learning materials and assignments. Students are
expected to check e-mail and to log into the system multiple times (at least
every other day) during the week.

All actions by students in the Bb Learn LMS can be tracked. At any time during
the course, an instructor may generate a report that indicates when and how
long individual students have been logged into the LMS, or engaged with course
materials or course tools. 

Students who anticipate an absence from the online course due to technical or
medical reasons should consult with the instructor individually.  An absence
due to illness or injury requires verification from a medical professional and
should be presented to the instructor. 
%By initiative of the Provost of the University, I have been charged with
%keeping full attendance records, at least for the first ten weeks of the
%semester. Though I will not compute these records into your final averages,
%when I assign letter grades, I will give you a slightly better grade if
%you have a better attendance record.
%Notwithstanding the above, if you are absent, there may be material created,
%either spontaneously or in response to questions, and covered in the
%classroom; often there will not be any written notes of this material, so it
%might be a good idea to team up with somebody who keeps good notes to make sure
%you have all the material covered. Some of this material may show up in an exam%.
%
%Read the text. Only general reading assignments will be given. The class will
%mostly cover material in the same order as the text book, there may be
%exceptions however. It is the student's responsibility to maintain an
%awareness of the material in the text that is currently being covered. Ask the
%instructor if you are unsure of the text material currently being covered.
%\item[On Clickers:] Clickers are required for this course. They will be used
%for quizzes and eventually to take attendance. (Initially I will take
%attendance manually in order to get acquainted with you).
%See \htmladdnormallink{this University guide}
%{http://www.cs.kent.edu/~rothstei/ClickerPrimer4Students.pdf} on Clicker use
%for indications on how to obtain clicker functionality and registering it.
%%\newpage
%\item[Class disruptions:]
%Disruptions should be kept to a minimum; these include (in increasing order of
%seriousness):
%\begin{enumerate}
%\item Early departure (if announced and done discreetly: please sit near the
%  door so that as few people as possible notice.)
%\item Late arrival
%\item Use of electronic devices or other devices which may interfere with
%  your or other student's participation. Laptops are acceptable for taking
%  notes, however, please sit in the last row of the room so that your screen
%  does not distract/block other students.
%\item Conversation among students.
%\item Aiding and/or abetting these or any other student's disruptive behaviors.
%\end{enumerate}
%Guidelines pertaining to class disruptions are outlined in 
%
%\htmladdnormallink{Chapter 4 of the University Policy Register}
%{http://www.kent.edu/policyreg/chap4/index.cfm} in section 4 - 02.2.

%In summary, serious violators will be subject to:
%\begin{enumerate}
%\item Instructions to cease and desist, usually indicated by class being
%  stopped.
%\item A request for the offender(s) to withdraw from the classroom.
%\item If that fails, Campus Police will be called in.
%\end{enumerate}
%In all cases, the matter will be referred to University Authorities.
%\item[Lab:] This course has a mandatory lab associated with it.
%  \emph{Lab attendance is required.}The lab has a different instructor and
%  details on how the lab is conducted will be given in the lab meetings. The
%  lab instructor gives the lab scores to the lecture instructor. You must pass
%  both the lab and the lecture part of the course to pass the course.
%
%  The lab grade is worth 30\% of the total grade
%item[Assignment on ``Hacking Elections'':]
%ince the year 2000, a lot has been said and done about election fraud;
%fter the Florida Fiasco, electronic voting machines were mandated accross
%he land. Your assignment is to determine how election fraud could be
%ommitted with present-day equipment. If you are not eligibel to vote, or
%oted absentee, your assignment consists of a survey of famous past election
%rauds. This assignment is due November 12th.
\item[Grading:]
Your grade will be based on periodic exercises, quiz grades, two
midterms, one final, and assorted programming exercises assigned as homework.
% assorted quizzes throughout the term,
%and a ``class participation grade'', based on the number of relevant
%questions asked: though I don't believe there are any dumb questions, they do
%have to be relevant to the class material; specially good questions or catching
%my mistakes get extra points.
The weights are:\\  %<><>
\begin{tabular}{lr}
%Class Discussions & 10\% \\
Programming homework & 30\% \\
Weekly Exercises and quizzes (the total) & 20\% \\
Midterm 1 (Second week of February) & 15\% \\
Midterm 2 (Second week of March) & 15\% \\
Final (Finals Week) & 20\%
\end{tabular}

All quizzes and exams will be comprehensive. This includes the final.
%The midterms and finals will be given on-line, with instructions to be
%distributed later.
%\item[Test make-up policy:]
%I will need signed documentation to verify individual absences in order to
%provide make-ups; only university accepted reasons will be honored.
%\item[Averaging algorithm:]
 %The three tests will be worth 20\%, 30\% and 40\% respectively.
%The exercises are (collectively) worth 10\% of the grade.
%%Each test will be worth 20\%, and the final will be worth 40\%.
\item[Grading scale:]
%(I usually give a grading scale which is quite rigorous: if it is
%in place from the beginning, there is little room for complaint:
%in addition, I DO NOT follow it: I actually use something more like:
%\par
%\begin{tabular}{cl}
%92-100 & for an A\\
%84-91 & for a B\\
%76-83 & for a C\\
%68-75 & for a D
%\end{tabular}
%\par
%or sometimes even lower: a lot depends on the severity of the tests
%and final and your gut feelings. In order to allay their feelings about
%arbitrariness, I fill this space in as follows:)
%\par
I will assign number grades during the session
and only convert them to letter grades when I turn them in at the end
of the session. No decision can be made regarding a conversion table 
until the very last minute due to such imponderables as test difficulty, class
participation, etc. which will influence the grade. However,
I guarantee the following, worst case, table:
\par
\begin{tabular}{cl}
97-100 & will convert into an A\\  %93
94-96 & will convert into at least an A-\\  %90
91-93 & will convert into at least a B+\\   %87
88-90 & will convert into at least a B\\    %83
85-87 & will convert into at least a B-\\   %80
82-84 & will convert into at least a C+\\   %77
79-81 & will convert into at least a C\\    %73
76-78 & will convert into at least a C-\\   %70
73-75 & will convert into at least a D+\\   %67
66-72 & will convert into at least a D      %60
\end{tabular}
%<><>
\item[University Policies]
Students are required to be aware of and follow all general and academic
policies established by Kent State University. A list of the general academic
policies is listed on the online version of the 
\htmladdnormallink{Kent State University Catalog}
{http://www.kent.edu/catalog/2010/policies/general.cfm}
. Specific policies related to the successful completion of this online
course can be located and reviewed in your Blackboard Learn course. University
policies are located in the Syllabus, Course Schedule and University Policies
folder contained within the START HERE folder in your Blackboard Learn
course. 
\item[Special accommodations for Students with Disabilities:]
University
policy 3342-3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be
provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course
content. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please
contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements
for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your
eligibility for these through Student Accessibility Services (contact
330-672-3391 or visit: % \linebreak
\htmladdnormallink{http://www.kent.edu/sas}
{http://www.kent.edu/sas}
for more information on registration
procedures). 

Blackboard Learn accessibility statement:\\
\htmladdnormallink{http://blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Resources/Accessibility/WebCT-Accessibility.aspx}
{http://blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Resources/Accessibility/WebCT-Accessibility.aspx}


\item[Registration Requirement:]
University policy requires all students to be officially registered in each
class they are attending, by the deadline published for the course.
The official registration deadline for this course is
January 25, 2015.  Students who are not officially
registered for a course by published deadlines should not be attending classes
and will not receive credit or a grade for the course. Each student must
confirm enrollment by checking his/her class schedule (using Student Tools in
FlashFast) prior to the deadline indicated. Registration errors must be
corrected prior to the deadline.

The last withdrawal date for this course is March 22, 2015.
\item[On cheating, plagiarism and other unethical behavior:]
You are encouraged to discuss class problems with other students
but required to work independently of anybody else
except the  instructors and/or tutor at all times; programs which look
similar, specially with name changes, are specially suspect.
%All work for this class should be done individually.
%In the case of homework, the only cooperation implicitly allowed is that
%students may discuss between themselves the broad outline of the work.
Copying other people's work, allowing your work to be copied (even
inadvertently!) and plagiarizing work will not be tolerated and
will be dealt with according to University regulations. For more information,
see \htmladdnormallink{the University policy statement on cheating}
{http://www.kent.edu/academics/resources/plagiarism/}

Notes:
\begin{enumerate}
\item I have the option of penalizing cheating in this course with an ``F'' in the course.
\item University regulations require me to notify Student Conduct in case of violations.
\item Cooperation is just as bad as the deed itself: so, deciding
which of two is the original is a non-issue: both are equally guilty.
\end{enumerate}
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