Nicole Cook's CIS 215 Class

Nicole Cook	CIS 215 -- Section 80069	Class: AC114
Fall 2016	Course Syllabus	Office Hours: Office LC035 (This is the Computer Lab)
email: Nicole.Cook@marin.edu	Monday, 6:10 pm to 9:00 pm	Phone: Please use email

CIS 215 -- 3.0 Units - Computer Programming for Business Using Visual Basic
(No prerequisite. Advisory: CIS 110) Students plan and create their own interactive Windows applications using a popular Business programming language on a personal computer. Logic and computation problems develop skill in developing interactive programs.
Section	Lecture Time & Location	Office Hours Time & Location	Lab Time & Location
sect # 80069 N Cook Mon	6:10pm - 9:00pm, KTD/AC114	TBD	4:00pm - 6:00pm, KTD/LC035 and 9:00pm - 10:00pm, KTD/LC035

Day	Topic	Reading Assignment	Lab Assignment
Class 1 (8/22-8/26)	Class Intro / Refresher on Prerequisite Topics	Chapter 1 Read for Next Week	Lab 1
Class 2 (8/29-9/2)	Introduction to Programming	Chapter 2 Read for Next Week	Lab 2
(9/5-9/9)	HOLIDAY - NO CLASS
Class 3 (9/12-9/16)	Creating Applications with Visual Basic	Chapter 3 Read for Next Week	Lab 3
Class 4 (9/19-9/23)	Variables and Calculations	Chapter 4 Read for Classes 5 & 6	Lab 4
Class 5 (9/26-9/30)	Making Decisions	Chapter 4 Read for Classes 5 & 6	Lab 5
Class 6 (10/3-10/7)	More on Decisions, Logical Operators, String Manipulation	Chapter 5 Read for Next Week	Lab 6
Class 7 (10/10-10/14)	Getting Ready For Midterm	Study for Midterm	Lab 7
Class 8 (10/17-10/21)	Midterm Exam	Chapter 6 Read for Next Week	No Lab
Class 9 (10/24-10/28)	Lists and Loops	Chapter 7 Read for Next Week	Lab 9
Class 10 (10/31-11/4)	Procedures and Functions	Chapter 8 Read for Next Week	Lab 10
Class 11 (11/7-11/11)	Multiple Forms, Modules and Menus	Chapter 9 Read for Next Week	Lab 11
Class 12 (11/14-11/18)	Arrays	Chapter 10 Read for Next Week	The Big Project Due December 11th, the day before the Final Exam
Class 13 (11/21-11/25)	Files, Printing and Structures	Chapter 11 Read for Next Week
Class 14 (11/28-12/2)	Working With Databases	Chapter 12 Read for Next Week
Class 15 (12/5-12/9)	Developing Web Applications	Prepare for Final Exam
Class 16 (12/12-12/16)	Final Exam	No Reading Assignment	No Lab Assignment
Note: 5:00 pm on Friday, Dec 9th is the deadline for submitting homework -- except for the Final Project which is due (Sunday, December 11th) the day before the Final Exam. No late submissions will be accepted !!
Final Exam -- Monday, December 12th -- room AC114 6:10 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

	REQUIRED TEXTBOOK - Starting Out With Visual Basic Seventh Edition -- By Tony Gaddis and Kip Irvine, Pearson Publishing ISBN: 978-0-13-440015-0 Available in the bookstore You need access to the Pearson website to do some of the homework for this class.
	e-Book (Alternative -- used by the online section) ISBN: ???-?-??-??????-?
	RESOURCES: This is a Windows based course. If you do not use the LRC Computer Lab; in other words, if you work at home, it is up to you to arrange to have a computer capable of running Microsoft Visual Studio.


	STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
	Use problem-solving skills for planning and developing applications Understand object-oriented / event-driven programs Plan and create a user interface Analyze and diagram a solution for a problem using pseudo code and flowcharts Plan and create code employing sequential structure Plan and create code employing selection structure Plan and create code employing repetition structure Write code to create sub procedures and functions Write code to create classes and objects Writing code to connect and manipulate SQL database

GRADING
Lab Assignments	70 Percent of your Grade	5:00 p.m. Friday, December 9th is the deadline for submitting Lab Assignments
Midterm Exam	10 Percent of your Grade	All students must be present on the day of the Midterm. If you cannot be present, please make prior arrangements with the instructor. This is an open book exam You may use notes of your sample code written by you to help with the exam.
Final Exam	20 Percent of your Grade	All students must be present on the day of the Final Exam. If you cannot be present, please make prior arrangements with the instructor.

GRADING POLICY:
You may take this class for either a letter grade or credit/no credit. If you choose to take credit/no credit, you need a grade of "D" or better to get credit.

TIMES WHEN I WILL BE IN THE LAB:

Please see my schedule here:
Nicole's Class/Office Schedule

You can come to either lab session to ask me a question, however the class that the session is scheduled for has priority

TIMES WHEN I WILL BE IN THE OFFICE:

Please see my schedule here:
Nicole's Class/Office Schedule

CHEATING WARNING:
While the instructor has no objection to and, in fact encourages you to work with other students on the assigned homework, wholesale copying of someone else's work will be not be tolerated. If you are observed using any material other than your own, you will receive a score of zero for those assignments or final project.

CLASS RULES:
Students attending lectures are entitled to a disruption free, respectful environment. First violation of the following class rules will result in a warning; second offense a two-day suspension and third offense may result in a suspension from the class.
Cell phones and electronic music devices (even with headphones) may not be operated in the classroom at any time. Talking disruptively to other students during the lecture is not permitted.

How To Contact Me:
If you need to contact me, the best way to reach me is by email. You can email me at Nicole.Cook@marin.edu
You can ask me questions by email also. Either Debbie or I will respond to your questions. Calling me at the college does not work since I currently do not have an office phone.

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