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Instructor: |
Thomas Austin |
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Office Location: |
MH 216 |
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Email: |
thomas.austin@sjsu.edu |
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Office Hours: |
Monday/Thursday noon-1pm |
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Class Days/Time: |
Monday/Wednesday 10:30-11:45am. |
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Classroom: |
SC 311
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Prerequisites: |
CS 152 or instructor consent. Familiarity with functional programming is assumed. |
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Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Required materials: We will use a variety of online resources, including:
· "Learn You a Haskell for Great Good", available at http://learnyouahaskell.com/.
· "Eloquent JavaScript", available at http://eloquentjavascript.net
· More references TBD.
SJSU classes are designed such that in order to be successful, it is expected that students will spend a minimum of forty-five hours for each unit of credit (normally three hours per unit per week), including preparing for class, participating in course activities, completing assignments, and so on. More details about student workload can be found in University Policy S12-3 at http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/docs/S12-3.pdf.
This class will involve 5 significant programming assignments, a midterm & a final (no notes), and a final project & presentation. Lastly, there will be labs for most days of class.
For the class project, you may work alone or with a partner at your discretion. Note that more will be expected of your project if you have a partner.
Labs are graded complete/incomplete. As long as you attempt and submit the lab, you will get full credit.
NOTE that University policy F69-24 at http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/docs/F69-24.pdf states that “Students should attend all meetings of their classes, not only because they are responsible for material discussed therein, but because active participation is frequently essential to insure maximum benefit for all members of the class. Attendance per se shall not be used as a criterion for grading.”
1. 30% -- Homework assignments
2. 20% -- Midterm
3. 20% -- Final (Tuesday, December 15. 9:45-noon)
4. 20% -- Project
5. 10% -- Participation (labs)
Assignments are due by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on the specified day. Late homework assignments will not be accepted.
Nominal grading scale:
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Percentage |
Grade |
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92 and above |
A |
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90 - 91 |
A- |
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88 - 89 |
B+ |
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82 - 87 |
B |
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80 - 81 |
B- |
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78 - 79 |
C+ |
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72 - 77 |
C |
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70 - 71 |
C- |
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68 - 69 |
D+ |
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62 - 67 |
D |
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60 - 61 |
D- |
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59 and below |
F |
Note that “All students have the right, within a reasonable time, to know their academic scores, to review their grade-dependent work, and to be provided with explanations for the determination of their course grades.” See University Policy F13-1 at http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/docs/F13-1.pdf for more details.
As members of the academic community, students accept both the rights and responsibilities incumbent upon all members of the institution. Students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with SJSU’s policies and practices pertaining to the procedures to follow if and when questions or concerns about a class arises. See University Policy S90–5 at http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/docs/S90-5.pdf. More detailed information on a variety of related topics is available in the SJSU catalog, at http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/catalog/rec-12234.12506.html. In general, it is recommended that students begin by seeking clarification or discussing concerns with their instructor. If such conversation is not possible, or if it does not serve to address the issue, it is recommended that the student contact the Department Chair as a next step.
Students are responsible for understanding the policies and procedures about add/drop, grade forgiveness, etc. Refer to the current semester’s Catalog Policies section at http://info.sjsu.edu/static/catalog/policies.html. Add/drop deadlines can be found on the current academic year calendars document on the Academic Calendars webpage at http://www.sjsu.edu/provost/services/academic_calendars/. The Late Drop Policy is available at http://www.sjsu.edu/aars/policies/latedrops/policy/. Students should be aware of the current deadlines and penalties for dropping classes.
Information about the latest changes and news is available at the Advising Hub at http://www.sjsu.edu/advising/.
University Policy S12-7, http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/docs/S12-7.pdf, requires students to obtain instructor’s permission to record the course and the following items to be included in the syllabus:
· “Common courtesy and professional behavior dictate that you notify someone when you are recording him/her. You must obtain the instructor’s permission to make audio or video recordings in this class. Such permission allows the recordings to be used for your private, study purposes only. The recordings are the intellectual property of the instructor; you have not been given any rights to reproduce or distribute the material.”
o It is suggested that the greensheet include the instructor’s process for granting permission, whether in writing or orally and whether for the whole semester or on a class by class basis.
o In classes where active participation of students or guests may be on the recording, permission of those students or guests should be obtained as well.
· “Course material developed by the instructor is the intellectual property of the instructor and cannot be shared publicly without his/her approval. You may not publicly share or upload instructor generated material for this course such as exam questions, lecture notes, or homework solutions without instructor consent.”
Your commitment, as a student, to learning is evidenced by your enrollment at San Jose State University. The University Academic Integrity Policy S07-2 at http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/docs/S07-2.pdf requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development. The Student Conduct and Ethical Development website is available at http://www.sjsu.edu/studentconduct/.
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you need to make special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office hours. Presidential Directive 97-03 at http://www.sjsu.edu/president/docs/directives/PD_1997-03.pdf requires that students with disabilities requesting accommodations must register with the Accessible Education Center (AEC) at http://www.sjsu.edu/aec to establish a record of their disability.
The official schedule is in Canvas at https://sjsu.instructure.com/. The schedule will be adjusted throughout the course. It is your responsibility to check the schedule before each class. However, here is a rough outline of what we will cover:
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Week |
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Topics |
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1 |
August 23 |
Course introduction |
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2 |
August 28 |
Introduction to Haskell |
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August 30 |
Haskell, continued |
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3 |
September 4 |
LABOR DAY – NO CLASS |
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3 |
September 6 |
Higher order functions |
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4 |
September 11 |
GUEST LECTURE – TOPIC TBD |
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4 |
September 13 |
Big step operational semantics |
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5 |
September 20 |
LaTeX and project overview |
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5 |
September 25 |
Algebraic data types & functors |
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6 |
September 27 |
Applicative functors |
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6 |
October 2 |
Monads |
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7 |
October 4 |
Parser generators |
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7 |
October 9 |
Review session |
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8 |
October 11 |
***MIDTERM (tentative date – check Canvas)*** |
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8 |
October 16 |
Lambda calculus |
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9 |
October 18 |
Introduction to JavaScript |
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9 |
October 23 |
Scoping in JavaScript |
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10 |
October 25 |
Event-based programming |
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10 |
October 30 |
Macros & Sweet.js |
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11 |
November 1 |
Type systems and small-step semantics |
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11 |
November 6 |
JavaScript Object Proxies |
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12 |
November 8 |
Simply typed lambda calculus |
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12 |
November 13 |
Introduction to Ruby |
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13 |
November 15 |
Just-in-time (JIT) compilation |
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13 |
November 20 |
Ruby blocks |
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14 |
November 22 |
Language-based security mechanisms |
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14 |
November 27 |
TBD |
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15 |
November 29 |
TBD |
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15 |
December 4 |
Project presentations |
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16 |
December 6 |
Project presentations |
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16 |
December 11 |
Final review |
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Final Exam |
December 15 |
***SCI 311, 9:45-noon*** |