Syllabus: Grading, Policies, Office Hours

MIS-B310 Program Development Techniques 3 credit hours.
http://www.adbook.net/teach022/syl310.htm

Prerequisite: MISB-200. This course is aimed at providing the student with an understanding of how to approach programming for business from a structured and object-oriented viewpoint. This is accomplished through the use of a programming language such as Java. Further, it serves as a foundation course for more advanced topics that follow including object-oriented systems.


Java: How to Program, 4th ed., H. M. Deitel & P. J. Deitel. Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001.

Ann Book 
Office: DS 415
Office phone: 977-3831

E-mail: booka@slu.edu

Office Hours (Spring 2002)

M 9:00 - 9:50 a.m.
W 9:00 - 9:50 a.m.
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
R 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
F 9:00 - 9:50 a.m.
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
other hours by appointment
 

Mike Mollner
Office hours: in DS473 (computer lab) MW 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Email: mollnerm@slu.edu
Phone: (314) 977-5792
AIM name: pondosigep


Homework assignments are due at the beginning of the class period. Homework assignments are expected to be legible, grammatically correct, and labeled with your name and the date. Those not meeting these expectations will be reduced in value.

Late homework assignments are reduced in value by five points per day, including the day that they are due to a maximum penalty of 80% of the total possible. For example, an assignment is due on September 12 at the beginning of class. A student turns it in at the end of the class period. The maximum point value that can be earned for the assignment is therefore 45 out of 50 points.


The student is expected to be in the classroom, seated and ready at the beginning of the class, for each scheduled class period. Excessive absences may result in a lowered grade.

If a student will not be able to turn in homework before the due date or attend a class session when homework is due or a test is given, it is the student's obligation to discuss the situation with the instructor before that time to determine the possibility of alternate plans. The instructor is under no obligation to accommodate such requests, but may choose to do so.


Testing will emphasize understanding of the material, and have content from the textbook and lectures. Points available from any quiz or exam not attended will likely be forfeited.

Midterm Exam: Friday, March 1, at classtime
Final Exam: Friday, April 26, at classtime


Factors in final grades: 
Homework 32%
Quizzes (4 total) 36%
Midterm Exam 16%
Final Exam 16%
TOTAL 100%
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Grading Scale:
90-100% A
87-89 B+
80-86 B
77-79 C+
70-76 C
60-69 D
<60 F
Lack of class attendance can lower the overall semester grade
 

Useful Links:
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