Any fool can drown; that's the easy bit.

--- Pete Goss, solo sailor

In 2012 our (optional) two workshop-style study group will meet in TBD Rebecca Galasso and Dmitri Ostapenko are the guru-facilitators

The Reading listed for a day should be done BEFORE that day. You might notice that many of the suggested readings in the syllabus are taken from current or former textbooks for CSC 172, 240, and 254. This is no accident and is meant to give you a leg up for later. These texts may also be good alternative and supplementary texts.

BUT the "suggested reading" in the Syllabus and Schedule may not be sufficient, palatable, or accessible, especially in the programming language segments (first week of a module). They're only suggestions: the main thing is that you understand the material. Another resource is the Alternative or Extra Readings page.

The homework, both written exercises and programming exercises, is organized on a weekly basis and described in detail in the 173 Exercises page. It is (usually) "assigned" at the beginning of a week and due at the end of it, but there are several multi-week assignments.

Except for holidays and other exceptions, written exercises are due in hardcopy, usually at the end of the indicated due week, in the box outside Marty's office (CSB 735) by 5pm. The due time and date is given in red in the last column. Thus in 2014 the "Written FLAT for Wk. 2" assignment is due by 5pm on 9.19, which is Friday of "week three".

Some written assignment due dates are close to the exam the assignments cover. The TA team will try its best to get your graded work returned before the exam. Turning in your work a few days early should guarantee timely return.

Programming exercises due in Blackboard on the day and time indicated in Blackboard: dates below are approximate.

Blackboard's "possible points" for an exercise are merely a grading convention. Typically a project-size 2-week programming exercise with significant writeup is worth about 2.5 times a one-weeker.

The syllabus may well be updated as reality intrudes, so be prepared for variations.