CS 345 Programming Languages (Spring 2004)

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~wcook/Courses/345/syllabus.htm

CS 345 Programming Languages (SPRING 2014)

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CS 345 Programming Languages (Spring 2004)

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~wcook/Courses/345/syllabus.htm

Course
Information

CS345 Spring 2014

Time: TTh 9:30-11:00am
Location: JGB 2.218
Unique: 53818
Web: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~wcook/Courses/345

Staff

Instructor: William Cook

Email: wcook@cs.utexas.edu
Phone: (512) 471-9555
Office: GDC 5.824
Office Hours:
Tuesday 11-12am
Wednesday 1-2pm
(or by appointment)

Overview

Survey of significant concepts underlying modern programming languages, including syntax, semantics, functions, expressions, types, polymorphism,
assignment, procedures, pointers, encapsulation, classes, and inheritance, with some discussion of implementation issues. Prominent programming
paradigms, such as sequential, concurrent, object-oriented, functional, and logic programming. Illustrative examples drawn from a variety of languages.

Teaching Assistant:Vineet Keshari

Email: vkeshari@cs.utexas.edu
Office Hours:
Monday 11AM-12PM
Thursday 1PM-2PM
Office Hours Location:
TA station #5, GDC basement

Prerequisites The following courses, with a grade of at least C in each: Computer Sciences 310(H), 336(H), and Mathematics 408D. If you have not taken these courses
and earned a grade of 'C' or better in each, then you will be automatically dropped from this course. Please see a departmental advisor immediately if you do
not satisfy the prerequisites. If you have taken this course before, you must have departmental permission to take it again.
Textbook

Anatomy of Programming Languages

A new book I'm writing for this class!

Office Hours

Normal office hours are posted on the web site; temporary changes may be announced in class and posted on the web. You may also request an appointment
in person, by telephone, or via e-mail. Feel free to send questions via email to the instructor or the TA. We will try to respond to all mail questions within 24
hours, or at most 48. Questions and responses that may benefit the entire class will be posted to the course web site.

Lectures and It is to your advantage to attend every lecture. Lecture presentations will be placed on the course web site after the lecture. Please read the chapter before the
Reading
date listed on the schedule, so that you will have a better understanding of the lecture.
Homework

Homework assignments will be given in class and posted on the web site. Homeworks are generally due one week after they are assigned. It's OK for you to
work on the homework exercises with other students, and a team of up to four students may hand in a joint paper. You must clearly state who worked on the
homework: list all your names at the top. Problems such as printer failures and late buses are routine occurrences, and are not grounds for extending
homework deadlines. To avoid problems, get an early start on your homework and allow for Murphy's Law. Homework solutions will be discussed in class.
The graders have been instructed that in grading homework papers and test answers, the burden of proof is on the student. That is, it's not the grader's job to
prove an answer wrong, but the student's job to convince the grader that it's correct. In some exercises, you will be asked to provide formal proofs; in all
others, a solution's grade will be influenced strongly by its simplicity and clarity.

Programming There will be a several programming assignments in Haskell assigned during the course.
Assignments
Exams

Grading

Books and notes are excluded from tests and examinations.

Midterm exam

03/18/14

Final exam

TBD

The grades will be based on the standard academic scale: A: 90-100; B: 80-89; C: 70-79; D: 60-69; F: 0-59. The instructor may lower the boundaries between
the grades, but will not increase them. Grades will be posted on eGradebook which can be accessed via UT Direct.
Percentage

Notes

Assignments

50.00%

Individual work

Midterm

20.00%

Closed book

Final exam

30.00%

Closed book

Requests for changes in any grades must be submitted in writing within one week after the paper is handed back. Delay in picking up a graded paper does not
extend this deadline.
Notice

Any student with a documented disability (physical or cognitive) who requires academic accommodations should contact the Services for Students with
Disabilities area of the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259 (voice) or 471-4641 (TTY for users who are deaf or hard of hearing) as soon as possible to
request an official letter outlining authorized accommodations
Read the department's academic policy page at http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/ear/CodeOfConduct.html. Students who demonstrably violate the Academic
Honesty policy will receive a failing grade in the class. We will be using the Moss system to screen submitted programs for plagiarism.

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