Time and Place: MWF 2:00pm−2:50pm in LSC 091
Instructor: Dr. R. McCloskey
Office: LSC 191
Telephone: 941-4221 (office),
941-7774 (CS Dept. office), 941-4250 (fax)
E-mail:
robert.mccloskey@scranton.edu
Office Hours:
See schedule
Course Web Page
Textbook: An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata
(6th edition), by Peter Linz, published by Jones & Bartlett
U of S Academic Code of Honesty
CTLE:
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Student Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of the course, a student should be able to
Exams and quizzes: Expect two mid-term exams, one in early March and another in mid/late April. A comprehensive two-hour final exam will be administered sometime during Final Exam Week, which is May 16-20. (Makeup exams will be offered only if circumstances warrant it, such as in the case of an emergency or sudden illness.)
Expect short quizzes (taking about fifteen minutes) to be given from time to time.
Homework assignments: Expect weekly homework assignments, which typically can be completed using pen(cil) and paper. There could be a small number of programming assignments.
Grading: Weights of graded items (approximate):
Item | Approximate Weight |
---|---|
Midterm exams | 28% |
Quizzes | 6% |
Final Exam | 24% |
Homeworks | 40% |
Class Participation | 2% |
Mapping from numerical average to letter grade (approximate):
Numeric Range | [94,100+] | [90,94) | [86,90] | [82,86) | [79,82] | [75,79) | [71,75] | [68,71) | [63,68] | [58,63) | [0,58) |
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Letter Grade | A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | F |