CS110 Information

Instructor:
Russ Wakefield
Office: CSB Room 240
Office Hours: T/Th 9-11
Email: waker@cs.colostate.edu

GTA:
Kristen Horpedahl
Office: CSB Room 110
Office Hours: TBD
Email: TBD

GTA:
Brittany Johnson
Office: CSB Room 110
Office Hours: TBD
Email: TBD

GTA:
Nand Sharma
Office: CSB Room 110
Office Hours: TBD
Email: nandsh@cs.colostate.edu

Lecture: Aylesworth C 111
Section 1 Mon 11:00 - 11:50
Section 2 Mon 12:00 - 12:50
Section 3 Mon 1:00 - 1:50

Labs: CSB 110
See Lab Page for sections and times

Course Description

This class teaches essential skills associated with the effective use of personal computers. There are two one-hour lectures and two one-hour labs per week, and additional open lab time either at home or on campus based upon an individual student's proficiency. There will be ten quizzes and a comprehensive lecture exam based upon the information presented in the lectures. There are fifteen lab units in which students will work directly with the software tools and there is hands-on testing at the conclusion of each module. There are also five class projects that will be done outside of class.

Specific objectives and activities include:

  • Understanding of basic computer concepts such as:
    • Computer hardware and software.
    • Security and privacy.
    • Tools that use the Internet and the World-Wide-Web.
    • Searching and collecting information.
  • Understanding how to manage and keep information secure.
  • Preparation of professional documents.
  • Creation of well-designed presentations.
  • Manipulating, analyzing and plotting data.
  • Projecting information onto the web.

Expectations:

The typical expectation for a college course at CSU is that students will work at least 2-3 hours outside of class per class credit hour. A 4 credit class such as this one may require you to work more than 8 hours per week in addition to your classroom activities. A key objective of this course is that, by the end of the semester, every student will have the ability to collect data in his/her specific area of study, write a research paper, put together a presentation on that paper, and publish the information on the web. The information provided during the lectures provides an overview to successful publications while the labs provide hands-on experience with the tools.