Instructor: Dr. Steven Robbins
Office: 4.01.23 SB
Phone: 458-5544
Address: srobbins@cs.utsa.edu (subject must contain CS 3843)
Course Homepage: /classes/cs3843f2010/
Office Hours: MWF 11:00 - 11:50 am
Class Times: MWF 9:00 - 9:50 am in room 3.02.07 SB
Recitation Time: Mondays and Wednesdays 10 am in room 3.02.07 SB

Text:

Computer Systems, A Programmer's Perspective by Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron

Prerequisites:

• CS 2123 (Data Structures)
• CS 2213 (Advanced Programming)

• To understand concepts underlying computer systems at the macroarchitechural level.
• To understand how to program in assembly language.

We will cover most of the material from the text through section 4.3.
Additional topics will be covered as time permits.

• 30% Midterm Exams
• 25% Assignments
• 15% Quizzes and Class Participation
• 30% Final Exam (Tuesday, December 13, 7:30 am)
  

  The same grade is assigned for CS 3843 and CS 3841.

Attendance:

Attendance in the lecture is required.
There will be a quiz at the beginning of almost every class period. If you are late, you will not be able to take the quiz. During each class you will log into your linux account on the computer at your seat and execute ~classque/cs3843.

Notification of final grades:

If you wish to receive your final grades by email, send me an email message some time after the last class and before the final. The message should have the subject line
CS 3843 Grade Request
and the message should have a valid return address. After I have graded the final exam and determined the letter grades for the course I will reply to your email message.

The last day for an undergraduate to drop this course is Monday, December 5. The last day for a graduate student to drop this course is Thursday, October 27. No make-up exams will be given except for university sanctioned excused absences. If you must miss an exam (for a good reason), it is your responsibility to contact me before the exam. Leave a message at the above number or send me email.

Unless otherwise stated, all assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date. Typically there will be a 10 per cent penalty for assignments turned in after that time. Do not miss class to finish an assignment. Assignments which are not turned in by the start of the class after the due date will not be accepted.

You must keep copies of the source code for all assignments for this course at least until you receive the your final grade for the course. At any time during the semester you may be asked to demonstrate any of your programs.

All work turned in for a grade should be your own work. Working with others, unless explicitly allowed on an assignment, is considered cheating. This type of scholastic dishonesty usually results in immediate failure in the course and can lead to additional disciplinary action.

Important: If you use computers long enough you will delete a file by mistake. When working on assignments, make copies of your course code often and store the copies in a safe place. At a minimum, you should store them on your account in a different directory. It is a good idea to use a separate directory for each assignment and a separate subdirectory for each part of the assignment. Copy everything from one part of the assignment into a new directory before starting on the next part. After you have worked several hours on a program and have it almost working, make a backup copy before doing any major modifications.