Department of Computer Science

Washington and Lee University

CS101 (Winter 2004): Survey of Computer Science

Course instructor: Prof. Simon Levy (Parmly 407B, x8419, levys@wlu.edu).
Office hours: MWThF 2-3PM, and by appointment.
This page: http://www.cs.wlu.edu/~levy/cs101-04

Textbook / Workbook

Invitation to Computer Science (G.M. Schneider, J.L Gersting)

Invitation to Computer Science: Laboratory Manual (K. Lambert, T. Whaley)

Course Requirements

Prereq: High-school-level math
Lab projects (50%).
Two in-class exams (30%)
Cumulative final exam (20%)

TOPICS - click here for a tentative schedule of topics, including on-line notes.

SCORE HISTOGRAMS: Exam 1 Exam 2

LINKS

The Cathedral and the Bazaar : Definitive essay on the Open Source movement.

Hackers and Painters : What is computer science really about?

Freedom of Speech in Software : Or, why there should be no software patents.