Lecture: M/W/F 2:30 - 3:20 Parmly 405
Office: Parmly 407B
Office Phone: 458-8419
E-mail: levys@wlu.edu
Office Hours: T/R 1:30-4:30 and by appointment
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Professor:
Simon D. Levy Lecture: M/W/F 2:30 - 3:20 Parmly 405 Office: Parmly 407B Office Phone: 458-8419 E-mail: levys@wlu.edu Office Hours: T/R 1:30-4:30 and by appointment |
This course will introduce you to some of the most beautiful and elegant ideas in computer science, which place the field at the center of a true liberal education. Just as important, you will learn the very practical skills of (1) programming in Scheme (a dialect of LISP), and (2) designing your own programming languages and building interpreters for them. We will start with a two-week "Scheme boot camp", and then move on to using the language to write interpreters in the remainder of the course. To stay in contact with other important programming languages embodying the concepts we are learning about, we will also have assignments in ML and Prolog.
It is very important that you attend class. There will be considerable information given in class that is not available elsewhere. Your participation is of value to your classmates and to me. In preparation for class, be sure to review the material covered in the last class meeting. See me or email me if you have questions. Also, read over the material to be covered in the next class meeting.
The grading scale will be 93-100 A; 90-92 A-; 87-89 B+; 83-86 B; 80-82 B-; 77-79 C+; 73-76 C; 70-72 C-; 67-69 D+; 63-66 D; 60-62 D-; below 60 F.
Unless stated otherwise, the exams will be done without books or notes and without assistance from other people. You may work with another person on the programming assignments, but this should be acknowledged in your code.