Course Objectives:

This course is intended to integrate freshman majors in computer science to the department, help them adjust to university life, and assist them in developing professional, academic, and intellectual skills. Weekly recitation sections enable the students to work with academic advisors and to develop collaborative teaming skills.

Course Staff:

Class Large Lecture Meeting: Fridays at 11:30 - CL50 224

Class Small Group Meeting Times/Locations:

Required Materials:

• iClicker - either generation will work with CS 291.
• See University Bookstore or Follett's Purdue Bookstore to purchase.
• Your clicker MUST be registered via the course Blackboard site. This must be done for every class you take and every semester.
• Kolb Learning Style Inventory and Stuck Truck Exercise, packaged together and available from the University Bookstore at the corner of State and Grant Streets.

Grading:

To earn a passing grade in CS 191 students must accomplish:

The submission of all assignments that meet the expectations of the instructor. Assignments that do not meet expectations will be returned to be re-submitted OR will be regarded as incomplete at the discretion of the instructor. Late work is not accepted. Each incomplete or unsatisfactory assignment will count as an absence from the meeting at which the assignment was due.

AND

You are required to attend AND successfully participate in clicker exercises for 13 of the 15 meetings this semester. 

• To receive full credit for a session is expected that you...

  1. be on time (being late will result in fractional or no credit),

  2. give your attention to our respected guests (working on laptops or being off-test will result in fractional or not credit),

  3. and be in your assigned seat. CL50 224 - Seating Chart, your seat assignment can be found in your grades on Blackboard.

Course Schedule:

The course will meet in a small group section with the academic advisors and on Fridays meets in the large lecture. Both components of the course are required.

Web Site:

All relevant class information is presented on the CS 191 Blackboard Learn site.  It is expected that you check the web site frequently for updates.