Spring 2004 Semester
Course Schedule CSCI110A
Event-Driven Programming Using Visual Basic 6.0
This document is current at: Wednesday 31st March 2004, 7:13 PT
Schedule subject to change. Please check regularly.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 – 10:00 am, Room 1
Instructor:
Anne Dawson
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Date Lectures / Activities Reading
3rd/4th Ed "Essentials"
AP =
Assignment Presentation HW = Homework See Course Outline for details of the textbook
SR = Status Report
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See Course Outline for details of the textbook
See Course
Details for details of the course
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Week 1 Course Details Introduction
to Computers and VB
Chapter 1 1
Jan 5 - Jan 9 Problem Solving Chapter 2
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Week 2 Fundamentals
1 Chapter 3 2.1-2.5
Jan 12 - Jan 16 Fundamentals
2 HW1 issued
Chapter
3 2.1-2.5
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Week
3 Fundamentals
3 Chapter 3 2.1-2.5
Jan 19 - Jan 23 Debugging
Techniques
HW1 due Appendix D C
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Week
4 Procedures 1 Chapter 4 2.6
Jan 26 - Jan 30 Procedures 2 HW2 issued Chapter 4 2.6
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Week
5 Decisions 1 Exercise answers Chapter 5 p69,3.1
Feb 2 - Feb 6 Decisions 2 HW2 due
Quiz 1
(5%) Chapter 5 p69,3.1
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Week 6 Repetition 1 Chapter 6 3.2-3.4
Feb 9 - Feb 13 Repetition 2 Chapter 6 3.2-3.4
Friday 13 Feb -
Mon 16th Feb - Mid-term Break, College closed
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Week 7
Arrays 1
Chapter
7 4
Feb 16 - Feb 20 Arrays 2 Chapter
7 4
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Week 8 Arrays 3 (Timed and assessed lab) Chapter 7
4
Feb 23 - Feb 27 The Midterm Exam (30%) (on Ch 1 - 7 and Appendix
on Debugging)
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Week 9 Exam Results and Review
Mar 1 - Mar 5 Sequential Files HW3 issued Chapter 8 4.3
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Week 10 The Graphical Display of
Data Chapter 10 5.1
Mar 8 - Mar 12 Files and Arrays (Timed and assessed
lab) Chapter 7 & Chapter 8 4
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Week 11 Database Management
1 Chapter 12
5.3,5.4
Mar 15 -
Mar 19 Database Management
2 Final
Assignment issued Chapter
12 5.3,5.4
Friday 19 Mar - Course Drop Deadline
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Week 12 Database
3 (Timed and assessed lab)
Mar 22 - Mar 26 Quiz 2 (on
Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 12)
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Week 13 Final
Assignment SR Lab Reviews
Mar 29 - Apr 2 Final Assignment
Presentations (10%)
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Week
14 The Final Exam (40% - on all of the above
topics)
Apr 3 - Apr 14 Date of Final
Exam: Thursday 8th April, 8:30 - 11:30 pm, Room 14
Check Administration office notice board for any updates.
Report exam
conflicts (within this college) ASAP.
(Mid-term 30%, Quizzes 10% and Homework
and Lab Assignments 10%)
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Friday 9 April
2004 - Good Friday - College Closed
Monday 12 April 2004 - Easter Monday - College
Closed
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Tuesday 20th April 2004 -
Marks mailed out to students
Monday 26th April 2004 - Summer Semester
Classes Begin