There is no textbook for this course.
The first day of classes is Tuesday, August 25, 2015. The last day to withdraw without failure is Monday, October 12, 2015. The final exam for this course is scheduled to be Tuesday, December 8, at 1930, in the classroom. (See the university exam schedule.) See here for the fall 2015 academic calendar. The syllabus in the table below is subject to change.
| Day | Topic |
|---|---|
| (1) August 26 | Welcome by the Department Chair, Prof. Manton M. Matthews. Presentations by Nick Stiffler (president) and Lacie Cochran (immediate past president), ACM student chapter, Maribeth Bottdorff and Blakeley Hoffman, Women in Computing Group Co-presidents, and Audrey "Danielle" Talley, Carolina Gamers Club President. Why Study Computing? |
| (2) September 1 | Trends on the Infrastructure of Computing |
| (3) September 8 | Presentation by Ms. Helen Powers of the USC Career Center: The Value of Experiential Learning |
| (4) September 15 | Talk by Prof. Duncan Buell on Digital Humanities. |
| (5) September 22 | Dr. Mary K. Harris, Savannah River National Laboratory, "SRNL Scientific Computing---Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going!" |
| (6) September 29 | Talk by Phil Moore and Paul Sagona: "Support for Research Computing: the University of South Carolina Research Cyberinfrastructure Program" |
| (7) October 6 | Presentation by Chris Pierson of SCANA Corporation: "Computing from an Electric and Gas Utility Perspective." Canceled due to university shut-down; rescheduled to November 3, 2015. |
| (8) October 13 | Presentation by Dr. Denise Gosnell of Pokitdok.com (topic to be announced). |
| (9) October 20 | Presentation by Mr. Richard Baldwin, Digital Services Manager, Palmetto Health, on Working as a Web Developer. |
| (10)October 27 | Talk by Dr. Greg Gray on Software Engineering. |
| (11) November 3 | Presentation by Chris Pierson of SCANA Corporation: "Computing from an Electric and Gas Utility Perspective." ("How Does Watson Work? A Very Brief Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" may be presented at a different time.) |
| (12) November 10 | Presentation by Dr. Yoannis Rekleitis of USC on Robotics. (TBC) |
| (13) November 17 | "How Does Watson Work? A Very Brief Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" The Field trip to IT-oLogy is canceled. (TBC) |
| (14) November 24 | Lecture on programming language paradigms (TBC) |
| (15) December 1 | TBA |