There is no textbook for this course.

The first day of classes is Tuesday, August 27, 2019. The last day of drop-add is Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The last day to withdraw without failure is Wednesday, November 9, 2019. The last day of classes is Friday, December 6, 2019. There will be no final exam for this course. See here for the fall 2019 academic calendar.
Phones, tablets, laptops, and similar devices must be turned off during class.

Day	Topic
(1) August 27	Welcome by officers of student organizations: ACM Student Chapter, IEEE Student Chapter, Carolina Gamers Club, Cybersecurity Club, Minorities in Computing, Women in Computing. Why Study Computing?
(2) September 3	Welcome by officers of student organizations (ctd.) Welcome by Mr. William Brown and Laura Nix, academic advisors for Computing Majors. Trends on the Infrastructure of Computing
(3) September 10	Welcome by the Department Chair, Prof. Matt Thatcher. Trends on the Infrastructure of Computing
(4) September 17	Presentation by Mr. Chris Lewandowski, Assistant Director of the of the UofSC Engineering and Computing Career Center: Overview of Career Center Services and Preparing for the Career Fair (confirmed)
(5) September 24	Presentation by Chris King of IDV Inc., the Creators of Speedtree (confirmed).
(6) October 1	Presentation by Professor Duncan Buell on Voting Machines (confirmed).
(7) October 8	Presentation by Stephen Lariviere of SPAWAR: NIWC Atlantic Command Overview (confirmed).
(8) October 15	William Brown and Laura Nix, First-Year Advisors: Q&A on advisement for first-year students.
(9) October 22	Presentation by Dr. Jerrold Heyman: "Life in Industry" (confirmed).
(10) October 29	Presentation by Paul Sagona, Executive Director and Ben Torkian, Senior Applications Scientist: "Support for Research Computing: the University of South Carolina Research Computing Program" (confirmed).
(11) November 5	Presentation by Seth Gregorie of Benefitfocus.com (confirmed; title to be provided).
(12) November 12	Presentation by Chris Gintz, Chief Operating Officer at TUBZ LLC/ Zeta Energy, "Ethical Dilemmas in Engineering Design."
(13) November 19	Presentation by Dr. Sergey Razin on Applications of Artificial Intelligence (confirmed).
(14) November 26	Presentation by Dr. Laura Boccanfuso of Van Robotics on Robotics for Educational Applications (confirmed).
(15) December 3	Presentation by Ms. Nare Karapetyan on Robotics (confirmed). Course evaluation.