CIS 120 03 - Computer Sci for the Liberal Arts

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Welcome to CIS 120!
You will find the syllabus to the course in the Handouts  section below (General Information section).
The assignment schedule is not attached to the syllabus. It is in a separate  document in the same section of the Handouts.
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  • General Information

    Practice for Alice test-solution
    Required
    Alice Practice test-solution.pdf
    Assignment-Alice Unit
    Updated November3
    Required
    Assignment Calendar-Alice-02-nov3.pdf
    Data Representation Assignment
    Updated October 4
    Required
    DataRepresentationCalendar-sect03.pdf
    Practice test-Alice unit
    Required
    Alice Practice test-f 10.pdf
    Alice Exercsie 18 solution (Joey Fence and tree)
    Required
    KangorooCode.html
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  • HCI

    Web Design
    Web design guidelines
    Required
    HCI web design.pdf
    Web project
    Required
    HCI Project- fall 2010.pdf
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  • Alice Unit

    You will find here all material for the Alice unit of study.
    Alice Notes
    It contains the reading and exercises referred to in the assignment schedule.
    Updated October 26
    Required
    Alice-fall10.pdf
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  • Alice Worlds

    In tis section you will find all the Worlds needed for your Alice class work or exercises.
    Snowwoman and penguin -set 2
    Complete World after section 2
    Required
    penguinAndSnowwoman-sect2.a2w
    AliceExercise6
    World for exercise 6
    Required
    AliceExercise6.a2w
    WizardHockeyGame world
    World for exercise 7 to 10
    Required
    WizardHockeyGame.a2w
    SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect 4
    Complete World after section 4
    Required
    penguinAndSnowwoman-sect4.a2w
    JoeyFenceAndTree
    World for exercise 18
    Required
    JoeyFenceAndTree.a2w
    SnowwomanAndPenguin-sect 5
    SnowwomanAndPenguin World at end of section 5
    Required
    penguinAndSnowwoman-sect5.a2w
    Interactive World
    World for Alice section 7
    Required
    InteractiveInstrumentInitial.a2w
    Sound Files
    Sound files for Alice sections 7 & 8
    Required
    Sound files.zip
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  • Notes

    Floating-Point Number worksheet
    Required
    FloatingPointNumbers.docx
    GraphicExplorer
    This zipped folder contains a program called GraphicExplorer and a folder of pictures. Download the folder to the computer. Then extract the files: navigate to where the folder is located, right-click on it, and select Extract all. Follow the instructions of the dialog box.
    A small demo of the program is on the tutorial/demo portlet. 
    Required
    GraphicExplorer.zip
    Review for test on Data Representation
    Required
    CIS 109 Review for test-DataRep.pdf
    Solution to Bits and Bytes exercises on Numbers
    Required
    BitsAndBytesBinaryHexFloatExSolutions.pdf
    Practice on binary and hexadecimal numbers
    Required
    Binary numbers practice.pdf
    Solution to binary practice
    Required
    Binary numbers practice-solution.pdf
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  • Women in Computing

    Pioneering Women in Computer Science
    Required
    p175-gurer.pdf
    Reading Questions-Pioneering Women
    Required
    CIS 120 Pioneering Women in Computer Science Readi.docx
    Computing 2002: Democracy, Education, and the Future
    Required
    p13-borg.pdf
    The Increasing Scarcity of Women in Information Technology is a Social Justice Issue
    Required
    wardle.pdf
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  • Networks

    Notes on networks and Graph theory
    Required
    Networks-fall10.pdf
    GraphExample
    A graph in Sketchpad
    Required
    GraphExample.gsp
    Review for Network Test
    The test on network is Thursday, September 9. The problems in this review and the homework exercises are good preparation for the test. It will be a short  test (about 30 min.)
    Solutions to the review will be posted on Wednesday at noon. It is very recommended to complete the problems BEFORE viewing the solutions. 
    Required
    CIS 120 Review for Network Test.pdf
    Review for network test-solutions
    Required
    CIS 120 Review for Network Test-solution.pdf
    Project Graph v4.7
    Required
    project Graph-4.7.gsp
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    GraphicExplorer Demo Required GraphicExplorer2_demo.pdf Edit GraphicExplorer Demo Delete GraphicExplorer Demo
    GIMP-Change Picture Required ChangePicture_demo.swf Edit GIMP-Change Picture Delete GIMP-Change Picture
    Introduction to Audacity
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         		Required Introduction to Audacity.pdf Edit Introduction to Audacity Delete Introduction to Audacity
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  • Computing Careers

    NCWIT resource page
    Resources page of the Nationnal Center for Women and Information Technology
    This page has many links to find information about careers, women in IT, the "real life" of IT people, etc. 
    Required
    www.ncwit.org
    ACM Computing careers
    Computing careers website form the largest international computer science organization, the Association for Computing Machinery.
    Required
    computingcareers.acm.org
    Computing carreer site
    Sloan Career Corner Stone Center, another site to get information about computing careers
    Required
    www.careercornerstone.org
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  • Women in computing

    Women Entrepreneurs in IT
    Interviews of successful women entrpreneurs in IT companies, large and small, even non-profit.
    Required
    www.ncwit.org
    IBM WIT external links page
    IBM Women in Technology external links page. Provide links to a number of of website concerning women and technology.
    Required
    www-03.ibm.com
    IBM WIT Persona page
    Links to two pages full of interviews and portraits of women who made significant contributions at IBM.
    Required
    www-03.ibm.com
    Grace Hopper Celebration Awards Winner
    Short portraits of the awards winner of the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
    Required
    gracehopper.org
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    Pair-programming
    Video introduction to pair-programming
    Required
    agile.csc.ncsu.edu
    Course survey
    Required
    www.surveymonkey.com
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