Course Basics:

Prerequisite: CS250 with a grade of C or better, or MEDA 260 with a grade of C or better
Meeting Times: MW: 03:00 - 04:15 PM
Location: Marsh LL12
Textbook: Interaction Design by Sharp, Rogers, Preece. 978-0-470-01866-8
Software: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. This software is freely available to all students registered for this course. Contact me for information.

Course Assessment:

Grade Distribution:

Percent Breakdown:

Important Dates:

Tentative Date for Midterm : Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Spring Break : Saturday, March 22, 2008 - Friday, March 28, 2008
Senior Projects Day : Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Class will be held on Friday, April 25, 2008 instead.
Date of Final : Saturday, May 10, 2008, 12:00-2:30 PM
Academic Calendar : http://www.pacificu.edu/calendar/academic/

Course Policies:

1. Attendance: Attendance at every class is critical to your success in this course. I expect you to be on time and ready to go once it is 3:00pm and that you stay until the end of class. Any missed lecture is your responsibility to make up; just remember that if you fall behind, it will be very difficult to catch up.
   1. I reserve the right to raise or lower your grade based on class participation and attendance. Specifically, I may lower your grade or may officially withdraw you from the course through the tenth week of the semester for poor attendance or participation. Further, your final grade may be lowered by 1/3 of your final course grade for each day (or portion thereof) of class missed. Please notify me PRIOR to class if you must miss class for any reason.
2. Assignments: Both the electronic copy and hard copy of your assignments are due at 3pm on the day that they are due.
   1. Assignments can be turned in up to 24 hours late with a penalty of 10% of the grade. If the assignment is between 24 and 48 hours late you will lose 20% of your grade. Anything later will NOT be accepted.
   2. One exception. Programming takes time and is fraught with hazards. It may happen that you postpone too long, have a system failure, lose a file, get sick, have family problems, or any number of other difficulties. None of these events are reasons for exceptions to the assignment submission policy, but I do allow one programming assignment per semester to be turned in up to ONE day late without penalty. Your reason does not matter and I do not need to know why. All other late assignments will carry the standard loss of points. To use this gift, you need to send me an email when you submit the assignment. This email is to have GIFT as the subject. In the email include your name, the assignment you want it applied to and the date you submitted the assignment. If this information is not included in the email there will be a 10% deduction.
   3. All code in any form generated from this course becomes the intellectual property of Pacific University. You may not share this code with anyone without obtaining written permission from Pacific University.
3. No early or late exams/finals will be given. No incompletes will be given.
4. Academic Dishonesty: Pacific University has no tolerance for academic dishonesty. It is university policy that all acts of academic dishonesty be reported to the Associate Dean. Forms of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to, plagiarism, fabrication, cheating, tampering with grades, forging signatures, and using electronic information resources in violation of acceptable use policies. Please consult the Academic Conduct Policies in the A&S Catalog for more details.
   1. For programming assignments, plagiarism takes the form of, but is not limited to, copying code from someone else, whether copying files, typing from someone else's notes or typing while they dictate. The source can be a classmate, former student, website, program listing found in the trash, or anything else. Furthermore, plagiarism even on a small part of the program is cheating.
   2. You should also note that aiding someone else’s cheating also constitutes cheating. You should never leave your code where someone else could have access to it, such as staying logged onto a machine or placing solutions in the recycling bin where another student may take it.
   3. Sanctions that may be imposed for academic dishonesty are:
   1. First offense for cheating on an exam: zero on the exam.
   2. First offense for cheating on a programming assignment or written homework: zero on the assignment and 5% subtracted from your course total.
   3. Second offense for cheating of any kind: `F’ in the course.
5. You may be asked to leave the classroom if you are causing a distraction e.g. cell phone ringing, talking, etc.
6. If you have a complaint regarding a grade on an assignment or exam, write a one paragraph description of why you feel the grade is incorrect and deliver it to the instructor. The paragraph must be delivered to the instructor within five working days of when the graded material was returned to you. I will not consider any grade changes later than five working days after the graded material was returned.
7. If you have a documented disability covered under the ADA then services and accommodations are available from LSS (Learning Support Services). If you need reasonable accommodations to fully participate in course activities or meet course requirements, you must contact Edna K. Gehring, Director of LSS, at X2107. She will meet with you, review the documentation of their disabilities, and discuss the services Pacific offers.