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Days/Time: Monday & Wednesday 7:00-8:15pm

Classroom: ACIV 145

Course Homepage: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~dhood2/courses/cmsc331/spring2003/ Check this page frequently for course announcements and materials presented in lecture.

The required text for this course is "Concepts of Programming Languages" by Sebesta. There will be assigned readings and exercises out of the book.

This book may be supplemented by additional materials (papers, online tutorials, slides, etc...).

Concepts of Programming Languages by Robert W. Sebesta Addison-Wesley Publishing; 5th edition ISBN: 0201752956

Dr. Nicholas and I will be following about the same outline. Minor changes, as in the exact dates when topics will be started, are subject to change.

A tentative outline can be found at http://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/undergraduate/CMSC331/spring03/0101/lectures/

The objectives of this course include:

• To present an overview of several different paradigms of programming
• To give some experience in writing programs in different languages
• To introduce the concepts of syntax-directed translation, programming language semantics, parsing, and others.

The midterm and final will each count 20%, and homework 15-20%. The remaining 40-45% will be programming projects in the different languages to be studied. Several languages including Java, ML and possibly Perl or Lisp will be studied in depth.

Academic misconduct will not be tolerated. Any work that you submit for credit is to be your work. For homework and programming projects, general discussion with your classmates regarding project requirements or the approach to be taken is permitted. The solutions must be yours. Electronic submission of programming assignments will be required, and software that measures similarity between submitted projects will be used. Possible penalties for misconduct will include zero points on that assignment (homework or project), reduction in the final grade for the course, or an "F" in the course.

If you aren't sure if a specific action constitutes misconduct, ask me first.

I will be available for questions during office hours. At other times, if I'm in my office, I'll answer your questions or we can agree on some other time to meet. You are also free to email me.

I took effort to check these dates, but if you are thinking about taking action that depends upon one of these dates (such as dropping), please double check with the registrar first.

Last day to drop a class without a "W": - Friday, February 21^st

Spring Break: Monday, March 24^th - Sunday, March 30^th

Last day to drop a class with a "W": Monday, April 7^th

Last Day of Classes: Tuesday, May 13^th

Final Exam: Monday, May 19^th 8:30-10:30pm

The TA, Ajay Prabhu, has office hours Tu Th 4-5pm in the TA room, ECS 334. Phone 410-455-2862. The TA for the other section is Madhu Raju, and his hours are MW 5-6pm.