CIS 1.0: General Information

Textbooks

  1. Reed, A Balanced Introduction to Computer Science, Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2005, ISBN #013046709X.
  2. a Course Pak consisting of selections from various sources. The sourcebook will be available at the bookstore Shakespeare & Co., 14 Hillel Place, (718)434-5326 (right near the Flatbush Ave. entrance to the College). Ask for the CIS 1.0 CoursePak.

Check here for a list of recommended supplementary textbooks.

Course Requirements - subject to change

labs, homework assignments, attendance 1/3 of final grade
2 exams 1/3
final exam (cumulative) 1/3

Classrooms

The class meets for one 75-minute session in a regular classroom and for one 75-minute session in a computer lab.

(Not open to students who are enrolled in, or have completed, any CIS course - other than CIS 5.2 - with a C or higher, or who have completed Core Studies 5 or 5.1.)

Prerequisites:

A high school course in intermediate algebra or Course 2 of the New York State Sequential Mathematics Curriculum, or Mathematics 0.35 or 0.44 with a grade of at least C-, or Mathematics 0.36 or 0.04, or the equivalent.

Discussion

An understanding of both the limits of a computer and the relationship between computers and modern society emerges. This course develops students' abilities to formulate solutions to problems as algorithms, and implement the algorithms as simple computer programs.