Student grades will be assigned based on evaluation of homework, projects, exams, and participation, as described below:
Expected Performance Curve:
| A | 94-100 |
| A- | 90-93 |
| B+ | 87-89 |
| B | 83-86 |
| B- | 80-82 |
| C+ | 76-79 |
| C | 70-75 |
| C- | 67-69 |
| D | 60-66 |
| F | below 60 |
Grades will be routinely posted in the gradebook on the course D2L site, as they become available.
Two one-hour midterm exams are scheduled during the semester. The Final Exam will take place on Monday, May 4th, in Cudahy 143, from 3:30PM to 5:30PM.
Student attendance will not be explicitly tracked in lecture. Students who routinely miss lectures should expect to be unprepared to complete the assignments and exams upon which grades so heavily depend.
If you know you will be missing class for a legitimate reason, in accordance
with Marquette
University Attendance Policies, I neither require nor accept
documented excuses. Please have a peer in the class take notes in
your absence, and get any assignments in ahead of the deadline.
The size and structure of this course will not normally allow acceptance of late work under any circumstances. There are enough opportunities for points in the course for most students to miss a few without severe consequences for their grades.
All students are expected to abide by Marquette University's Policy on Academic Integrity, and I will proceed under the assumption that everyone has committed themselves to the University's Honor Pledge:
I recognize the importance of personal integrity in all aspects of life and work. I commit myself to truthfulness, honor, and responsibility, by which I earn the respect of others. I support the development of good character, and commit myself to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity as an important aspect of personal integrity. My commitment obliges me to conduct myself according to the Marquette University Honor Code.
The Honor Code has particular implications for computer scientists and engineers, as well as computing professors, whose course work is so readily duplicated and shared in our modern digital world.
I will strive to ensure that your assignments and exams are engaging, challenging, and worth your investment in time and energy. For your part, I expect you will work hard, strive to learn, and present your work with honesty and integrity.
There will be many opportunities for you to collaborate with your peers in this course, and I strongly encourage you both to seek help when you are stuck, and to share your knowdledge with your peers when you have achieved understanding. Problems will only occur if you falsely claim work as your own when it is not, or collaborate when an assignment has been specified to be individual work.
In the unlikely event of an academic integrity violation in this course, Marquette University's Procedures For Incidents of Academic Dishonesty will be closely followed.
Marquette University is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its education for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in your class please contact the MU Office of Disability Services, Marquette Hall, Suite 05, 1217 W. Wisconsin Avenue, (414) 288-1645, ods@marquette.edu. I am more than happy to help accommodate.
| Week | Date | Topics | Readings | Notes | Assignments | |
| 01 | Jan 13 | Scheme, grammars, inference | TLS Ch 1-6, EoPL Ch 1 | HW1: Intro To Scheme | ||
| 02 | Jan 20 | Environments, ADTs | TLS Ch 7-10, EoPL 2-2.4 | NO CLASS 01/20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | HW2: Environments | |
| 03 | Jan 27 | λ-Calculus, Parsing | EoPL 2.5 | |||
| 04 | Feb 03 | Interpreters, Binding | EoPL 3-3.2 | HW3: λ-Calculator | ||
| 05 | Feb 10 | Parser Generators | EoPL Appendix B | HW4: μLET | ||
| 06 | Feb 17 | Closures, Recursion | EoPL 3.3-3.4 | |||
| 07 | Feb 24 | Scoping, S-Expressions | EoPL 3.5-3.7 | HW5:μλ | ||
| 08 | Mar 02 | Side Effects, Statements | EoPL 4-4.3 | HW6:μREC | ||
| -- | Mar 08 - Mar 15 | -- | -- | NO CLASS: Spring Break | -- | |
| 09 | Mar 16 | -- | -- | NO CLASS: COVID-19 | -- | |
| 10 | Mar 23 | Parameter Passing, Type Systems | EoPL 4.4-4.5, 7-7.3 | Online classes begin | HW7:μ; | |
| 11 | Mar 30 | Types, Classes | EoPL 7, 9-9.4 | HW8:μ✓ | ||
| 12 | Apr 06 | Inheritance | EoPL 9.5-9.6 | HW9: History of Computing | ||
| 13 | Apr 13 | History of Programming Languages |
Various | |||
| 14 | Apr 20 | Other Languages | Various | |||
| 15 | Apr 27 | Review | Withdraw deadline 05/01 | |||
| 16 | May 04 | Final Exam |