Announcements
- For Monday, 2/2, please bring Module 2 skeletal notes with you to class. For lab this week, you'll need Labs 1 and 2. There are some tasks that you should do over the weekend to get situated with lab and be active with the class -- these were described in class on Friday, but are also recorded in the course calendar.
- Textbook: There is a single textbook required for CSC 212, both the lecture and the lab. You can order this lab manual (which has course notes in it) from the Textbook Store or you can print
it out at home, or you can take the pdf to a copy shop to have the lab manual printed (and bound!).
- To order from the Textbooks store, go to the Textbook Look-Up page. Then select Spring 2026, CSC - Computer Science, 212 - Principles Of Programming, 800 - Wilcox, Elizabeth. The lab manual is listed as "Reader for CSC 212 Schlegel" (that's one of the authors) for $20.29.
- To download (or just view) the current version of the lab manual, click here. There's also a link available in the Course Documents folder, linked at the top.
- Attendance: Timely attendance is required, from the first day until the last day. Attendance will be taken at the start of every class day, and will count towards your grade in the course. Arriving late to class and missing attendance means that you are late and your attendance will not count. Moreover, missing or being late to more than 6 classes results in failing the class. Being on time and present is a really important life skill, one that counts in CSC 212.
Instructor and TA Office Hours
Instructor Office/Lab Hours: TBA and by appointment (in 458 Shineman)
TA Office Hours: TBA
All TA office hours happen in 446 Shineman (the computer lab).
OLS Drop-In Tutoring Hours: TBA
Getting in touch with your instructor...
- Email: I actually read and respond to emails. I check email frequently during the workday but limit my email time after work hours and on weekends. Please be patient, but if I don't reply by the end of the next working day then feel free to email me again – there's always a chance your first email got buried under urgent emails (or spam ...) and I appreciate the nudge!
- Office Hours: Just stop by! You don't need an appointment to drop by my office. If you want to meet over Zoom, you will need to make and keep an appointment, because I am uncomfortable sitting on Zoom with no one there. I am also available over Discord (username in the syllabus, behind the SUNY Oswego login...). Join the CSA Discord server (link in digital syllabus) and send me a message! We can use the voice channels and the text channels to stay in contact. Just be aware that if you message me in Discord outside of office hours, I won't respond until office hours or until I'm free.
- Other times: If my office door is open then you are welcome to stop in and ask if I'm available. I may be! If I'm busy, we can make an appointment to meet up later on.
Course Calendar
Calendar
This Google calendar has each class day entered, with big events (like exams and deadlines) entered as "All Day" so you can see them clearly. The topics for each day will be entered into the description for each class day, too.
Useful Resources
- Required Lab Manual: Graci, C. and Schlegel, D.R. A First Course in Computer Programming: Laboratory Manual.
- Textbook Draft: A First Course in Computer Science by Daniel Schlegel. This draft of a textbook currently being written is available for our class to thanks to the author. The draft is in our Course Documents folder.
- CS1 Software and WebSite Materials
- Helpful Textbook Suggestions:
- Introduction to Computer Science Using Java by by Bradley Kjell, Central Connecticut State University. This is an online set of interactive notes, forming a beginning course in Java programming.
- Introduction to Programming Using Java, 8th Edition by David J. Eck. This is an online textbook with accompanying sample programs to illustrate the discussed concepts.
- Think Java: How to Think like a Computer Scientist, Version 6.3.1, by Allen B. Downey and Chris Mayfield. This is an online textbook covering many of the same topics, with a different perspective, that we will cover in our class.
- Helpful Websites:
- Student Wellness: There are a variety of events and concerns that affect a student's overall wellness. Learning is challenging, and life continues even while a student is learning. The college has a variety of resources available, and there are a variety of policies regarding student wellness. I've collected several of them on this Student Wellness site.