Introduction to Computers and Computation	    Dennis E. Kroll
Morgan 108/307   In Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering     Morgan 109C X-2746
Text: Fortran 77 with 90    IME 105   IE 409                Office: M-F 9:00-9:45
by Reddy & Ziegler (RZ)                                     Hours: TT 1:00-1:50
also Notes and Labs            Fall 1998                       dek@bradley.edu
http://bradley.bradley.edu/~dek

FORTRAN (Room 108)
Date    Readings      Topics                                Assignments due
8/26/98 ----       Introduction, Syllabus, labs & web pages     ----
9/2     44-70      Constants & Expressions                      ----
9/9     70-97      Structures/Programs                       Pg. 69 #2d-h
9/16    102-137    Formatted I/O                             Pg. 98 #5
9/23    ----       Applications                                 ----
9/30    160-172    Logic & Structures                        Pg. 157 #5
10/7    173-188    Loops                                     Pg. 173 #4b
10/14   ----       Applications                              Pg. 187 #5b-f
10/21   ----       Quiz                                         ----
10/28   272-311    Vectors & Arrays                             ----
11/4    214-236    Functions & Subroutines                   Pg. 310 #2c-d
11/11   ----       Applications                              Pg. 269 #3
11/181  489-512    Files & Data Structures                   Pg. 359 #9
12/2    ----       Review                                    Pg. 512 #2
12/14  9:00-11:00      Final

1 Last day to drop courses.

Objective(s)

This couse introduces the student to the concepts of programming using the FORTRAN language. Further, it introduces the student to the various computation methods and platforms used in the IMET department.

General

The schedule and procedures in this syllabus are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances. Any student with difficulty in meeting these requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible for an attempt to resolve the difficulty. This especially includes class dates the student will be unavailable.

All students are expected to attend all lectures and lab sessions assigned. Students will attend lab sessions A, B, or C as enrolled.

All students are expected to meet the pre-requisites for their appropriate course prior to the first day of class. If you do not, contact the instructor or your advisor immediately.

Laboratories (Room 307)

Date for Lab Section

 A         B      C      Lab #   Topic                   Latest Due Date(9 a.m.)
8/26    8/26    8/27       1     Unix & Pico                   8/31
8/28    8/31    9/1        2     e-mail, signatures, aliases   9/7
9/2      9/2    9/3       --     Introduction to Word Perfect  ---
9/4      9/7    9/8        3     Word Perfect                  9/14
9/9      9/9    9/10       4     FTP                           9/21
9/11    9/14    9/15       5     Word Perfect Equation Editor  9/21
9/16    9/16    9/17      --     FORTRAN applications        per hand out
9/18    9/21    9/22       6     Quattro Pro                   ---
9/23    9/23    9/24       6     Quattro Pro                   9/28
9/25    9/28    9/29       7     Quattro Pro & Word Perfect    10/5*
9/30    9/30    10/1      --     Intro to the Internet         ---
10/2    10/5    10/6       8     HTML                          ---
10/7    10/7    10/8      --     WWW use and abuse             ---
10/9    10/14   10/15      8     HTML                          10/19
10/14   10/19   10/20      9     HTML                          10/26*
10/16   10/21   10/22     --     FORTRAN applications        per hand out
10/21   10/26   10/27     --  Introduction to Data Acquisition ---
10/23   10/28   10/29     10     Data Acquisition              ---
10/28   11/2    11/3      11     Data Analysis                 11/9*+
10/30   11/4    11/5      --     Introduction to Macintosh     ---
11/4    11/9    11/10     12     Word                          ---
11/6    11/11   11/12     13     Word & MacDraw                11/16
11/11   11/16   11/17     --     FORTRAN applications        per hand out
11/13   11/18   11/19     14     Quattro Pro Slide Show        11/23
11/18   11/23   11/24     15     Power Point                   ---
11/20   11/30   12/1      15     Power Point                   12/7
12/2    12/2    12/3      16     QS                            ---
12/4    12/7    12/8      16     QS                            12/14

* Indicates a ten-point (10) lab report. + Indicates lab done in teams of two persons.

Grading

Points towards grades are distributed as follows:

IME 105 IE 409
14 lab reports 5 or 10* points - 85 5 or 10* points - 85
9 Fortran problem sets (best 8) 5 points each - 40 ---
3 Fortran Applications 10 points each - 30
Quiz (mid-term) 20 points on Fortran ---
Test 2 (final) 25 points on Fortran ---
Total points 200 85

Grading will follow a 90-80-70-60% scale with some possible loosening due to the subjectivity of partial credit.