Course Syllabus Fall 2009

Week 1 (9/1 & 9/3)

Introduction to the Computer Lab.

Basic course information

Introduction to ENGR0011 Policies

Introduce to the UNIX basics - Sections 2.1 - 2.4

Introduction to the Pitt Computing Environment

Your Computer Account

University Computer Policies

Introduce to the UNIX basics

Introduction to the UNIX File System

Absolute and relative addressing using cp and mv

Unix File Management Commands - man, ls, cd, pwd, mkdir, rmdir, rm, chmod

Introduction to Telnet

Thursday - Writing Instruction 1

Homework

Week 2 (9/8 & 9/10)

Hand in Writing Assignment 1

UNIX basics - Complete Chapter 2

Internet and the World Wide Web

Introduction to the email system

Introduction to PICO

Miscellaneous Unix Commands - csh, cal, date, more, pg, spell, ispell, who, xterm

Communication Unix Commands - telnet, ftp, rlogin, finger, email

Introduction to Excel

Introduction to Excel - Sections 1.1 - 1.3

Basic mathematics operations

Absolute and Relative addressing

Built-in functions

Thursday - Writing Assignment 1 due

Thursday - Quiz Chapter 2

Homework

Week 3 (9/15 and 9/17)

Excel - Sections 1.1 - 1.7

Plotting

Sorting data

VLookup

Solving Equations with plotting

Goal Seek

Review of basic Math concepts

Trendlines

Thursday - Quiz Chapter 1 (Chapter 1.1 - 1.3)

Homework

Week 4 (9/22 and 9/24)

Return Writing Assignment 1 and Introduce Writing Assignment 2

Section 1.7- 1.9

Trendlines

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Semi-log and Log-log plots and filtering

Least squares

Introduction to Matrices

Linear Algebra

Software for the Writing Assignment - Introduction to MicroSoft Word

Tuesday - Writing Instruction 2

Thursday - Quiz Chapter 1.4 - 1.6

Homework

Week 5 (9/29 and 10/1)

Sections 1.8 - 1.10

Matrices

Linear Algebra

Use of matricies to solve equations

Basic Stat

Statistical operations - Section 1.10

Histograms

Thursday - Quiz Chapter 1.7 - 1.8

Homework

Week 6 (10/6 & 10/8)

Complete Excel and Prepare for Test 1

Adding logic to a spreadsheet - section 1.11

Test 1

Practice Written Exam

Inclass Test 1 Thursday 10/8 - during your class period

Written Test 1 Thursday 10/8 At 6:30 pm in DL120 - covering UNIX and Excel (Be there by 6:00 pm)

Tuesday - Writing Assignment 2 due

Homework

Week 7 (10/15)

There is no Tuesday this week. Tuesday is really Monday

Introduction to HTML - Sections 3.1 - 3.5

Basic HTML Tags - html, head, title, body, P, Headings

Putting your files online

Introduction to HTML - Sections 3.6 - 3.8

UL, OL, DL, PRE, HR

(BLOCKQUOTE, ADDRESS, BR)

Character Formatting

Escape Sequences

Background graphics

Introduction to Background colors and text color

Adding color to documents

Homework

Week 8 (10/20 & 10/22)

Return Writing Assignment 2 and Introduce Writing Assignment 3

Additional HTML coding: Color, Linking and Images - Sections 3.8 - 3.10

Introduction to linking to different documents

Introduction to linking to sections in the same document

Adding links to email addresses to a page.

Introduction to Images

Introduction to Tables

Thursday - Quiz Chapter 3.1 - Chapter 3.10

Tuesday - Writing Instruction 3

Homework

Week 9 (10/27 & 10/29)

Additional HTML coding: Tables, Frames - Sections 3.10 - 3.12

Introduction to Tables

Introduction to Frames

Thursday - Quiz Chapter 3.1 - Chapter 3.11

Thursday - Writing Assignment 3 due

Homework

Week 10 (11/3 & 11/5)

Additional HTML coding: Frames and Style Guides - Sections 3.12 - 3.14

Introduction to Forms

Introduction to Style Guides

Thursday - Review for Test 2

Thursday Quiz Chapter 3.12

Homework

Week 11 (11/10 & 11/12)

Inclass Test 2 Tuesday 11/10 - during your class period

Return Writing Assignment 3 and Introduce Writing Assignment 4

Introduction to Matlab - Sections 4.1 - 4.9

MATLAB Demo

Using Matlab as a calculator

Using variables

Introduction to MATLAB commands

Homework

Week 12 (11/17 & 11/19)

Introduction to Matlab - Sections 4.1 - 4.9

Introduction to arrays

Entering external data

Array operations

Controlling the direction in a script - Sections 4.10 - 4.11

Use of matricies to solve Linear Equations

I/O commands

Introduction to branching

If statements

While Loops

Thursday Quiz Chapter 4.1 - 4.10

Homework

Week 13 (11/24 & 11/26)

Thanksgiving Break on Thursday

Return Test 2

Introduction to Power Point

Presentation Tips for Final Presentation Click on List of Resources

Controlling the direction in a script - Sections 4.10 - 4.11

I/O commands

Introduction to branching

If statements

While Loops

Thanksgiving Break on Thursday - no college

Tuesday - Hand in Writing Assignment 4

Week 14 (12/1 & 12/3)

Monday - Writing Assignment Power Point due

Introduction to plotting - Section 4.12

Solving Linear Equations 4.11

While Loops 4.11

Statistical operations 4.12

Tuesday - Quiz Chapter 4.10

Thursday Quiz Chapter 4.11

Tuesday - Writing Assignment 4 due

Homework

Week 15 (12/8 & 12/10)

Return Writing Assignment 4 and Introduce ENGR0012 writing assignment

Basic Statistical Operation Section 4.12

Thursday Computer test - Chapter 4.1 - 4.12

Prepare for Final

Tuesday - Feedback on Writing Assignment 4

ENGR0012 Call for papers assignment

Homework

Week 16

FINALS WEEK

Final on Monday December 14 from 10:00 AM to Noon in DL120&121, do not bring a calculator to the test

Copy of a Sample Final

ENGR0012 Call for papers assignment