UWM CS290-001 Spring 2001

CS290-001 Introduction to Unix

Instructor: John December · john@december.com · http://www.december.com/john/

COURSE INFORMATION

Course# 262-290-001, Spring 2001, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Department of Computer Science
Credits: 1

Class meetings: EMS E295; 11:05 am to 12:20 pm
Days: Tue Jan 23; Thu Jan 25; Tue Jan 30; Thu Feb 1; Tue Feb 6; Thu Feb 8; Tue Feb 13; Thu Feb 15; Tue Feb 20; Thu Feb 22.

Office: EMS 742. Office Hours: immediately after class or by appointment.

COURSE MATERIALS

Material for class is at: http://www.december.com/unix/tutor/intro.html or alternatively at http://home.earthlink.net/~johndecember/

This material is on my Web site and is part of my "Unix Station" (http://www.december.com/unix/).

GRADING

The course includes graded homework, class participation, and a test; students can do well on these items by following along on the in-class lessons and turning in assignments on time.

Assignment 1: Redirection and Email (25 points, Due Monday, January 29, 2001, 10:00 pm CST)
Assignment 2: File Festival (25 points, Due Monday, February 5, 2001, 10:00 pm CST)
Assignment 3: Pipes and Filters (25 points, Due Monday, February 12 2001, 10:00 pm CST)
Class participation (25 points, throughout class)
Test (100 points, On Thursday, February 22, 2001, in class)

Your Total Points	Your Grade
187 to 200	A
180 to 186	A-
173 to 179	B+
166 to 172	B
159 to 165	B-
152 to 158	C+
145 to 151	C
138 to 144	C-
131 to 137	D+
124 to 130	D
117 to 123	D-
116 and below	F