Instructor: Paul R. Zuckerman
Office: FOB - North
Office hours:
See Department Secretary in FOB N12
Phone: 257-3516
E-mail address: zuckerman@mcs.newpaltz.edu
Web page: http://www.mcs.newpaltz.edu/~zuckerma

This course will be devoted to Unix systems programming projects involving web server scripting, network programming, distributed computing, and database interfacing. We will begin by studying the language PERL, a language that is very suitable for this work.

Prerequisite
The prerequisite for this course is a passsing grade in the Department of Computer Science Preliminary Exam.

Text
Perl in a Nutshell, by Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan, O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. ISBN: 1-56592-286-7

Attendance.
During the class meetings we will discuss topics and examples that are not in the textbook. You should plan to attend each class.

Programming Assignments.
I will give several programming assignments. The work you submit for grading should be your own, independent work.

Examinations.
During the semester I will give two in-class exams on dates that I will announce in advance.

The time for the final exam is Tuesdayy, May14, 5:30 - 7:30 P.M.

I do not give make-up exams for those exams missed during the semester. I can excuse you from an in-class or final exam only if you present substantial documentation of a serious illness or personal emergency that prevented attendance.

Grades.
I will compute your grade from a course average with the following weights:
Programming assignments - 60%
Two in-class exams - 10% each.
Final exam - 20%.

Class material on the Web.
As the semester progresses, I will post course material on web pages.
Shortly after the start of the semester the on-line material for this course will be available through Blackboard.
Click here for Blackboard Information.

Go to my home page at http://www.mcs.newpaltz.edu/~zuckerma and follow the Course Information link to the material for this course.

Notice.
I do not permit my classes to be recorded.
I enforce the College policies that prohibit eating and drinking in classrooms. Please cooperate by respecting these regulations.