Instructor Information

NOTE: Office hours and office space are valid for Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 13 of the semester. For the other weeks office hours will be held online by appointment.

Summary

Course Objectives

• construct assembly language programs to solve a variety of problems
• use hexadecimal and binary to show how characters, floating point values, and integers are represented in a computer
• create circuit diagrams to produce simple functionality representative of computer operations.
• interface assembly language code with a high level language

Grading

lab days		8%
online checkins		4%
homework		22%
exam #1		22%
exam #2		22%
final exam		22%

A		90	–	100
B		80	–	89
C		70	–	79
D		60	–	69
F		0	–	59

Overall Course Structure

Weeks 1–4, 12–13

(instructor on campus)

• Monday 11:59pm homework is due.
• Tuesday 1:20pm–2:35pm is a lecture period.
• Thursday 1:20pm–2:35pm is (often) a lab day (see description below).
• Thursday to Monday consume online lecture(s) as needed and work on homework.

Weeks 5–11, 14-15

(instructor off campus)

• Monday 11:59pm homework is due.
• Tuesday 1:20pm–2:35pm is an online checkin (see description below). Also, consume online lecture(s) in preparation for lab day.
• Thursday 1:20pm–2:35pm is (often) a lab day (see description below).
• Thursday to Monday consume online lecture(s) as needed and work on homework.

Lab Days

If the instructor will not be present during lab day or if you know in advance you will have to be absent on a lab day you can receive credit by doing the following:

1. Prior to the start of class on the lab day leave a comment on the lab day assignment in Canvas announcing you will be absent and that you have completed the pre-lab work. If the prelab requires writing code, then do a commit (“Prelab #x is complete”) and push that code to bitbucket. If the prelab asks questions to be answered then submit your answers to the comments of the lab day assignment in Canvas. If your prelab work is correct and complete and on time, you will receive 3 points.
2. Prior to noon on Friday of the same week leave a comment on the lab day assignment in Canvas explaining your progress since the first email. Your lab day work should be committed (“Lab Day #x is Complete”) and pushed to bitbucket. You will received up to 7 points based on your continued progress.
3. NOTE: You will be responsible for any material given during your absense. You should get any relevant notes/instructions from students who were in attendance.

NOTE: There will be no lab days in week 1, 2, 5 (exam), 10 (exam), 13, 14 (thanksgiving), or 15.

Online Checkins

• Connect to the AL Teams Meeting Room (https://josephus.sergeantservices.com/meeting_room/al) before the start of the session (1:20pm).
• Participate appropriately in the session with your camera on and remaining engaged until the session is dismissed by the instructor.

You will lose a point for each minute you are not present (not to exceed 5 deductions in a checkin session).

Homework Assignments

A homework assignment is considered late if it is not submitted at or before the beginning of the class period on the day it is due. Late homework assignments will receive a 20% point penalty and must be completed within a week or the original due date. Assignments that miss the one week deadline will receive a grade of 0 (unless there are extenuating circumstances).

In order to do well on exams it will be necessary for each student to work homework assignments independently. There are times, however, when you may become stuck and require assistance. For this reason, the standard regarding independent homework is quite loose:

When working a homework assignment you must not make any sort of electronic copy of work that is not your own. Also, you must type assignments yourself. Failure to abide by these rules is a violation of the academic integrity standards for this course.

If a student turns in work that is clearly a derivative work without violating the above policy, the instructor will discuss the issue with the student. If, subsequently, the same issue arises then the instructor, at his discretion, may assign a grade of zero for the derivative work or require a rewrite of the assignment. This will not be considered a violation of the academic integrity policy but will be in violation of the expectations and requirements that homework assignments be completed independently.

Exams

The instructor will not be physically present during the exams and so the exams will be administered in an unusual way:

• The exam will take place on the specified day during the regularly scheduled class period and in the usual room.
• The exam will be presented in online form and will require use of the lock-down browser (instructions for downloading and using the browser will be provided in advance of the first exam).
• You will be able to bring (and reference) printouts of the quick-reference sheets and ASCII chart that were provided in the first week.
• You will be able to bring blank paper and writing utensils in case you find it helpful to jot ideas down before typing them.
• The exam is time-limited based on the length of the class period so you will need to work quickly and efficiently.

Students with Disabilities

Student Support

In addition, all full or part-time students are eligible to receive free, confidential, and voluntary counseling services at HSU. Services include consultation, evaluation, counseling, and crisis support services for students facing issues impacting their overall well-being. To obtain any of these services, students may call The Office of Counseling Services at (325) 671-2272, email counseling@hsutx.edu, or begin the intake process by completing our online forms at:https://www.hsutx.edu/intake.

Computer Account Use

Attendance

Accordingly, absence from more than 25 percent of class meetings and/or laboratory sessions scheduled for a course (including absences because of athletic participation) is regarded as excessive, and a grade of F may be assigned as deemed appropriate by the professor.

Course Calendar and Class Structure