Summer 2024 – June 24 through July 30
Term: Summer Session 2 (June 24 through July 30)
Department: COMP
Course Number: 520
Section Number: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Name: Kaki Ryan
Pronouns: She/Her
Office: FB 342
Email: kakiryan@cs.unc.edu
Office Hours: T/Th 2p-4p (Kaki)
Name: Will Zahrt
Pronouns: He/Him
Email: wzahrt@unc.edu
Office Hours: 10a-12p SN142
The course web page is the primary resource for this course. There is no required textbook for COMP520. We will distribute occasional readings, reference material, and tutorials via the course website and e-mail announcements.
This upper-level undergraduate class (also available for graduate credit) extends and integrates material from prerequisite courses to build a compiler for a non-trivial subset of the Java programming language. Java is also the implementation language for the compiler. Upon completion of this course, you should:
Student should attend all lectures and check the course web page for announcements and updates. Students will be required to complete a large programming project. There will also be several written assignment
Additionally, there will be 4 quizzes and a final exam.
Students should expect to spend 3-4 hours of work per day on reviewing course material and programming assignments; start early and ask questions.
The course final is given in compliance with the UNC final exam regulations and according to the UNC Final Exam calendar. If you have a non-standard final exam that conflicts with COMP 520, per UNC policy the non-standard final exam must offer you an alternate time.
As stated above, the final exam will be held July 30 from 8-11am per the official university schedule.
The dates for the 4 quizzes are:
6/28
7/5
7/12
7/19
There will be 4 major checkpoints for the programming project, each due on Tuesdays at 11:59pm. There will be a 5th “programming assignment” that involves optional extensions and writing up documentation. This will be due on LDOC (7/25)
There will be 4 written assignments due on Fridays that provide practice with the theoretical concepts discussed in class.
Exact details will be posted on the course site!
There will be office hours available daily, in-person, from 10-12pm, and from 2-4pm, M-F. The UTAs will be holding the morning office hours and Kaki will hold the afternoon office hours.
To do well in this course you must come to your own individual mastery of introductory programming concepts. Final grades are calculated with the following weights for each course component:
If, and only if, you take all quizzes and your final examination score exceeds a quiz score, then we will replace the lowest quiz score with your final exam score.
Ensure that help is only obtained from textbooks, lectures, and office hours. Any outside help is disallowed and considered a violation of the honor code. Contract cheating services (Chegg), AI (Chat GPT), public source code (GitHub/GitLab), and material (verbal, googled, printed, shared in any form) from those not associated with this course is explicitly disallowed.
When in doubt, ask me!
I reserve the right to, at any time, ask you to submit to a “code review” test with me or a head TA. We may ask you to meet to explain any line of code or decision made in your program that we deem suspicious or confusing. Thus, you should be able to comfortably explain why you (and you alone) wrote any single line of code in an assignment handed in for credit. Should you be unable to do so, you may be taken to honor court depending on the severity of the infraction.
All assignments, outside of assessments such as quizzes and the final exam, will have an 11:59pm deadline as their due date.
I am happy to work with you and understand life happens. Please never be afraid to email me if you have any concerns or questions.
A: 93-100
A-: 90-92
B+: 87-89
B: 83-86
B-: 80-82
C+: 77-79
C: 73-76
C-: 70-72
D: 60-69
F: 59 or below
In cases of fractional points, grades will be rounded up if greater than 0.4599999999…
See the home page of the website where I will try to keep the most up to date schedule!
I value the perspectives of individuals from all backgrounds reflecting the diversity of our students. I broadly define diversity to include race, gender identity, national origin, ethnicity, religion, social class, age, sexual orientation, political background, and physical and learning ability. I strive to make this classroom an inclusive space for all students. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to improve, I appreciate suggestions.
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Accommodations are determined through the Office of Accessibility Resources and Service (ARS) for individuals with documented qualifying disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. See the ARS Website for contact information: https://ars.unc.edu or email ars@unc.edu.
CAPS is strongly committed to addressing the mental health needs of a diverse student body through timely access to consultation and connection to clinically appropriate services, whether for short or long-term needs. Go to their website: https://caps.unc.edu/ or visit their facilities on the third floor of the Campus Health Services building for a walk-in evaluation to learn more. (source: Student Safety and Wellness Proposal for EPC, Sep 2018)
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The instructor reserves to right to make changes to the syllabus, including assignment due dates and quiz dates. These changes will be announced as early as possible.