Appendix A Objectives Mapping

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1 Appendix A Objectives Mapping (for CGS 2060) Ken Christensen christen@cse.usf.edu

2 CGS Mapping of New Objectives to Old Objectives Obj. 1 Obj. 2 Obj. 3 Obj. 4 Obj. 5 Obj. 6 Obj. 12 a b c d e f g h Obj. 10 Obj. 11 a b c d e f g NEW Objective 1 X X NEW Objective 2 X X X X X NEW Objective 3 X X X X X X X X X NEW Objective 4 X X X NEW Objective 5 X NEW Objective 6 X NEW Objective 7 NEW Objective 8 X X X X X X X X X X X Obj. 7 Obj. 8 Obj. 9 Notes: 1. Rows are the new course objectives. 2. Columns are the old course objectives. 3. An "X" means that the old objective (column) is covered by the new objective (row). 4. Some of the old objectives (for instance objective 1, 6c, 6d, 8, etc.) are partially covered by a few individual new objectives, but are completely covered by the combination of those new objectives. 5. Objective 9 (file storage and retreival) and some elements of Objective 12 (ethics, e-commerce, LAN and WAN, etc.) is not covered by the new design.

3 Appendix B Outcomes Mapping (for CGS 2060) Ken Christensen christen@cse.usf.edu

4 CGS Mapping of New Outcomes to Old Outcomes Outcomes a b NEW Outcome 1 X X X X X X NEW Outcome 2 X X X X X X X NEW Outcome 3 X X X X X X X X X X X NEW Outcome 4 X X X NEW Outcome 5 NEW Outcome 6 X NEW Outcome 7 X X NEW Outcome 8 X X X X X X X X X Notes: 1. Rows are the new course outcomes. 2. Columns are the old course outcomes. 3. An "X" means that the old outcome (column) is covered by the new outcome (row). 4. Some of the old outcomes (for instance outcome 1, 22, etc.) are partially covered by a few individual new outcomes, but are completely covered by the combination of those new outcomes. 5. Outcome 21 (dealing with files), 24 (recursion), 25 (ethics), 26 (Internet), 27 (e-commerce), 31 (shareware), 35 (LAN and WAN), 36 (computer security), and 37 (privacy) are not covered by the new design. Only the concept and function of Bubble Sort is covered; the implementation is not, as it would need nested loops.

5 Appendix C Critical Thinking Assignment (for CGS 2060) Ken Christensen christen@cse.usf.edu

6 Week 11 Homework CGS Introduction to Computer Programming 2 November 2011 For this assignment you will investigate math concepts through a hands-on project where you will work with other students to reflect on the results from the program that you will develop and use to generate results. Assignment You are to develop a program that takes as input a starting salary, the yearly raise as a percentage of salary, and total number of years to work (that is, the length of your career before retirement). The output from your program should be the total amount of money earned at the start of your retirement. Once you have developed the program you are to work with other students to explore the effects of different starting salaries, raises, and career length. Would you rather have a higher starting salary and a lower yearly raise? If so, by how much? What would your salary and yearly raise have to be you want to retire with $10 million earned at the end of 30 years? What is the long-term effect of starting a career in a recession when starting salaries are lower? This program should allow the student the opportunity to reflect on career choices, the impact of recessions on long-term earnings, and many other real world aspects of working and earning a salary. Maps to course objectives 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. 1

7 Appendix D Quantitative Literacy Assignment (for CGS 2060) Ken Christensen christen@cse.usf.edu

8 Week 13 Homework CGS Introduction to Computer Programming 16 November 2011 For this assignment you will analyze, organize, and interpret a natural phenomenon (that of the size of planets in the solar system and the effect of mass and size on gravitational pull) using the quantitative methods learned in this class centered on computer programming. Assignment You are to develop a program that accepts the name of a planet (for instance, Mars ) and returns the ratio between the force of gravity on that planet and on Earth. For instance, for Mars, the result should be that objects weigh approximately 0.38 times as much as they do on Earth. Also, the program should accept a weight of an object in pounds (on Earth) and return the weight of that object on the other planet. Interpret the results in terms of the mass and radius of the planet. Create your own planets with different masses and radii to see how the gravity changes. At minimum, you need to use a function to calculate the force of gravity, given a planet s radius and mass. The names, masses and radii of the planets can be hard coded into your program. When you turn in your solution, turn in the program you wrote and a brief report containing your procedure and conclusions. Maps to objectives 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. 1

9 Hints Before you begin, read about gravity on other planets. A good place to start is: Gravity is proportional to the mass of the planet and the distance from the center. The surface gravity of a planet is: F g = G M r 2 where G is the universal constant of gravitation: G = N (m/kg) 2, and mass is in kilograms and radius is in meters. However, you do not need to use that formula directly; instead, you can compute the ratio directly: g p g e = m p m e ( ) 2 re where g p is the force of gravity on a planet, m p is the mass of that planet, and r p is the radius of that planet, and g e, m e, and r e are the same values for Earth. The easiest way to store the information about the planets in Python, at this level, is parallel lists. You should have one list with the names, one with the masses, and one with the radii, where the same index in each list refers to the same planet. (There are other methods, including lists of tuples and dictionaries, but we haven t learned about tuples or dictionaries yet.) You can represent a large number in Python in scientific notation this way: 1.23e45 is the Python representation for r p 2

10 Appendix E Scientific Process Assignment (for CGS 2060) Ken Christensen christen@cse.usf.edu

11 Week 14 Homework A CGS Introduction to Computer Programming 23 November 2011 The scientific method is one of the major achievements of modern civilization. The scientific method entails making systematic observations, creating a hypothesis, and then conducting experiments to test the hypothesis. For this assignment you will apply the scientific method to determine what a computer program does. Assignment You are given the following Python program. What does this program output? Execute it, observe and analyze the output, and construct a hypothesis as to what the program does. (That is, exactly what output does it generate?). Then explain how you would verify your hypothesis. import sys ITERATIONS = 100 a = c = m = 2**32 def getnext(xi): xi = (a*xi + c) % m return xi print("enter a number between 0 and ", m, ":", sep="") seed = eval(input("> ")) for i in range(iterations): seed = getnext(seed) print(seed) Maps to objectives 2, 3, 6, and 7. 1