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    Computer Science Fundamentals - edX MicroBachelors Syllabus

    Spring 2020
    Professors: ​Daniel Katz-Braunschweig, Itay Tal, Rafail Portnoy, Aspen Olmsted
    Teaching Assistants:​ Victoria Zhong

    Course Description
    This is a self-paced optional course that provides an undergraduate-level introduction to
    the basics of computing & programming, computer hardware & operating systems, and
    computer networking, that will help to prepare students for advanced undergraduate
    computer science course work.

    Course Objectives
    By the end of this course students should be able to:
    ● Describe how data is represented and how computers execute instructions to use
    and modify data in order to solve problems.
    ● Use the principle of computational thinking: how to develop algorithms using
    decisions, repetition, and decomposition into manageable components to solve
    problems.
    ● Implement and test moderate sized programs in the Python programming
    language, using constructs including variables, operators, decision statements,
    loops, functions, andbuilt-indata types (numbers, strings, lists, tuples,
    dictionaries).
    ● Describe ​state-of-the-art in network protocols, architectures, and applications
    ● Process networking research
    ● Take into account the constraints in the thought process of networking research

    Course Structure
    This course is conducted entirely online, which means you do not have to be on
    campus to complete any portion of it. You will participate in the course using edX
    located at ​https://edx.org​.

    Students will have access to


    - Active Modules needed to be watched, answering knowledge self-check quizzes;
    - WebEx office hours, given by TA twice per week;

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    - Forum discussions, asynchronous;
    - Resource links

    *Consult with edx Online for further details about Active Learning Modules.

    Learning Time Rubric


    You may choose your own weekly breakdown, such as live webinar sessions.

    Learning Time Asynchronous* / Time on Task Notes


    Element Synchronous** for Students
    (weekly)
    Lecture (Active Asynchronous 1.5 hours Video format. Expect quizzes
    Module) throughout the module.
    Weekly Asynchronous 1.0 hours Students can interact with TA
    Discussion and professor via the discussion
    Board forums.
    Assessment Asynchronous 1.5 hours Students submit their assignment
    (homework) by [the end of the module]

    *Asynchronous learning is defined as any non-real time student learning, such as recorded lecture, podcast,
    interactive module, articles, websites, etc. This also includes any student-to-student or faculty-to-student
    communication that may happen with an asynchronous tool, such as discussion board, chatroom, e-mail, text,
    etc.
    **Synchronous learning is defined as any real-time student-to-student and/or faculty-to-student learning,
    such as a live webinar session or other video/audio communication service​. 

    Course Communication

    Announcements​ -​

    Announcements will be posted on edX on a regular basis. You can locate all class
    announcements under the ​Announcements ​tab of our class. Be sure to check the class
    announcements regularly as they will contain important information about class
    assignments and other class matters.

    Weekly Discussion Forums​ –

    Discussion forums are an excellent way for you to engage with the course material and
    with your peers. You are expected to read the discussion boards and engage in thoughtful

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    discussions. I will read all discussion posts and provide content clarification and feedback
    when necessary.]

    Netiquette​ –

    When participating in an online class it is important to interact with your peers in an


    appropriate manner. Always use professional language (no netspeak) in your discussion
    board posts and emails. Please be respectful of your classmates at all times even if you
    disagree with their ideas.

    Interaction Policy
    You are required to be an active online learner in this course and expected to participate
    in the Active Learning Modules, weekly discussion boards, virtual office hours, after
    having completed the readings.

    Course requirements

    Participation is paramount to your success in this course. Be sure to log into edX multiple
    times a week, read all announcements, complete all Active Learning Modules, and
    participate in Discussion Forums.

    Course evaluation will consist of by-module programming assignments, quizzes and final
    exams. The quizzes, providing multiple attempts, without proctoring. The final exams
    are closed books and utilize an online proctor.

    Computer Hardware & Operating Systems Unit (1 credit - 6 Weeks).


    Unit Grading:
    ● Quizzes 40%
    ● Final Exam 60%

    Unit Outcomes:
    ● understand the von Neumann model of a computer system.
    ● understand the basic operations and terminology associated with the
    CPU component

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    ● understand the basic operations and terminology associated with memory
    organization
    ● understand the basic operations and terminology associated with disk
    drives
    ● understand the basic operations and terminology associated with various
    IO devices
    ● understand modern operating systems structure

    Unit Outline:
    1. Fundamentals of system hardware
    2. Introduction to OS concepts
    3. Processes & threads
    4. Thread concurrency and deadlocks
    5. Memory management

    Computer Hardware & Operating Systems Learning Time Rubric

    Learning Time Asynchronous* / Time on Task Notes


    Element Synchronous** for Students
    (weekly)
    Lecture (Active Asynchronous 2.0 hours Video format. Expect quizzes
    Module) throughout the module.
    Weekly Asynchronous 0.5 hours Students can interact with TA
    Discussion and professor via the discussion
    Board forums.
    Assessment Asynchronous 1.0 hours Students submit their assignment
    (homework) by [the end of the module]

    Computer Networking Unit (1 credit)


    Unit Grading:
    ● Quizzes 40%
    ● Final Exam 60%
    Unit Outcomes:
    ● analyze the basic technologies used in communication systems.
    ● understand the organization of computer networks.
    ● apply TCP/IP protocol layers used in computer networks.
    Unit Outline:
    4
    1. Overview of computer networking
    2. Application layer
    3. Transport layer
    4. Network layer
    5. Link layer
    6. Overview of network security

    Networking Learning Time Rubric

    Learning Time Asynchronous* / Time on Task Notes


    Element Synchronous** for Students
    (weekly)
    Lecture (Active Asynchronous 2.0 hours Video format. Expect quizzes
    Module) throughout the module.
    Weekly Asynchronous 0.5 hours Students can interact with TA
    Discussion and professor via the discussion
    Board forums.
    Assessment Asynchronous 1.0 hours Students submit their assignment
    (homework) by [the end of the module]

    Basics of Computing & Programming Unit (1 credit - 9 Weeks)


    Unit Grading:
    ● Labs 50%
    ● Quizzes 20%
    ● Final Exam 30%

    Unit Outcomes:
    ● understand binary number systems and conversion to other number
    systems
    ● understand hexadecimal number systems and conversion to other
    number systems
    ● apply numeric and string data types to represent information
    ● apply variables in program development
    ● analyze assignment and apply its components in program development
    ● apply basic I/O operations with different data types
    ● design expressions using arithmetic operations (including understanding
    their limitations, such as integer truncation, round-off error, division by
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    zero, narrowing and widening conversions, casting, precedence, and
    standard math library functions)
    ● design expressions using relational operators (including understanding
    floating point equality)
    ● design expressions using logical operators (including short-circuit)
    ● design selection statements (including nested selection)
    ● design repetition statements (including count-controlled versus
    event-controlled, sentinel-controlled)
    ● design simple data structures using lists (including using loops with lists
    and multi-dimensional lists

    Unit Outline:
    1. Positional number systems
    2. Hello World
    3. Numerical data types and arithmetic expressions
    4. Branching statements
    5. Iterative statements [Loops]
    6. Strings
    7. Functions
    8. Lists [Array-based sequences]

    Basics of Computing & Programming Learning Time Rubric

    Learning Time Asynchronous* / Time on Task Notes


    Element Synchronous** for Students
    (weekly)
    Lecture (Active Asynchronous 2.0 hours Video format. Expect quizzes
    Module) throughout the module.
    Weekly Asynchronous 0.5 hours Students can interact with TA
    Discussion and professor via the discussion
    Board forums.
    Assessment Asynchronous 5.5 hours Students submit their assignment
    (homework) by [the end of the module]

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