Plagiarism

Plagiarism (copying and handing in for credit someone else’s work) is a serious academic offence that will not be tolerated. Note that the person providing solutions to be copied is also committing an offence as they are an active participant in the plagiarism. The person copying and the person copied from will be reprimanded equally according to the regulations set by the University of Ottawa.

Please refer to the section on academic offences in the Undergraduate Calendar and the notice on plagiarism on the University of Ottawa website for additional information: www.uottawa.ca/academic/info/regist/crs/0305/home_5_ENG.htm

Attendance and deliverables

Class attendance is mandatory. As per academic regulations, students who do not attend 80% of the class will not be allowed to write the final examinations.
All components of the course (i.e assignments, project, exams etc.) must be fulfilled otherwise students may receive an INC as a final mark (equivalent to an F).
Absence from a laboratory session or an examination because of illness will be excused only if you provide a certificate from Health Services (100 Marie Curie, 3rd Floor) within the week following your absence. (See Calendar, “Attendance”)

Course Website: On Virtual Campus

• Go to http://uottawa.brightspace.com
• Login with your uoAccess ID and password.
• Click on GNG1106B to access the course web site.

Schedule

Please see uOttawa's official timetable.

Note: you need to register for only 1 of the  lab sessions.

TAs

Courses Description

Introduction to computer systems. Problem solving for engineering case studies. Emphasis is on the design of algorithms and their implementation for solving engineering problems using C.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the student shall be capable of:
Solving real engineering problems using computer programs developed with a high level language,
Applying basic software engineering principles for creating these computer programs,
Programming with the C language using the following programming concepts: control structures, functions, arrays, character strings, searching and sorting, files, structures and recursion.

Textbook & Supplies

• “Engineering Problem Solving with C”, Delores M. Etter, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2005, and
• “Introduction to Visual Basic 6.0”, David I. Schneider, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2005.
• Both books are recommended (not compulsory).
• The text may be obtained from the University bookstore or the Agora Bookstore (www.agorabookstore.ca), 145 Besserer St.
• “GNG 1106 Laboratory Manual”, available from the course website.
• USB memory stick so that you can have secure backup copies of your programs.

Marking Scheme

Assignments: 5%
Labs: 10%
Project: 10%
Midterm Exam (ME): 20%
Final Exam (FE): 55%

Assignments

• For the first part of the course, weekly assignments must be completed and submitted for marking via BrightSpace. These assignments will get you to practice the concepts learned in class and the lab sessions.
• The assignments MUST be submitted to BrightSpace in time. They will NOT be accepted by e-mail or any other means.
• The assignments will be marked and returned, also via BrightSpace.
• Late assignments will not be accepted and hence will be assigned a mark of zero, no matter what the reason is (I forgot my login/password, my Internet connection broke, my laptop crashed, I uploaded the wrong files, etc.)

Labs

• There will be programming lab sessions given in the laboratory to allow you to explore techniques and concepts to assist you in your learning of the course material.
• Lab exercises will be posted on the course website ahead of time. So do review the exercises before coming to the sessions.
• Read the GNG Lab manual before your first scheduled lab session.

Project

• For the second part of the course, you shall be working in teams of 2 to complete an Engineering Computation project. Weekly deliverables are handed in for this projects which will follow a 5-step problem solving methodology.
• This project will allow you to apply the basics learned in the first part of the course as well as more advanced strategies to be introduced in the latter part of the course.
• The project deliverables MUST be submitted to BrightSpace. They will NOT be accepted by email or any other means.
• The project deliverables will be marked and returned, also via BrightSpace.
• Late project deliverables will not be accepted and hence will be assigned a mark of zero, no matter what the reason is (I forgot my login/password, my Internet connection broke, my laptop crashed, I uploaded the wrong files, etc.)