Advanced Data Structures

COSC 2P03

Fall 2019

Announcements

The final tutorial (exam review) will be held on Thursday, 12th December in STH202, noon-2pm.
See materials from the fifth tutorial here.
There will be no class on Tuesday, 12th November as Brock classes only resume at 10am after the snowstorm.
See materials from the fourth tutorial here.
The due date for assignment #3 will be 15th November (delayed one week due to topic)
Reminder: the midterm will be held on Thursday, 24th October in class.
There will be a tutorial on Friday, 11th October to prepare for the upcoming midterm. The TA will provide solutions to last year's midterm, found here.
Assignment #2 can be submitted by the late date (Monday, 7th October at noon) without penalty. Note however that no submissions will be allowed after that time.
See materials from the second tutorial here.
See slides from first tutorial here.
Tutorials will not be held every week but for specific purposes only, starting in the second week. Watch this space for announcements about tutorials.
There are no scheduled labs for this course.
Student Accessibility Services requires peer note takers to assist fellow students who, for disability related reasons, are not able to take complete notes. Note takers are paid an honorarium for their assistance and provide notes directly to the Student Wellness and Accessibility Centre. For more information and to apply please go to www.brocku.ca/services-students-disabilities

Course Details

Course Outline
Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-10:30am TH242
Tutorials: Fridays 10:00-11:00 TH 247 (every other week)
Instructor: Sheridan Houghten, J313; e-mail: shoughten@brocku.ca

Assignments: All assignments are available on Sakai and must be submitted electronically via Sakai. All assignments are to be completed individually.

Handouts and Examples

The following slides are used in class but are very minimal and are intended only as support material. A very significant amount of additional information will always be given in class.

Resources

Mark Allen Weiss Home Page
Brock Computer Science Help Centre (includes link to help desk schedule)

Additional Notes

The lectures are excellent opportunities for students to ask general questions related to lecture or assignment material, however in general it will be impossible to answer in-depth questions during these times.
For supplemental assistance, students are encouraged to first contact the teaching assistants at the help desk in J328 (see "Resources" above for help desk hours). Note that the duties of the teaching assistants are limited to guiding students to a better understanding of the material; this does not include writing a working implementation for students.
If a problem is beyond the scope of the teaching assistants, then students are advised to contact the instructor via e-mail to make an appointment.
Requests for assistance increase as deadlines approach, which means that availability of assistance decreases as deadlines approach. As a result students are advised to plan ahead.