CS110

Announcements

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Nov 11, 2026

Exam 2 (covering Ch 2: 2.4, 2.5, Ch 3) will take place during the class period on Nov 12 (Thu).

Nov 9, 2026

Assignment 5

Assignment 5 (Atomic Nature of Matter) is available and is due at 11:59 PM on Nov 29 (Sun).

Oct 26, 2026

Assignment 4

Assignment 4 (RSA Cryptosystem) is available and is due at 11:59 PM on Nov 8 (Sun).

Oct 12, 2026

Assignment 3

Assignment 3 (Mozart Waltz Generator) is available and is due at 11:59 PM on Oct 25 (Sun).

Oct 3, 2026

Exam 1 (covering Ch 1, Ch 2: 2.1-2.3) will take place during the class period on Oct 8 (Thu).

Sep 28, 2026

Assignment 2

Assignment 2 (Control-flow Programs) is available and is due at 11:59 PM on Oct 11 (Sun).

Sep 7, 2026

Assignment 1

Assignment 1 (Straight-line Programs) is available and is due at 11:59 PM on Sep 27 (Sun).

Welcome Message

Dear student,

Welcome to the Introduction to Computing (CS110) course I will be teaching this semester!

• Please make sure that you meet the prerequisites for the course: Math 140 credits or placement; or Math 130 with a B or higher in the previous semester; or permission of the instructor.

• Please read through the course website very carefully and acquaint yourself with the course mechanics.

• Please take care of the following action items:
  • Sign up for Piazza (Q&A platform) and Gradescope (grading platform) using the invitations that will be sent to your UMB email address.
  • Setup the programming environment on your computer.
  • Complete the mandatory course agreement available on Gradescope by 11:59 PM on Sep 20 (Sun). You will not be allowed to do any work for the course until you complete the agreement.
  • Complete the Supplemental Instruction Poll on Piazza.
  • Sign up for a CS Account.

• CS110 is a very demanding course, so please be prepared to work really hard from the outset, or else you will quickly fall behind and end up with a poor/failing grade.

• If you are currently waitlisted, you will be enrolled automatically if enough students drop out before the add/drop deadline. Please note that I will not go over the enrollment capacity for the course, which is set at 100.

• Note: During the first week we will only meet for lectures. Discussions and SI sessions will start from the second week, ie, the week of Sep 14.

I look forward to having you in my class.

Best,

Swami