CS 105 Great Insights in Computer Science
Rutgers University
Spring 2009
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:30-5:30, Core 328 (or by appointment)
iClicker Registration Instructions
Teaching Assistants
- Reid Howard (reidh@cs.rutgers.edu) Office Hours Tuesday 11-1, Hill 257
- Ali El Qursh (elqursh@cs.rutgers.edu) Office Hours Monday 1-3, Core 246
- Rajat Roy (rajatroy@cs.rutgers.edu) Office Hours Thursday 12-2, Hill 257
Class meetings: MW 3:20-4:40, SEC 210
AUDIENCE: Non-CS majors at all levels. (CS majors, curriculum code 198, are not eligible for enrollment.)
DESCRIPTION: The course is designed to introduce non-majors to the fundamental concepts of computer science. Students will be given the background to appreciate the exciting and influential ideas that have shaped this fast-moving discipline. Although it will provide a broad context, the course will focus on specific examples of great ideas and how they work. Students will learn about and solve example problems drawn from major areas within computer science. Although students will learn to read and understand short programs, the course will not teach or require programming skills and cannot be taken for credit for the CS major.
FORMAT: Lectures, hands-on demonstrations, written homeworks, short online activities, written midterm and final.
PRE-REQs: None. (Mastery of high-school-level algebra will be assumed.)
CREDITS: 3
Textbook: 
Pattern on the Stone, the simple ideas that make computers work. Basic Books, 1998.
Clicker: iClicker. (Should be available at bookstore.)
Website support: Sakai. (All course administration will be done here.)