Spring 2006
IST 210 - ORGANIZATION OF DATA (4)
Course Description: Introduction to concept of databases including the storage, manipulation, evaluation, and display of data and related issues.
IST 210 was an introductory class to databases. It included lessons in conceptual, logical, and physical design. I learned to create ER Diagrams, design logical schemas, write SQL queries, and how to develop an active ASP website to interact with my database. My team, Team DHOM, designed an online ticketing database for a local AAA-baseball team as a final project.
IST 210 taught me a lot about databases and helped me to better understand web management. Furthermore, the final project allowed for a lot of diversity; and my group chose a fairly difficult project so we had to do a lot of research and exploration for ourselves.
IST Samples
Entity-Relationship Diagram Homework - hw1.doc
SQL Query Homework - hw3.doc
State College Spikes Ticketing Database:
Final Project - [Please see projects section]
Grade: A.
CSE 120 - INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING (3)
Course Description: Systematic programming: top-down program development, documentation, and testing. Introduction to data structures, text processing, numerical methods, algorithm analysis, program verification.
CSE 120 was a very involved class that seemed to be broken up into three main sections: (1) an exploration of the standard template library, (2) an understanding of STL's container classes (vectors, deques, lists, queues, stacks, etc.) , (3) binary algorithms. A lot of students dropped out of the class because of its difficulty, but I completed all of the assignments with a score of A or higher.
CSE 120 taught me standard programming practices. I also learned to read others' code and to write code that can easily be read by others. I translated C programs to C++ programs by implementing object oriented design. I also learned much simpler ways of doing programs I had previously written with arrays - through other forms of container classes.
Programming Samples
Class Definitions Homework - "Sequence": Sequence.cpp & driver.cpp & Sequence.h & Sequence.exe
Recursion Homework - "Binary Trees ": MaxTree.cpp & driver_1.cpp & MaxTree.h & MaxTree.exe
Vector Recursion (Extra Credit) - "Sudoku Solver": sudoku.cpp & driver_sudoku.cpp & sudoku.h & sudoku.exe
SAMPLE INPUT FILE: sudoku3.txt
Magician Agent: Final Project - [Please see projects section]
[Note: To run .exe files, you must have a copy of Microsoft Visual Studio C++ downloaded. You can download a free copy at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualC/default.aspx.]
Grade: A.
ENGL 030 - HONORS FRESHMAN COMPOSITION (3)
Course Description: Writing practice for specially qualified and screened students. Students who have passed a special writing test will qualify for this course - Honors level.
Essay Samples
Letter to the Daily Collegian - "Fair Trade Labeling":
LetterToEditorDC.doc & LetterToEditorDCWorks.doc
Letter to the New York Times - "Outsourcing Effects on Economy":
LetterToEditorNYTimes.doc & Works.doc
Term Paper - "How To Close the Global Digital Divide":
TermPaper30.doc
Grade: A.
SPAN 003 - INTERMEDIATE SPANISH (4)
Course Description: Audio-lingual review of structure; writing; reading.
Essay Samples
Escritura Tres - "The Subjunctive": Essay3.doc
Escritura Cuatro - "Likes and Dislikes": Essay4.doc
Escritura Siete - "Conditional Tense": Essay7.doc
Grade: A.
MATH 141 - CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II (4)
Course Description: Derivatives, integrals, applications; sequences and series; analytic geometry; polar coordinates.
Grade: A.
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