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Office & Open Lab Times Hours

Office Hours Table

Course delivered with a Flipped Classroom

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My goal is to maximize student engagement, learning, and enjoyment while also maximizing flexibility.

  • Flipped Classroom
    • As much as possible, lecture will be used for live, in-person explanations and teaching with examples.
    • All pre-recorded videos and live lectures are testable on exams.
    • Students are expected to complete the readings before coming to lecture.
  • Flexible Weekly Labs
    • You can get help in-person or online during any weekly lab time.
    • Can complete labs from home or on campus; all necessary software is free and cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)
    • You can complete the labs on your own, or with a partner (both of you submit you file for marking; include both your names in the file)
  • TA office hours are a mix between in the lab, and online via Discord.
    • Instructor is available after class (~10 min) for in-person questions, as well as normal office hours.
  • Assignments have a forgiving late policy.
  • Students asking for an academic concession must email Dr. Brian and may be asked to submit SFU Academic Concession Self-Declaration Form


Use of Generative AI Tools

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Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and Copilot are very powerful for assisting programmers. They can help us by:

  • Generating some code to help start solving a problem.
  • Provide feedback on what some code does.
  • Helping to find bugs.

However, they also make it really easy to not learn how to code! To be a good software developer you need to know how to write the code yourself (with and without the AI tools). See Course Info page for details along with assignment and quiz grading policies.


Tools

Discord for office hours
CourSys assignment/lab submissions; grades

Lectures

Mon/Wed/Fri 11:30am-12:20pm
In person SRYE1002
   (Building west of Central City Skytrain)
Lecture Recordings

Instructor

Dr. Brian (Fraser)
bfraser@sfu.ca
In-Person Office hours
    Mon: 1pm-2:30pm (SRYE 4013 Lab)
    Wed: 1pm-2:30pm (SRYE 4013 Lab)
    Fri: 1pm-2:30pm (SRYE 4009 Dr. Brian's Lab)
 Intro to using Discord

TAs

Lingxuan
lfa27@sfu.ca
Online Office Hours (Discord)
   Tue 7pm-9:30pm
   Wed 7pm-9:30pm
   Sun 6pm-11pm

Shedrach
see4@sfu.ca
In-Person Office Hours
   Wed 12:30pm-6:20pm in Open Lab (SRYE 4013)
   Fri 12:30pm-2:20pm SYRE 5133

Shiva
ssanei@sfu.ca
In-Person Open Lab (SRYE 4013):
   Wed 12:30pm-6:20pm
Online Office Hours (Discord)
   Mon 6pm-8pm
   Fri 6pm-8pm

Wenxiang
wha61@sfu.ca
In-Person Open Lab (SRYE 4013):
   Mon 12:30pm-3:20pm
Online Office Hours (Discord)
   Thur 7pm-11pm
   Sat 9pm-11pm

CS Peer Tutoring
Peer tutoring info

Dates (Fall 2024; tentative)

  • Sept 4: First class (no tutorial this week)
  • Sept 27: Quiz 1
  • Sept 30: No class (Day for Truth and Reconciliation)
  • Oct 11: Quiz 2
  • Oct 14: No class (Thanksgiving)
  • Oct 15: Tuesday class! Normal time
  • Oct 25: Midterm
  • Nov 11: No class (Remembrance day)
  • Nov 15: Quiz 3 [MOVED]
  • Dec 2: Quiz 4; Last class
  • Dec 14: Final Exam 12pm-3pm