Algonquin College of Applied Arts &

Technology

COURSE SECTION INFORMATION

Information and Communications Technology

Applications & Programming

Numerical Computing

Computer Eng. Technology – Computer Science

Professor’s Name: Hubert Furey Course Number: CTS8233

Email: fureyh@algonquincollege.com Course Section: 300
Phone: Term: Winter 2022
Office: Academic Year: 2021

Out of Class Assistance: Email/Zoom Academic Level: 4

Section-Specific Learning Resources

Handouts covering the course materials will be provided to the student as required.

Evaluation Breakdown

Assessment Weight CLRs

Assignments (x3) 20% 1,2,3,4,5,6
Lab Work (approx. 12) 20% 1,2,3,4,5,6
Hybrid Material 15% 1,2,3,4,5,6
Midterm Exam 20% 1,2,3
Final Exam 25% 1,2,3,4,5,6
 Learning Schedule (Subject to change with notification)

Lab Assessments
Date Weekly Theme and Learning Outcomes Lab Topic Hybrid Material
(%)
• Overview of Course and
Policies #1 Install and
Week 1
• Scientific Notation Introduction to R
Jan 10-14
• Floating point numbers
• Absolute and Relative Errors

Week 2 • Floating point numbers

#2 Programming Worksheets/ hybrid
Jan 17-21 • Overflow and underflow
with R quiz
• Absolute and Relative Errors

Week 3 • Lagrange Interpolation #3 Program with R

Assignment 1 Worksheets
Jan 24-28 • Newtons’ Divided Difference dataframes
available
• Statistics
Ch.22.1-22.4 and
Week 4 • Mean and Standard practice
#4 R functions
Jan 31-Feb 4 Deviation problems/Hybrid quiz
• Standard Normal Distribution

Week 5 #5 Lagrange Ch.22.6 and practice

• Least-Squares Linear Regression Assignment 1 Due
Feb 7-11 Interpolation problems/Hybrid quiz

Week 6 • Least-Squares non-Linear #6 Descriptive Assignment 2

Hybrid quiz
Feb 14-18 Regression Statistics available
 • Midterm Exam Hybrid quiz
Week 7 (~1 hr)
#7 Simple Linear
College closed Family
Feb 22-25 Regression using R
Day - Mon 21 Feb
• Taylor series functions

Week 8
Feb 28-Mar 4 • Mid-Term Break

Week 9
• Taylor/Maclaurin Assignment 2 Due Ch.30 and practice
Mar 7-11 #8 Taylor Series
series (cont) problems/Hybrid quiz

Week 10
• Numerical differentiation #9 Maclaurin Series Worksheet/Hybrid quiz
Mar 14-18

Ch 31.1 and practice

Week 11 • Ordinary Differentiation Equations #10 Numerical
problems/Worksheet/
Mar 21-25 ODE Differentiation
Hybrid quiz

Ch 25 and practice
Week 12 Assignment 3
• Numerical integration #11 ODE problems/Worksheet/
Mar 28-Apr 1 available
Hybrid quiz

Week 13 #12 Numerical

• Solving set of linear Equation Ch 16
Apr 4-8 Integration

Week 14 Assignment 3 Due College closed Good

• TBD TBD
Apr 11-14 Friday 15 April

Week 15
• Final Exam Week
Apr 16-23
 Other Important Information

Lectures will present the theoretical material of the course. Students are expected to attend all the
lectures.

Laboratory attendance is compulsory, and absence from three or more laboratory sessions without the
prior consent of the professor may result in a final grade of “F”.
For some labs, you may be required to demo your lab work within the scheduled lab time. Labs that
need to be demoed will be advertised to the students ahead of the demo date.

Students are responsible for keeping a record of the number of laboratory sessions that they have
missed. Professors will not inform students of an impending failure because of missed laboratory
sessions.

All laboratory assignments must be successfully completed in order to obtain course credit.
Late assignments will be penalized at the rate of 25% per day late at the discretion of the lab
professor. Any missed evaluation points will result in a grade of “0”.
In the case of a documented emergency the professor, in consultation with the Chair, will determine
how the marks will be made up and/or final grade adjusted.

To pass the course the student must have a grade of at least 50%, or “D-”, on both the theory and
the practical portions of the course.
The theory portion of the course is comprised of the hybrid quizzes, midterm test(s), and the final
exam combined.
The practical portion of the course is comprised of the lab exercises as well as the assignments.

Lab assignments will not be included in the final grade unless the student achieves at least a grade of
50% or “D-” on the combined tests and final exam. (Students who have a failing grade on the combined
tests and the exam will receive a grade of “F”.)

Detailed information about each evaluation point will be in your first lecture slides.