CPSC 447 401, 410, 801, & 810, Fall 2021 Syllabus

General Information

Instructor:: Dr. Dylan Schwesinger
Office:: Old Main 250; Phone: (484) 646 - 4389
email:: schwesin@kutztown.edu
Web URL:: https://csitrd.kutztown.edu/~schwesin
Office Hours:: MoWeFr 8:00am – 9:30pm, We 5:00pm – 5:30m

Meeting Time & Place:
Section 401 & 410: We 6:00pm – 8:50pm, OM 158
Section 801 & 810: We 6:00pm – 8:50pm, Online

Course Description: An overview of artificial intelligence is presented, including its history, concepts, techniques and ethical implications. An artificial intelligence programming language (e.g., LISP, Prolog) will be introduced.

Prerequisite: CPSC 237 or CPSC 253 or permission of instructor

Recommended Textbook: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Fourth Edition, by Stuart Russel and Peter Norvig, Pearson.

Course Objectives

Demonstrate an understanding of the history of the development of artificial intelligence.
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of artificial intelligence.
Describe and compare various Agent Task Environments
Be able to write programs in an Artificial Intelligence language (e.g., LISP, Prolog)
Be able to compare heuristics and determine which should exhibit a lower effective branching factor.

Course Organization

Your participation in the course will involve the following activities:

Attending the lectures
Doing assignments

Regular attendance and class participation are expected, but attendance will not be taken during lectures. Students are responsible for all material covered in class.

Policies

Assignments

All assignments are due by the specified day and time. Late assignments will not be accepted. All assignments must include the following information: your name, the course (CPSC 447), semester, year, and assignment number. Programming assignments must follow the Computer Science Documentation Standards. Failure to meet these expectations will result in a 10% penalty for that assignment.

Final Grade Assignment

Each student will receive a numeric score for the course based on a weighted average of the following:

Assignments (80%): There will be several programming assignments which combined will count for 80% of the course grade. Assignments may have different weights based on the perception of the relative effort required. The course website has information regarding assignments.
Quizzes (20%) The will be several quizzes which combined will count for 20% of the final grade.

For undergraduate students, the letter grade cutoff points are 93 (A), 90 (A-), 87 (B+), 83 (B), 80 (B-), 77 (C+), 70 (C), 67 (D+), 60 (D).

For graduate students, the letter grade cutoff points are 93 (A), 90 (A-), 87 (B+), 83 (B), 80 (B-), 77 (C+), 70 (C).

Bonus Points: The instructor will selectively consider raising individual grades for students just below the cutoffs based on factors such as attendance, class participation, improvement throughout the course, and special circumstances.

Academic Dishonesty

All students should familiarize themselves with the Computer Science Academic Integrity Policy

Assignments will be closely monitored for plagiarism. All infractions will be reported to the department chair. The penalty for cheating will be determined on a case-by-case basis, but it will always be worse than having not turned in the assignment.

Email Correspondence

The preferred method of course communication is email. When sending email, please indicate the course number in the subject line by placing it within square brackets, for example, “[CPSC 447] Need help on Assignment 1”. All email correspondence must sent from your Kutztown University email address. You can expect a response to an email with a properly formatted subject line within 24 hours. An email with an improperly formatted subject line may get no response at all.

Classroom Etiquette

Consideration for your classmates, instructor, and class is expected. Please come to class on time and prepared to learn. There should be no classroom conversations, sleeping, cell phone usage, or other disruptions to the class.

Instructor Assistance

If a student solicits assistance from the instructor and behaves in a disrespectful manner, the instructor reserves the right to refuse assistance until the student can behave in a respectful manner.

Accreditation

Any course work submitted to the instructor (including but not limited to assignments, tests, and projects) may be photocopied and retained for the purpose of assessment, accreditation and quality improvement, after removal of any information identifying the student.

Kutztown University Class Handout Information

Supplemental information from university offices for class handouts and syllabi is located here: Class Handout Information

Note: This syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.