00100	                     COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
00200	                         STANFORD UNIVERSITY
00300	
00400	
00500	CS 206           COMPUTING WITH SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONS        FALL 1970
00600	
00700	                     ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSE
00800	
00900		This course consists of lectures, homework (Most of this will
01000	consist of LISP problems to be  solved  using  the  PDP-10  and  with
01100	evidence  of  success handed to the grader), a midterm examination, a
01200	final examination, and a term project.  The  midterm  will  occur  on
01300	November  5 and the final examination on December 16.   Projects will
01400	be due on the day of the final examination.  It is possible to get  a
01500	grade  of  B+  or Pass in the course without doing a project, and the
01600	grade of INC will be  given  only  under  exceptional  circumstances.
01700	Therefore,  those  who  aspire to some flavor of A should start their
01800	projects early.  Projects may be done either using the PDP-10 or  the
01900	IBM 360.
02000	
02100		I  am  usually to be found in the afternoon at the Artificial
02200	Intelligence Project, (on Arastradero  Road  between  Page  Mill  and
02300	Alpine  Roads),  X4971,  and  will  normally  be  available for brief
02400	consultation after class.
02500	
02600		The teaching assistant is Mr. Gunnar Grape. His office hours
02650	are after class in Polya 202. He can also be found at the AI-project
02750	on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Mostly in the afternoon.  The
02850	extension is  4971.
03100	
03200		All texts plus extra copies of handouts, assignments, etc. 
03250	will be available from  one  of  the  secretaries  in Room 102, Polya
03375	during secretarial working hours.
03500	
03600		The texts for the course will be the LISP 1.6 Programmer's 
03700	manual, the REDUCE manual, and the Course Notes. LISP is available at
03800	a price of 2$, REDUCE will be available soon, and successive chapters 
03900	of the Course Notes will be distributed as they become available. The 
04000	price of the Course Notes is page-dependent, but 25 cents per chapter 
04100	seems likely.
04200	
04300							John McCarthy