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                         STANFORD UNIVERSITY


CS 206           COMPUTING WITH SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONS        FALL 1973

                     ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSE

	This  course consists  of lectures,  homework  (Most of  this
will consist of  LISP problems to be solved using the PDP-10 and with
evidence of success handed to  the grader), a midterm examination,  a
final examination,  and a term  project.   The midterm will  occur on
November  8 and there will be a  final examination.  Projects will be
due on the  day of the final  examination.  It  is possible to get  a
grade of  B+ or Pass in  the course without doing a  project, and the
grade of  INC will  be given  only under  exceptional  circumstances.
Therefore,  those who  aspire to some flavor of A  should start their
projects early.   Projects may be done either using the PDP-10 or the
IBM 360.

	I am usually to  be found in the afternoon  at the Artificial
Intelligence  Project,  (on Arastradero  Road between  Page  Mill and
Alpine  Roads), extension  4430  or  4971,    and  will  normally  be
available  for  brief  consultation  after  class.    Home  telephone
321-7580.

	The teaching assistant is Nick Littlestone. His office hours
are after class in Polya 202. He can also be found at the AI-project
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Mostly in the afternoon.  The
extension is  4971.

	All texts plus extra copies of handouts, assignments, etc. 
will be available from  one  of  the  secretaries  in Room 102, Polya
during secretarial working hours.

	The text  for the course  will be  the LISP 1.6  Programmer's
manual,  the Course Notes and  other documents to  be announced. LISP
is available at a price of x$, and successive chapters of  the Course
Notes will be distributed as they  become available. The price of the
Course  Notes  is  page-dependent, but  75  cents  per  chapter seems
likely.

						John McCarthy