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CS 206		COMPUTING WITH SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONS	    FALL 1974

		    ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSE

	This  course consists  of  lectures,   homework,   a  midterm
examination,  a  final examination,  and a term project. The homework
will include use  of a  CAI (Computer Aided  Instruction) system  for
teaching  Lisp  on  the  IMSSS  PDP-10. The  midterm  will  occur  on
November 5  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.

	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  until 3:00  in  Ventura 11,  on both  Tuesdays  and
Thursdays, starting next week. His home phone is 328-9694.

	The text  for the course  will be  the LISP 1.6  Programmer's
manual  and  the  UCI  Lisp manual,    both  of  which are  necessary
documentation for UCI  Lisp,  as  well as the  Course Notes, the  CAI
text,  and  other documents to be announced. The  Lisp manuals can be
purchased for $3.75 and $4.80 from the Stanford book store.  A charge
of $2.00 will  be made for the  course notes and  the CAI text.   The
full  charge of $2.00  will be  collected when  the first  section of
course notes is  obtained from  room 251 in  Polya. The  rest of  the
course notes, and  all other handouts  will be distributed  in class,
and  will also  be available  in Ventura  11.   The first  section of
course notes will not be available until next Tuesday after class.

	The computer  terminals  which you  will use  are located  in
Casita,  a small building attached  to the back of  Ventura hall (see
map below for location).

					 John McCarthy