Here are a few things you should know about CSE 231:

• For Fall Semester 2024, the course is hybrid (flipped classroom). Instead of a lecture, we have a series of reading assignments and pre-recorded follow along videos. The videos supplement the text, that is, you need to read the text. Each week you will
1. Read a chapter in the text.
2. Watch videos that demonstrate techniques.
3. Complete a pre-lab exercise in D2L.
4. Complete online exercises (collaboratively).
5. Complete a lab (collaboratively).
6. Complete a programming project.
• Students in Sections 1-16 and CSE801C have a required in-person lab to attend (in STEM 1201, ground floor of the new STEM building).
• Read the Syllabus; it lays out the important details. Here are highlights:
  • Due Dates: you will have regular deadlines that count toward your final grade. See Due Dates.
  • Exams: There are three exams (two midterms and a final). All exams are in-person on-campus.
  • Support: Your first stop is Piazza (piazza.com) where students can post questions and get answers from a TA, the instructors, or other students. There is a daily help room staffed by TAs in STEM 1201 in the evening. There are also office hours (flexible times) with the instructors.
  • Required Text: The text is listed in the syllabus.
  • Labs: Note the way we count labs toward your grade. They only count implicitly in that if you don't do them, we reduce your final grade by a lot!
• Start here: (1) Start with our "course mechanics" video.
                   (2) Do Week 0 under Online Content.

Please send email if you have private questions (make sure to put CSE231 in the email subject). Otherwise, you should direct your questions to Piazza

Imen Zaabar: zaabarim@cse.msu.edu
Husain Khalifeh: khalife8@msu.edu