Course Staff

The instructor for Com S 342 is professor Gary T. Leavens. The TA is Steve Shaner. Please do not hesitate to ask either of us questions.

The fastest way to receive an answer to a question is to phone Gary Leavens, or to email all of us using the cs342s email account.

If you send us an email, we may post an edited version of what you sent to us, along with our response to the Q & A page. This is to help other students who may have the same problem. Let us know if you don't want us to use your email in this way.

During the semester, we will hold weekly office hours at the times listed below, and by appointment. Please let us know if none of these times work for you and we will consider revising the schedule.

If you need to drop off something and we are busy or not in our offices you can leave it in the department office. Have the office staff note the time and put it in Gary Leavens's mailbox.

Instructor

Name Gary T. Leavens
E-mail leavens@cs.iastate.edu
Office 229 Atanasoff Hall
Office Hours Monday 3:10-5PM, Friday 3:10-5PM, and by appointment.
Phone +1-515-294-1580

Teaching Assistant

Name Steve Shaner
E-mail smshaner@cs.iastate.edu
Office 145 Pearson
Office Hours M 11:00-11:50am, TR 1:10pm-2:00pm, and by appointment

Anonymous Suggestion Form

We welcome your suggestions on the course and how well (or poorly) we, the course staff, are serving you. You are welcome to make suggestions before, during, or after class or to visit us during office hours or by appointment. You may also send us an email or call if you want to discuss something about the course in person.

If you would rather make an anonymous suggestion, you can leave a note in Gary Leavens's box, or use use the form below. Please use this to provide constructive criticism and offer suggestions for how we might improve the course. Please note that comments that offer specific suggestions for improvement or that provide concrete examples of problems will be more helpful than generalized complaints. But don't use this form for questions about homework problems; if you have a question send email to Gary Leavens and/or the TAs for a quick response.

Please indicate the nature of your suggestion:

Lecture Suggestion   Grading Suggestion
Homework Suggestion   Other

Please provide a clear description of your suggestion or critique:

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Last modified Thursday, June 25, 2009.

This web page is for the Fall 2006 offering of Com S 342 at Iowa State University. The details of this course are subject to change as experience dictates. You will be informed of any changes. Thanks to Curtis Clifton for help with these web pages. Please direct any comments or questions to Gary T. Leavens.