Welcome!¶
This is the website for the Fall 2025 offering of CS149 (Intro to Programming Fundamentals) at James Madison University. Specifically, this is the website for section(s) taught by Alvin Chao
Announcements:¶
In person TA support TAs are available in King ISAT/CS room 248 for in-person support at the following times: Sunday 3 pm - 9 pm Monday/Tuesday/Thursday 5 pm - 9 in person, 9-11 pm online Wednesday 6 pm - 9 pm in person then online 9-11pm TA Hours 9 pm to 11 pm via Microsoft Teams(See Canvas for links) TAs are available for virtual online support from 9 pm to 11 pm Sunday through Thursday.
The class meets Tue/Thu 8am-9:15am King 248. Class meets in person. Please visit the calendar for the week-to-week assignments.
My Office Location: King 257
You may schedule an appointment for other times that are not listed to visit my office(540)-568-3325 or online via Zoom.
Please use the links to the left to navigate the website. Important announcements will be posted on this front page. Other course content will appear on the subpages linked above. Please check this website (especially the front page and calendar) regularly for updates.
This semester, we will be using Piazza for class discussions. If you have a question that may be of general interest to your fellow students, please post it on Piazza rather than emailing me directly. This allows others to answer your question or benefit from my answer. I will check the Piazza forum regularly and respond as quickly as I can. To access Piazza, log into Canvas and click the "Piazza" link in the navigation bar on the left.
Class grades will be accessible via Canvas, and online quizzes will be administered using Canvas as well.
Other resources:
Acknowledgments
Many JMU CS faculty have contributed to this course over the years. Special thanks to my colleagues who have shared activities, labs, homeworks, quizzes, and exams. This semester's materials were co-developed with professors Adeen Ayub, Chris Mayfield, Mona Rizvi, Sharon Simmons, and Michael Stewart.
Unless otherwise noted, the materials on this website are freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
JMU CS149 Intro to Programming © 2025 by Alvin Chao is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
