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Computer Labs

Location

The Computer Science lab is located in MB 202, on the second floor of the Mack Building.

Hours of Operation

  • Weekdays 7:45 a.m.-10 p.m. (closed during chapel, and closes at 7 pm on Friday)
  • Saturday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

CSLAB Policies

  • Students may not install software on any lab computers without the authorization of Dr. Hughes. Also, personal software may not be installed on network drives (your G: or H: or R: drive).
  • Students may not lock their workstation and leave it unattended for long periods of time. It's ok to lock your computer if you will return within 15-20 minutes (say, you need to run back to the dorm to get something you forgot). But don't lock your computer and go get something to eat -- log off instead.
  • Sound must remain muted on all workstations. 

Lab Worker Assistance

Lab workers are available to assist you with any difficulties you may have with the computers, and may also be able to help you with your class assignments.

Remote Assistance: Lab workers are available to provide remote assistance via Microsoft Teams. To connect with the lab worker on duty, login to Microsoft Teams and send a Chat message to brodybruincps. Lab workers are generally available during hours of operation listed above.

For most computer science courses, the following policies apply (your instructor may give you additional guidelines):

Lab assignments

For assignments you are given in a lab section, the lab workers may assist you freely. 

Programming assignments

The lab workers are restricted in the amount of help they can provide on programming assignments (see the departmental academic integrity policy).

  • If you are having difficulty getting started, a lab worker may help you plan out your program logic using pseudocode, and may attempt to point out examples in the textbook that may help you with a specific situation.
  • If your program is not working as it should, a lab worker may help pinpoint the bug, and may also give suggestions as to how to fix the bug. The lab monitor should not tell you exactly what to do to fix the bug until you have tried to fix it yourself.

On programming assignments, lab workers may not take your keyboard and type in program code, or otherwise provide code for you to type in.