Fall 2014 Course Syllabus: Math 660

Course Title:	Introduction to Statistical Computing with SAS and R
Textbook:	SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, 3rd Edition, SAS Publishing, 2011.
Reference Books:	Delwiche, L. D. and Sluaghter, S. J. (2003). The Little SAS Book: A Primer, 3rd Edition, SAS Institute Inc. SAS Certification Prep Guide: Advanced Programming for SAS 9, 3rd Edition, SAS Publishing, 2011.

Course Outline
Date	Lecture	Chapter	Topic	Assignment
Week 1 9/8	1	Chapter 1	Introduction to SAS system, base programming
Week 2 9/15	2	Chapters 2-3	Referring files and setting options, editing and debugging SAS programs	Homework 1
Week 3 9/22	3	Chapter 4	Creating list reports
Week 4 9/29	4	Chapters 5 & 16	Creating SAS data sets from external files, and reading raw data in fixed fields	Homework 2
Week 5 10/6	5	Chapters 17 & 6	Reading free-format data and data step processing
Week 6 10/13	6	Chapters 10 & 18	Creating and managing variables, and reading date and time values	Homework 3
Week 7 10/20	7	Chapters 11 & 13	Reading SAS data sets and transforming data with SAS functions
Week 8 10/27			MIDTERM EXAM: Monday ~ October 27, 2014
Week 9 11/3	8	Chapters 7 & 9	Proc Format and producing HTML output	Homework 4
Week 10 11/10	9	Chapters 8 & 14	Proc Means, Proc Freq, and Flow control
Week 11 11/17	10	Chapters 15 & 12	Arrays and combining SAS data sets	Homework 5
Week 12 11/24	11	Chapters 19-21	Further topics in reading raw data
Week 13 12/1	12	Lecture Note 1	SQL processing with SAS I: Performing queries with Proc SQL	Homework 6
Week 14 12/8	13	Lecture Note 2	SQL processing with SAS II: Combining, creating and managing tables with Proc SQL
Week 15 12/15	14		FINAL EXAM: Monday ~ December 15, 2014

IMPORTANT DATES
FIRST DAY OF SEMESTER	September 2, 2014
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW	November 3, 2014
LAST DAY OF CLASSES	December 10, 2014
FINAL EXAM PERIOD	December 15 – 20, 2014

Grading Policy

Assignment Weighting		Tentative Grading Scale
Homework	35 %	A	90 -- 100
Midterm Exam	30 %	B+	85 -- 90
Final Exam	35 %	B	80 -- 85
		C+	75 -- 80
		C	70 -- 75
		F	0 -- 70

Important Departmental and University Policies

• Academic Integrity Code is Strictly Enforced
• Prerequisites Requirements are Enforced
• Attendance is Required in Lower-Division Courses
• Exam Policies (No Make Up Exams and More)
• Cell Phone and Pager Use Prohibited in Class
• Drop Date (Nov. 3, 2014) is Strictly Observed
• Complete DMS Course Policies (math.njit.edu/students/undergraduate/policies_math)

Prepared by Prof. Wenge Guo, August 10, 2014