This course schedule gives lecture topics and associated readings, the suggested times by which to start lab assignments, the dates of the various exams and when partner evaluations are due.
We’ll stick to this schedule as closely as is reasonable and announce any changes circumstances warrant.
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Lab Activities & Notes |
Readings |
Times for Assignments |
| Jan 7 | |||
| Jan 8 | Introduction to the course; compiling, linking and executing Java programs | Chap. 1 | Orientation to Lab |
| Jan 9 | Priority lab meetings begin | ||
| Jan 10 | A simple Java program: data abstraction; classes & fields; objects; defining & calling methods; public vs. private; parameter passing; return values; accessors and mutators; local variables; scope; importing; assignment statements | scan Secs. 2.1-2.7; 2.9-2.10; 3.1-3.5; 3.7, 3.8; Chap. 4 | |
| Jan 11 | |||
| Jan 14 | Lab 1 (Smiley Faces) | ||
| Jan 15 | A simple Java program, continued | read topics in Chaps. 2-4 discussed in lecture | |
| Jan 16 | Last date to register programming pair with TA | ||
| Jan 17 | A simple Java program, continued | read topics in Chaps. 2-4 discussed in lecture | |
| Jan 18 | |||
| Jan 21 | MLK Holiday; ICS 183, 189, 193 closed; ICS364 on holiday schedule |
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| Jan 22 | Testing programs; print statements | Secs. 2.8, 3.6 | |
| Jan 23 | Lab Exam #1 | Lab 2 (Animated Smiley) | |
| Jan 24 | Java basics in detail | complete detailed reading of Chaps. 2, 3, 4 | |
| Jan 25 | |||
| Jan 28 | |||
| Jan 29 | Decision statements | Chap. 5 | |
| Jan 30 | |||
| Jan 31 | Loops and simple loop algorithms; nested statements | Secs. 6.1-6.4 | |
| Feb 1 | |||
| Feb 4 | |||
| Feb 5 | Some theoretical results; Value and reference parameters | Chap. 8 | |
| Feb 6 | Lab Exam #2 | Lab 3 (Smileys at the Races) | |
| Feb 7 | The List ADT; ArrayLists: basics, classic algorithms, using generics | Secs. 7.2, 7.3, 7.5 | |
| Feb 8 | |||
| Feb 11 | |||
| Feb 12 | Midterm exam | ||
| Feb 13 | |||
| Feb 14 | More on ArrayLists: as parameter and return types, clone(), shallow vs. deep copying, enhanced for loop; a note on Vector | Sec. 7.4, 7.6, 7.7 | |
| Feb 15 | Last day to drop without Dean's signature | ||
| Feb 18 | Presidents' Day Holiday; ICS 183, 189, 193 closed; ICS364 on holiday schedule |
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| Feb 19 | Nested data structures, particularly involving ArrayLists; Intro. to fixed-size arrays | Sec. 7.1 | |
| Feb 20 | Lab Exam #3
Last date to register new programming pair with TA |
Lab 4 (A Donation to the Music Archive) | |
| Feb 21 | Exception handling: basic concepts and approaches | Secs. 11.2-11.6 | |
| Feb 22 | Partner Evaluation due by 11:59 pm | ||
| Feb 25 | |||
| Feb 26 | File handling: basic concepts and approaches; character encodings and end-of-line issues; Scanner; a note about Console | Secs. 11.1 | |
| Feb 27 | |||
| Feb 28 | Introduction to recursion | Secs. 13.1-13.4 | |
| Feb 29 | |||
| Mar 3 | Lab Exam #4 | Lab 5 (Revising the Music Archive Program) | |
| Mar 4 | Introduction to inheritance | Secs. 10.1-10.5 | |
| Mar 5 | |||
| Mar 6 | Polymorphism; Access control; Interfaces | Secs. 9.1-9.3, 10.6-10.8 | |
| Mar 7 | |||
| Mar 10 | Lab Exam #5 | ||
| Mar 11 | Intro. to graphics programming: applets, GUIs & event handling | Secs. 2.11-2.13; 9.6; Advanced Topic 2.2 (on Web) | |
| Mar 12 | |||
| Mar 13 | Review for final | ||
| Mar 14 | |||
| Mar 18 (Tues.) | Final Exam, 4:00-6:00 pm Partner Evaluation due by 11:59 pm |