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This schedule is a work in progress and will be updated throughout the quarter; check in before each lecture for updates. In general, I'll try to keep the schedule at least a week or so ahead, so that you can anticipate where we're headed.

All assigned readings are from the Horstmann text. It is a good idea to skim the assigned reading before the lecture for the main ideas, attend lecture, and then to go through the assigned reading again to fill in the details that you missed, both in your initial skim of the reading and in the lecture.

Not all lectures have reading corresponding to them. This is generally because a block of reading corresponds to more than one lecture. Occasionally, the material covered may not be in the textbook.

Date	Lecture Topics	Readings	Lab Work
Week 1
Tu 6/26	Course introduction What is Java? Compiling and executing Java programs	Ch. 1
Th 6/28	Our first Java program Data abstraction Classes and fields Objects Defining and calling methods public vs. private Parameter passing Return values Accessors and mutators Local variables Scope Constants Importing classes written by others Assignment statements	Ch. 2.1 - 2.7 (scan) Ch. 2.10 Ch. 3.1 - 3.5 Ch. 3.7 - 3.8 Ch. 4	First lab meeting Suggested start date for Lab 0
Week 2
Tu 7/3	Our first Java program (continued)		Suggested start date for Lab 1
W 7/4	University Holiday: Independence Day
Th 7/5	Our first Java program (continued)
Week 3
Tu 7/10	Testing programs print and println Working incrementally	Ch. 2.8 Ch. 3.6
Th 7/12	Additional Java basics Named constants Strings Generating random numbers Expressions Operators and precedence Shorthand operators	Chs. 2, 3, and 4 in detail	Lab Exam 1 Suggested start date for Lab 2
Week 4
Tu 7/17	Decision statements	Ch. 5
Th 7/19	Decision statements (continued) Loops and simple loop algorithms	Ch. 6.1 - 6.4
Week 5
Tu 7/24	Loops and simple loop algorithms (continued) Nested statements More details about scope
Th 7/26	Lists ArrayLists Using generic classes	Ch. 7.2 - 7.3 Ch. 7.5	Lab Exam 2
Week 6
Tu 7/31	MIDTERM: regular lecture time and location		Suggested start date for Lab 3
Th 8/2	Classic list algorithms The enhanced for loop	Ch. 7.4 Ch. 7.6
Week 7
Tu 8/7	More about ArrayLists, as parameter and return types Classic list algorithms (continued) Cloning Shallow vs. deep copying Nested data structures, particularly involving ArrayLists
Th 8/9	An introduction to fixed-size arrays Reference and value parameters	Ch. 7.1	Lab Exam 3 Suggested start date for Lab 4
Week 8
Tu 8/14	Background on Lab Assignment 4 Introduction to recursion	Ch. 13.1 - 13.4
Th 8/16	Introduction to recursion (continued) Exceptions Exception handling: basic concepts and approaches	Ch. 11.3 - 11.6
Week 9
Tu 8/21	Exception handling: basic concepts and approaches (continued) Files Text vs. binary files Reading input from text files Scanners and FileReaders	Ch. 11.1 - 11.2	Lab Exam 4
Th 8/23	An extended example of text file input and formatted output
Week 10
Tu 8/28	Final Exam Review Session
Th 8/30	FINAL EXAM: regular lecture time and location