Units: 4

Class Dates and Times:

• Lecture: MWF, 10:00 -11:00 pm  OCNL  254
• Lab: Depends on section - see here

Instructor: Anne Keuneke

Teaching Assistant: none specified at this time

Office Hours: see http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~amk/foo/hours.html for current information

Office Phone: (530) 898-5998
email: akeuneke@csuchico.edu
WWW Homepage: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~amk
FAX: (530) 898-5995

Textbook Optional:

• Live and Archived versions of course:
  Java Software Solutions, 5^th (or 6^th) Edition - either one is fine
  Lewis and Loftus, Addison Wesley, 2009 (ISBN: 0-321-40949-3, ISBN-10: 0321532058, ISBN-13: 9780321532053)

Software to be Used:

• Java Compiler: Most recent Java JDK -- get it ( Java SDK) free from SUN
  Eclipse: The Integrated Development Environment we will use. It can be downloaded from here. You want the one that says "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (92 MB)"
  Eclipse and the JDK are available for use in O'Connell.

Course Description:

Introduces the discipline of computer science, providing an overview of computer systems and their applications and an introduction to software design and programming, the software life-cycle, algorithms and their role in software design. Students will be expected to design, implement, and test a number of programs in Java.
3 hours discussion. 2 hour activity.

Topics:

Introduction of software engineering principles
Modularity, Encapsulation, Information hiding
Abstract data types (ADTs)
Object-oriented design
Object-oriented design with patterns (e.g. MVC)
Introduction to Java programming
Use of class libraries - the Java API
Primitive Data Types, expressions and assignment statements
Classes
Methods and their parameters
Selections/decisions,
repetitions (loops)
arrays (1 and 2-D)
Eclipse as an IDE
unix and basic web html (showing applets and links)

Goals: By the end of the course, the student will:

be able to exhibit a disciplined approach to problem solving, algorithm development, and object-oriented program design
be able to write Java code with good style
be able to write readable, useful documentation to accompany programs
be comfortable with the software life-cycle

Laboratory Projects: This course contains about 30 small labs (2 each week).
Each student must do their own lab; team work is only allowed for discussion purposes. Labs that are equivalent in content will be given 0's and could result with an F in the course. CSUC's Academic Honesty policy.

Grade Evaluation Procedures:

	50%  Lab
        10%  MidTerm I      50 questions (55 min.)
        10%  MidTerm II     50 questions (55 min.)
        30%  Final Exam     100 questions (110 min.) 
  

Attendance:

1. Attendance is mandatory for all MW lecture days (One (1) arranged valid/documented excuse will be permitted).
   Overall Test average will be reduced by 2% for each missing MW lecture day.
   It is highly recommended that you attend class regularly.

2. Attendance is mandatory for (at least) the Wednesday hour of your lab period. Labs each week will be graded by demonstrating during the Wednesday hour of your lab period. Obviously you should remain present until your lab is seen by the instructor.
   If you are not present to demonstrate your lab, then your lab(s) will receive a 0 for that week. Each week's lab(s) are worth an average of 8 points of the 100 point total so each missed lab week could be a reduction of about 4% of your total grade!
   No late labs, no extra credit, no excuses. If you have other commitments, do your labs ahead of time and demonstrate them the previous Friday!

   Note also that lessons may depend on the acquired knowledge of previous lessons - so missing a lab or lesson is very dangerous!

3. If it is not a scheduled test day, Friday's are for your independent self-study with the Lessons and classes will not be held unless specified otherwise during class or on the web schedule
   Obviously test Friday's are mandatory

Course Schema

Overall focus