Classroom:	MWF: 2:10p-3:00p, R 2:40p-3:30p, MCRey 315
Web page	www.cburch.com/cs/150/
Instructor:	Dr. Carl Burch
E-mail:
Telephone:	450-1377 (office); 548-0036 (home)
Office:	MCRey 310
Office hours:	T 2:40-3:30, RF 10:10-11:00, R 3:40-4:30 drop-ins, appointments always welcome
Tutor hours:	M 6-8 Katie Wright T 6-8 Don Bennett W 6-8 Don Bennett R 6-8 Katie Wright

Useful links

Installing Jigsaw
Programming via Java textbook
ACM API (alternate site)
Java API (alternate site)
Sauron submission system (instructions)

Schedule

The assignment of topics to days will change as the class progresses.

Textbook references are on the right, prefaced by a section symbol §.

Wed 27 Aug	the programming process §1.2 variables and objects §2.1–2.4
Thu 28 Aug	more on objects §3.1–3.3 using numbers §4.1–4.4
Fri 29 Aug	Assn 1 lab day
1 Sep	Labor Day - no class
Wed 3 Sep	while loops §5.1 conditions §5.2 increment operators §5.3 graphics programs §6.1–6.3
Thu 4 Sep	compounding graphics §6.4 if statements §7.1–7.3
Fri 5 Sep	Assn 2 lab day Assn 1 due
Mon 8 Sep	braces & indendentation §7.4 variable scope & initialization §7.5 String class §8.1–8.2
Wed 10 Sep	Assn 3 lab day
Thu 11 Sep	String methods §8.3 Quiz 1
Fri 12 Sep	Assn 4 lab day Assn 2 due
Mon 15 Sep	equals method §8.4 for loop §9.1 break statement §9.2 static methods §10.2 constants §10.3
Wed 17 Sep	data representation (reading) Assn 3 due
Thu 18 Sep	subclasses §11
Fri 19 Sep	Assn 5 lab day Assn 4 due
Mon 22 Sep	defining methods §12
Wed 24 Sep	Assn 6 lab day
Thu 25 Sep	Exam 1
Fri 26 Sep	Assn 7 lab day Assn 5 due
Mon 29 Sep	user interaction §13
Wed 1 Oct	creating classes §14 Hexes.java Assn 6 due
Thu 2 Oct	creating subclasses §15.4 BouncingBalls.java
Fri 3 Oct	Assn 8 lab day Assn 7 due
Mon 6 Oct	Fraction class §14 Euclidean GCD algorithm
Wed 8 Oct	Assn 9 lab day
Thu 9 Oct	arrays §19.1 Quiz 2
Fri 10 Oct	mode computation §19.2 arrays of objects §19.3 Assn 8 due
Mon 13 Oct	context-free grammars (reading)
Wed 15 Oct	Assn 10 lab day Assn 9 due
16-19 Oct	Fall break - no classes
Mon 20 Oct	context-free grammars, cont'd (reading) overriding methods
Wed 22 Oct	recursion introduction §17
Thu 23 Oct	recursion — anagrams §18.2 Quiz 3
Fri 24 Oct	Assn 11 lab day Assn 10 due
Mon 27 Oct	recursion — fractals §18.3–18.4 sorting techniques §20
Wed 29 Oct	mergesort analysis Scheme introduction (§1–3 of reading)
Thu 30 Oct	Scheme lists (§4–5 of reading)
Fri 31 Oct	Assn 12 lab day Assn 11 due
Mon 3 Nov	mergesort in Scheme (§6 of reading) catching exceptions
Wed 5 Nov	Assn 13 lab day
Thu 6 Nov	Exam 2
Fri 7 Nov	Assn 14 lab day Assn 12 due
Mon 10 Nov	char type §22.1 file I/O §22.2–22.3 main method, System.in
Wed 12 Nov	interfaces §24.3 GUI basics §24.0–24.2 GUI events §24.4 Assn 13 due
Thu 13 Nov	more Swing §24.5 other control constructs
Fri 14 Nov	Assn 15 lab day Assn 14 due
Mon 17 Nov	generic type ArrayList class
Wed 19 Nov	Assn 16 lab day
Thu 20 Nov	TBA Quiz 4
Fri 21 Nov	Assn 17 lab day Assn 15 due
Mon 24 Nov	TBA
26-30 Nov	Thanksgiving break - no classes
Mon 1 Dec	TBA
Wed 3 Dec	TBA
Thu 4 Dec	TBA
Fri 5 Dec	no class Assn 16 due
Mon 8 Dec	TBA Assn 17 due
Wed 17 Dec	Final, 2:00pm
18 Dec-11 Jan	Winter break