Classroom:	MWF: 1:10p-2:00p, R: 2:40p-3:30p or 4:10p-5:00p, 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:	MF 1:10–2, W 3:10–4, R 9:10–10 drop-ins, appointments always welcome
Lab assistants:	Sun, 7p-9p: Whitney Maguffee Mon, 7p-9p: Tony Johnson Tue, 7p-9p: Tony Johnson Wed, 7p-9p: Whitney Maguffee Thu, 7p-9p: 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 26 Aug	the programming process §1.2 variables and objects §2.1–2.4 method documentation §3.1–3.2
Thu 27 Aug	Assn 1 lab day
Fri 28 Aug	terminology object references §3.3 using numbers §4.1–4.4
Mon 31 Aug	Practice 1 posted while loops §5.1 conditions §5.2
Wed 2 Sep	increment operators §5.3 graphics programs §6.1–6.2 animation §6.3
Thu 3 Sep	Assn 1 due Assn 2 lab day
Fri 4 Sep	style & readability §1.5 compounding graphics §6.4 Quiz 1 [Review]
7 Sep	Labor Day - no classes
Wed 9 Sep	Practice 2 posted if statements §7.1–7.2 else clause §7.3 braces & indentation §7.4
Thu 10 Sep	Assn 2 due Assn 3 lab day
Fri 11 Sep	variable scope & initialization §7.5 String class §8.1–8.2
Mon 14 Sep	Assn 4 lab day
Wed 16 Sep	Practice 3 posted String methods §8.3–8.4 for loop §9.1 break statement §9.2
Thu 17 Sep	Assn 3 due Assn 5 lab day
Fri 18 Sep	Exam 1 [Review]
Mon 21 Sep	Assn 4 due packages §10.1 static methods §10.2 constants §10.3
Wed 23 Sep	Practice 4 posted subclasses §11.1 superclass variables §11.3–4 casting & instanceof §11.5–6
Thu 24 Sep	Assn 5 due Assn 6 lab day
Fri 25 Sep	data representation (reading)
Mon 28 Sep	Assn 7 lab day
Wed 30 Sep	defining methods §12
Thu 1 Oct	Assn 6 due Assn 8 lab day
Fri 2 Oct	user interaction §13.1 null references §13.2 Quiz 2 [Review]
Mon 5 Oct	Assn 7 due instance variables §13.3–4 context-free grammars (reading)
Wed 7 Oct	context-free grammars (reading)
Thu 8 Oct	Assn 8 due Assn 9 lab day
Fri 9 Oct	creating classes §14.1–14.2 Hexes.java
Mon 12 Oct	Assn 10 lab day
Wed 14 Oct	Fraction class §14.4
15–16 Oct	Fall break - no classes
Mon 19 Oct	Assn 9 due class canceled due to illness
Wed 21 Oct	private protection §14.3 Euclid's GCD algorithm
Thu 22 Oct	Assn 10 due Assn 11 lab day
Fri 23 Oct	Exam 2 [Review A, Review B]
Mon 26 Oct	subclasses §15.1–2 overriding methods §15.3–4 BouncingBalls.java
Wed 28 Oct	array introduction §19.1 mode computation §19.2
Thu 29 Oct	Assn 12 lab day
Fri 30 Oct	class canceled for network emergency
Mon 2 Nov	Assn 11 due Assn 13 lab day
Wed 4 Nov	recursion introduction §17
Thu 5 Nov	Assn 12 due Assn 14 lab day
Fri 6 Nov	recursion trees §18.1 recursion: anagrams §18.2 Quiz 3 [Review A, Review B]
Mon 9 Nov	Assn 13 due recursion: tree §18.4 main method interfaces §24.3 GUI basics §24.0–24.2 GUI events §24.4
Wed 11 Nov	more Swing §24.5 CSciClasses.java
Thu 12 Nov	Assn 14 due Assn 15 lab day
Fri 13 Nov	sorting §20
Mon 16 Nov	Scheme introduction (§1–3 of reading)
Wed 18 Nov	Scheme lists (§4–5 of reading)
Thu 19 Nov	Assn 15 due Assn 16 lab day
Fri 20 Nov	Scheme mergesort (§6 of reading) Quiz 4 [Review A, Review B]
Mon 23 Nov	TBA
25–29 Oct	Thanksgiving - no classes
Mon 30 Nov	Assn 17 lab day
Wed 2 Dec	TBA
Thu 3 Dec	Assn 16 due Assn 18 lab day
Fri 4 Dec	TBA
Mon 7 Dec	Assn 17 due TBA
Fri 10 Dec	Assn 18 due (no class - due date only)
Wed 16 Dec	Final, 9am [Review]
17 Dec–10 Jan	Winter break