CSC 121 – Lectures & Assignments Schedule

How to read this schedule:

1. This schedule is subject to change, so refer back to it frequently.

2. In general, lecture topics are discussed on the day indicated. However, topics may be discussed a day or so before or after the scheduled date as the course progresses.

3. Reading assignments should be completed before class.

WEEK	CONTENT	READING	ASSIGNMENT	LAB
Week 1:W 8/19	Lecture 1: Course introduction, introduction to programming, algorithms, stepwise refinement, top-down design.	Chapter 1: Introduction to Computers and Java	Homework 1 due Aug 28 @ start of class.
Week 1: F 8/21				Complete Lab 1 before 8/28.
Week 2:MW 8/24 & 8/26	Lecture 2: More algorithm design, Computer basics.	Chapter 2: Java Fundamentals	Homework 2 due Sep 2 @ start of class.
Week 2:F 8/28	Lecture 3: Introduction to programming in Java, primitive data types, declaring and using variables, etc.
Week 3:MF 8/31 & 9/4	Lecture 3 cont’d.			Class BankAccount.java
Week 3:W 9/2	LAB			Lab 2
Week 3:F 9/4	Lecture 4: Variables, expressions, program development.	Chapter 3: Decision Structures
Week 4: M 9/7	Labor day: State Holiday (No class)
Week 4:W 9/9			Homework 3 due Sep 14 @ 11:59pm. See the ANSWERS	Lab 3
Week 4:F 9/11	Lecture 5: Expressions, Decision Structures and loops.
Week 5:M 9/14	Expressions, Decision Structures and loops	Chapter 4: Loops and files
Week 5:W 9/16				Lab 4
Week 4:F 9/18	TEST		Homework 4 due Sep 23 @ 11:59pm.
Week 6:M 9/21	Loops/constructors	Chapter 5: Methods Chapter 6: A First Look at Classes
Week 6:W 9/23		Chapter 5: Methods Chapter 6: A First Look at Classes		Lab 5
Week 6:F 9/25	Lecture 6: Condition operator/switch statement/switch statement/nested if-statements/nested loops	Chapter 5: Methods
Week 7:M 9/28	Lecture 7: Formatting output/ Data conversion/ methods/ casting and widening-narrowing conversions/ Documenting code.	Chapter 5: Methods Chapter 6: A First Look at Classes	Homework 5 due Oct 6 @ 11:59pm
Week 7:W 9/30	Reading and writing test files / BlueJ			Lab 6
Week 7:F 10/2	Lecture 9: Files and Exceptions Lecture 10: Introduction to arrays FindSmallest.java	Chapter 8: Arrays and the ArrayList Class
Week 8:MT 10/5 – 10/6	Mid-Semester break - No class.
Week 8:W 10/7			Homework 6 due Oct 18 @ 11:59pm. NumbersGame.java NumbersGame2.java input.txt For each program you need to add code to handle valid input strings with 4 substrings.	Lab 7
Week 8:F 10/9	Lecture 11: More Arrays. Code Examples: PrintArray.java, TestArrays1.java, TestArrays2.java, TestArrays1.java, TestArrays1.java, PrintNames.java	Chapter 8: Arrays and the ArrayList Class
Week 9:M 10/12	Lecture 12: More arrays
Week 9:W 10/14				Lab 8
Week 9:F 10/16	Arrays
Week 10:M 10/19	Lecture 13: Array exercises.		Homework 7 due Oct 26 @ 11:59pm.
Week 10:W 10/21	Method overloading creating and using non-static methods.			Lab 9
Week 10:F 10/23	Two dimensional arrays	6: A First Look at Classes Chapter 10: Text Processing and More about Wrapper Classes
Week 11: 10/26 – 10/28	Lecture 14: Method overloading SLIDES	Chapter 9: A Second Look at Classes and Objects Chapter 11: Inheritance		Lab 10
10/30	TEST	SampleTest Answers
Week 12: 11/2 – 11/4	Lecture 15: Classes, Methods and object creation (Constructors) SLIDES
11/6	Lecture 16: Classes and Inheritance SLIDES	Chapter 11: Inheritance		Lab 11
Week 13:M 11/9 – 11/11	Lecture 17: Intro. to graphics. SLIDES TestMyApplet.html: An HTML file to illustrate an applet.	Chapter 7: A First Look at GUI Applications Java files for Chapter 7
Week 13:W 11/11			Homework 8 Due 11/25@midnight Here is a TestArrayList.java example program	Lab 12: Inheritance, polymorphism, method overloading, abstract methods and classes.
Week 13:F 11/13	More graphics
Week 14:M 11/16	More graphics	Chapter 12: Exceptions and More about Stream I/O
Week 14:W 11/18			Homework 9 Due 12/6@midnight	Lab 13: graphics
Week 14:F 11/20	Lecture 18: Java iterators SLIDES / Review
Week 15:M 11/23	TEST: chapters 6/9/11, arrays and loops.
Week 15:WF 11/25 – 11/27	Thanksgiving Break - State Holiday (No class)
Week 16: MW 11/30 & 12/2	Course review and summary
Final Exam: 12/4, 11:30 am