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Week # |
Dates |
Event / Topics |
Labs / Homeworks |
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Week
#1 |
Mon 24-Aug to
Fri 28-Aug |
Getting
Started
Data and
Expressions
Writing Static Methods |
Lab1 (due Mon 31-Aug)
Hw1 (due Thu 3-Sep) |
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Week
#2 |
Mon 31-Aug to
Fri 4-Sep |
Data and
Expressions (continued)
Writing Static Methods (continued)
Step + Repeat: The Shape of Div and Mod
Style and Code Conventions +
Style Rubric
Getting Started with Graphics
Problem-Solving Practice
Practice Quiz1 (from Fall 2008) |
Lab2 (due Mon 7-Sep)
Hw2 (due Thu 10-Sep) |
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Week
#3 |
Mon 7-Sep to
Fri 11-Sep |
Quiz1 (on Tue
8-Sep, through Week1, Lab1, Hw1)
Conditionals
Getting Started with Events
Bonus Lecture #1:
Circuits and Assembly |
Lab3 (due Mon 14-Sep)
Hw3 (due Thu 17-Sep) |
Week
#4 |
Mon 14-Sep to
Fri 18-Sep |
Quiz2 (on Thu 17-Sep,
through Week2, Lab2, Hw2)
Loops
Bonus Lecture #2:
Matrices and Linear Algebra |
Lab4 (due Thu 24-Sep)
Hw4 (due Thu 1-Oct) |
Week
#5 |
Mon 21-Sep to
Fri 25-Sep |
No classes (Gates Opening
+ G20 Summit) |
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Week
#6 |
Mon 28-Sep to
Fri 2-Oct |
Quiz3 (on Fri 2-Oct, through Week3, Lab3,
and Hw3)
Scanner Methods and Console UI
String and Character Methods
Math and Random Methods
Bonus Lecture #3:
Making and Solving Mazes (Backtracking) |
Lab5 (due Tue 6-Oct)
Read: Ch 1 (all)
Read: Ch 2 (Secs 1-6) |
Week
#7 |
Mon 5-Oct to
Fri 9-Oct |
Quiz4 (on Thu
8-Oct, through Week5, Lab4, and Hw4)
More Loops
One-Dimensional Arrays
(part 1 of 2)
Case Studies: Monte Carlo Methods and Arrays |
Hw5 (due Tue 13-Oct)
Read: Ch 3 (Secs 1-5, 8)
Read: Ch 5 (Secs 1-5, 7-8) |
Week
#8 |
Mon 12-Oct to
Fri 16-Oct |
One-Dimensional Arrays
(part 2 of 2)
Case Study: Writing Snake Using 2d
Arrays
Midterm #1 (on Thu 15-Oct, through Week7,
Lab5, Hw5) |
Lab6 (due Thu 22-Oct)
Read: Ch 7 (Secs 1-2, 4-6) |
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Mid-semester break |
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Week
#9 |
Mon 19-Oct to
Fri 23-Oct |
Ch ch ch ch changes
Core:
Graphics, Color, and Polygon Methods
Extensions:
JComponentWithEvents API
+ EventsDemo
Case Study: How to Draw a Star
Two-Dimensional Arrays
+ Case Study: 2D Board Search
Bonus Lecture #4:
More Backtracking (NQueens + NPuzzle) |
Hw6-7 (due Sat 31-Oct)
Read: Ch 7 (all) |
Week
#10 |
Mon 26-Oct to
Fri 30-Oct |
Quiz5 (on Tue 27-Oct, covers
Snake and Lab6)
Core:
Code Tracing
Getting Started with Writing Classes
Case Study: Parity Card Trick
Extensions:
More D&E (split,
format, and printf)
The Enhanced "for" Loop
Bonus Lecture #5:
How to Write a (Simple) Lisp Interpreter |
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Week
#11 |
Mon 2-Nov to
Fri 6-Nov |
Quiz6 (on Fri 6-Nov, covers
Hw6-7 core and week9 core)
Core:
Writing Classes
Extensions:
Case Study: How to Write a Text Adventure
More D&E (overflow,
underflow, StringBuffer)
Variable-Length Parameter Lists |
Lab7-8: Tetris (due Sat 14-Nov)
Hw8 (due Mon 9-Nov)
Read: Ch 4 (Secs 1-5)
Read: Ch 6 (Secs 1-4, 7-9)
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Week
#12 |
Mon 9-Nov to
Fri 13-Nov |
Quiz7 (on Thu 12-Nov, covers
week10 core)
Core:
Searching and Sorting
Extensions:
More Writing Classes
Bonus Lecture #6: Sub-quadratic Sorts (merge/quick/heap/radix) |
Hw9 (due Thu 19-Nov)
Read: Ch 9 (Secs 4-5) |
Week
#13 |
Mon 16-Nov to
Fri 20-Nov |
Quiz8 (on Tue 17-Nov, covers
Lab7-8 and week11+12 core)
Core:
Case Study: How to Write an Animated Process (Sorting)
The JCF, Part 1 (Lists,
Sets, Maps)
Getting Started with Packaging
(Jars and Applets)
Extensions:
Samir's Sliding-Rod
Mechanical Logic Gates
Bonus Lecture #7:
AI: Minimax (2-Player Games) |
Lab9 (Optional, due Thu 3-Dec)
Hw10-13/Term Project (due Fri 4-Dec)
Read: Ch 12 (Collections)
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Week
#14 |
Mon 23-Nov to
Tue 24-Nov |
Midterm #2 (on Tue 24-Nov) |
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Thanksgiving Break
(No Classes on Wed 25-Nov thru Fri 27-Nov) |
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Week
#15 |
Mon 30-Nov to
Fri 4-Dec |
Core:
Getting Started with Recursion
Student Project Gallery
Extensions / Odds'n'Ends:
JCF Part 2: Collections class, PriorityQueues (and Heapsort)
Steganography
UI tidbits (JOptionPane,
full-screen + non-resizable frames)
The Halting Problem |
Optional Reading:
Read: Ch 8 (Inheritance)
Read: Ch 9 (Polymorphism)
Read: Ch 10 (Exceptions)
Read: Ch 11 (Recursion) |
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Mon 7-Dec |
Final Exam, Mon 7-Dec, 8:30am
(DH 2315) |
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