CPSC 115L: Introduction to Computing Fall 2010

Course schedule

The topics and reading assignments are tentative and subject to change.

Week Date Topics Reading Laboratory Homework
1 Sep 7–10 Introduction Chapter 1 Laboratory 1 Homework 1
2 Sep 13–17 Data types, arithmetic and functions §§2.1–3.4 Laboratory 2 Homework 2
3 Sep 20–24 Functions and turtle graphics §§3.5–4.10 Laboratory 3 Homework 3
4 Sep 27–Oct 1 Conditionals and recursion Chapter 5 Laboratory 4 Homework 4
5 Oct 4–8 More functions and recursion Chapter 6 Laboratory 5 Project 1
6 Oct 11, 12
Oct 13, 14
Oct 15
Trinity Days
Exam 1, in class
TBA


Chapter 7
 
Laboratory 6
 
7 Oct 18–22 Strings and text processing Chapters 8, 9 Laboratory 7 Homework 5
8 Oct 25–29 Lists Chapter 10 Laboratory 8 Homework 6
9 Nov 1–5 Classes, objects, methods and inheritance Chapters 15–18 Laboratory 9 Homework 7
10 Nov 8–12 Java language basics Laboratory 10 Project 2
11 Nov 15, 16
Nov 17–19
Exam 2, in class
Java's object-oriented paradigm

Laboratory 11
12 Nov 22, 23
Nov 24–26
Strings
Thanksgiving vacation
13 Nov 29–Dec 3 Arrays and collections Laboratory 12 Homework 8
14 Dec 6–10 Inheritance and polymorphism Laboratory 13 Project 3
15 Dec 13 TBA
16 Dec 20 (noon)
Dec 21 (3 PM)
CPSC 115-01 (MWF) Final Exam
CPSC 115-02 (TuTh) Final Exam


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