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Spring 2004 Semester

 

 

Course Schedule: CSCI102A

 

Introduction to Computer Programming Using Java

 

This document is current at:  Wednesday 31st March 2004, 7:14 PT

 

 

Schedule subject to change (please check this schedule regularly)

 

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:55 – 3:55 pm, Room 6

 

Instructor: Dr Anne H. Dawson

 

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Date                        Activities                                                  Lectures                                                     Reading

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AP = Assignment Presentation     HW = Homework                                                                              Textbook

SR  = Status Report                                                                       

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Week 1                  Course Details  Quiz 1            Lecture: "Introduction to Java Programming"     Chapter 1

Jan 5 - Jan 9           Lab Assignment 1     (Cancelled)         "Introduction to Java Programming"     Chapter 1

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Week 2                  Quiz 2 (on Chap 1)       Lecture:  "Primitive Types, String and Console I/O"     Chapter 2   

Jan 12 - Jan 16       Lab Assignment 2                        "Primitive Types, String and Console I/O"     Chapter 2

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Week 3                 Quiz 3 (on Chaps 1&2) AP      SR   HW1 issued         Lect:  "Flow of Control"  Chapter 3

Jan 19  - Jan 23     Lab Assignment 3                                                                      "Flow of Control"  Chapter 3

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Week 4                  Quiz 4 (on Ch 1&2&3) AP             Lecture: "Defining Classes and Methods"   Chapter 4

Jan 26  - Jan 30      HW1 due   Lab Assignment 4       Lecture: "Defining Classes and Methods"  Chapter 4

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Week 5                 Quiz 5 (on Chap 4)       AP             Lecture: "Defining Classes and Methods"   Chapter 4

Feb 2 - Feb 6         Lab Assignment 5       HW2 issued            "Defining Classes and Methods"  Chapter 4

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Week 6                  Quiz 6 (on Chap 4)      AP    SR  Lecture: "More about Objects and Methods" Chapter 5

Feb 9 - Feb 13       Lab Assignment 6                                     "More about Objects and Methods" Chapter 5

                                Friday 13 Feb - Mon 16th Feb - Mid-term Break, College closed                                        

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Week 7                  Quiz 7 (on Chap 5)       AP          Lecture: "More about Objects and Methods" Chapter 5

Feb 16 - Feb 20     Lab Assignment 7     HW2 due               "More about Objects and Methods" Chapter 5

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Week 8                  The Midterm Exam (30% - on the topics of Chapter 1 to 5)

Feb 23 - Feb 27     Exam Results and Review         SR 

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Week 9                  Quiz 8 (on Chap 5)     AP                                                        Lecture:  "Arrays"     Chapter 6

Mar 1 - Mar 5        Lab Assignment 8                                                                                   "Arrays"     Chapter 6

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Week 10               Quiz 9 (on Chap 6)     AP                                                   Lecture:   "Inheritance"  Chapter 7

Mar 8 - Mar 12      Lab Assignment 9                     SR                                                     "Inheritance"  Chapter 7

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Week 11               Quiz 10 (on Chap 7)   AP  Lect: "Exception Handling"   "Streams and File I/O"   Ch 8 & 9                

Mar 15 - Mar 19    Lab Assignment 10                     "Exception Handling"   "Streams and File I/O"   Ch 8 & 9

                                Friday 19 Mar - Course Drop Deadline

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Week 12               Final Assignment issued                        Lecture:  "Dynamic Data Structures"    Chapter 10

Mar 22 - Mar 26    Final Assignment                       SR                             Lab Reviews                                           

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Week 13                Final Assignment                      SR                             Lab Reviews

Mar 29 - Apr 2       Final Assignment Presentations                               (All Final Assignment files due 10%)                       

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Week 14               The Final Exam   (40%)  (on all of the above topics)

Apr 3 - Apr 14       Date of Final Exam: Tuesday 6th April, 1:00 - 4:00 pm, Room 107

                                Check Administration office notice board for any updates.

                                Report exam conflicts (within this college) ASAP.

                                (Mid-term 30%, Quizzes 10% and Homework and Lab Assignments 10%)                                    

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                                Friday 9 Apr - Good Friday - College Closed

                                Monday 12 Apr - Easter Monday - College Closed

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Tuesday 20th April 2004    Marks mailed out to students

Monday 26th April 2004  -   Summer Semester Classes Begin