Introduction to Computing I

• Instructor
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  Office Hours Tu 12:30pm-3pm / Th 1-3pm
  or by appointment in McGregory 301
• Syllabus
• Examples
• Labs
• Exams
• Homework
• Slides
• Filter Contest!
• Java API

This course is an introduction to computer science through the study of programming utilizing the object-oriented language Java. Topics include program control, data structures, arrays, classes and objects, inheritance and polymorphism, data abstraction, and modular design. A weekly two-hour laboratory provides the opportunity to develop programming and design skills.

Announcements:

• The winners of the Filters Contest are: Fred, Steve and Peter/Richa (tie for 3rd)!
• Exit survey: Please fill out and email to me or submit over Marmoset.
• The final is self-scheduled. It is cumulative and will cover chapters 2,3,4,5 and 7.
• The second midterm is tentatively definitely scheduled for Friday, April 20
• The first exam will be Friday, March 2 in class. There will be one more midterm after spring break sometime.
• For lab02, you are only graded on the test cases for the DogYears portion.
• Final Roster. Let me know if our records don't agree with your records.
• No labs the first week of classes

Textbook

Walter Savitch, Java: An Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming (4th Edition).

Marmoset

This course will use the Marmoset system for submitting and automated testing. More information coming soon!

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

We are using the BlueJ introductory development environment.

Instructions on installing BlueJ and a pre-packaged BlueJ for Windows.

More information about using BlueJ from the Lab00 web page.

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