Course Syllabus
Computer Science 10
Fall 2008

Computer Programming

Course Description

CS 10 is an in-depth course in Java programming that is designed for Computer Science pre-majors. Basic topics will be reviewed to cover Java syntax only. Relatively more emphasis and time will be devoted to object-oriented programming (OOP) topics. A Linux operating system is introduced informally by demonstrations and required student usage.

Pre-requisites

Technically - Mathematics 3A
Effectively - Students should begin the quarter with a level of programming competency equal to that of students who have passed CS 5JA or an equivalent course in any high level programming language.
CS 10 is NOT appropriate for beginning programmers.

Course Goals

Students expand their beginning knowledge of programming, and learn object-oriented principles.
Students learn to write Java applications and applets.
Students gain experience working in a Unix(-like) environment.

Instructor

Dr. C. Michael Costanzo, mikec@cs.ucsb.edu
Office hours - Monday 12-12:50 and Wednesday 9-9:50, Phelps 1409B (enter through 1413)

Teaching Assistant

Aleksandra Potapova, a.potapova@cs.ucsb.edu
Office hours - Wednesday 1-2 (changed) and Thursday 3-4, Phelps 1413

Instruction Schedule

Lectures - 3 per week - MWF 10-10:50, Building 387 room 101
Discussion - 1 per week - either M 4-4:50, LSB 1101, or F 11-11:50, Phelps 1401 (changed)

Required Textbook

Horstmann, Cay. Big Java: 3^rd Edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.

Grading Policy

A curve will be applied to the overall scores, weighted by the following percentages.

40 percent - 4-6 homework assignments, plus 0-3 unannounced quizzes
20 percent - Midterm exam - Wednesday, October 29 (unless announced otherwise)
40 percent - Final exam - Tuesday, December 9, 9:00-11:00am (just 2 hours, not 3 hours as in Schedule of Classes)

Course Outline, with required reading

Lecture topics	Reading*
Introduction, and review of basic issues Introduction to Java programming Data types, inc. introduction to objects and classes Control structures	Chapters 1-6, less T and G tracks**
More classes and objects, and testing Java arrays and other sequence data types Designing classes Testing, and programming with assertions	Chapters 7-8, plus T track
Inheritance and related OOP topics About type hierarchies, and extending classes Polymorphism, abstract classes and interfaces Packages and nested classes	Chapters 9-10, less G track
Introduction to exceptions, files and some programming methods Exceptions Files (and other `Stream`s, including URL Connections) Introductory recursion, sorting, searching and algorithm analysis	Chapters 11, 19 (plus section 21.5), 13-14
Selected Java programming techniques as time permits Applets and graphics Events, listeners, event-handling and graphical user interfaces Multithreading	G track, plus Chapters 18, 20
All readings are from the required textbook - Big Java: 3^rd Edition. *The textbook has a Testing (T) track and a Graphics (G) track intermingled with other topics, but these sections will be covered separately in lectures. The T track sections are 2.8, 3.6, 5.5, 6.6-7, 7.8 and 8.10. The G track sections are 2.11-13, 3.9, 9.6-10 and 10.9-11.

Notes

The course's web pages (http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~mikec/cs10) are mandatory reading. Students are responsible for monitoring them throughout the quarter.
Make-up exams can only be arranged at least 48 hours prior to the exam, and only in extraordinary circumstances (which do not include having other exams that day).
Assignments must be completed, and correctly turned in on time for full credit - no exceptions, no extensions, no excuses.
IMPORTANT: All of the work you turn in for CS 10 must be your own, personal work. The university's honor code will be strictly enforced, and we will use an automated system to detect plagiarism and collusion.

Course Syllabus Computer Science 10 Fall 2008