Course Syllabus
Computer Science 32
Spring 2013

Object-Oriented Design and Implementation

Course Description

Advanced topics in object-oriented computing. Topics include encapsulation, data hiding, inheritance, polymorphism, compilation, linking and loading, memory management, and debugging; recent advances in design and development tools, practices, libraries, and operating system support.

C++ is the featured OOP language this quarter, and the featured operating system is Linux.

Pre-requisite

Computer Science 24.

Course Goals

1. Students learn object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques, through inheritance and polymorphism.
2. Students learn fundamental concepts of object-oriented design.
3. Students expand their understanding of operating systems, in support of OOP.

Instruction Schedule

• Lectures - 3 per week - MWF 12-12:50, Buchanan 1930
• Lab - 1 per week - Wednesday (exc. April 3 and June 5) in Phelps 3525:
  
  as enrolled at 1-1:50pm or 2-2:50pm or 3-3:50pm

Instructor

Dr. C. Michael Costanzo, mikec@cs.ucsb.edu
Office hours: Friday 10-12, in Phelps 1409B (enter through 1413)

Teaching Assistants

• Paul Schmitt, pschmitt@cs.ucsb.edu - Office hours: Monday 10-12, in Phelps 1413
• Sean Maloney, sean@cs.ucsb.edu - Office hours: Thursday 11-1, in Phelps 1413
• Yu Su, ysu@cs.ucsb.edu - Office hours: Tuesday 3-5, in Phelps 1413

Required Text and Reader

• Savitch, Walter (2012), Problem Solving with C++, 8th Edition. Addison-Wesley.
• Reader for Computer Science 32, available at Alternative Digital Printing, in the UCEN.

Course Outline

1. Introductions: course, object-oriented concepts, and Linux
2. Classes, and processes
3. Advanced classes, and program building
4. Inheritance, including polymorphism
5. Memory concepts and management
6. Templates, Standard Template Library, and other libraries
7. More object-oriented and system topics as time permits

Grading Policy

Course grades will be curved on the basis of the following distribution of credit:

• 16 percent - lab attendance and completion of lab-related work.
• 84 percent - best 3 out of 4 exams (28 percent each). Schedule, unless announced otherwise, is:
  1. Wednesday, April 17.
  2. Friday, May 3.
  3. Monday, May 20.
  4. Friday, June 7.
  (No final exam this quarter.)

Notices

• The course's web pages (http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~mikec/cs32) 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 32 must be your own, personal work, or a sanctioned collaboration with an approved lab partner. The university's honor code will be strictly enforced, and we may use an automated system to detect plagiarism and collusion.