Course Syllabus
Computer Science 32
Fall 2017
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 with a grade of C or better.
Course Goals
- Students learn object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques, through inheritance and polymorphism.
- Students learn fundamental concepts of object-oriented design.
- Students expand their understanding of operating systems, in support of OOP.
Instruction Schedule
- Lectures - 2 per week - MW 9:30-10:45pm, Psych 1924
- Lab - every Tuesday starting October 10, in Phelps 3525:
- as enrolled at 3-3:50, or 4-4:50 or 5-5:50 or 6-6:50
Instructor
Dr. C. Michael Costanzo,
mikec@cs.ucsb.edu
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 11:00-12:00, in Trailer 936 room 103
Teaching Assistants
| TA | Office hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Agun | dagun@cs.ucsb.edu | Tuesday, 9:30-11:30, in CSIL |
| Sujaya Maiyya | sujaya_maiyya@cs.ucsb.edu | Wednesday, 4:00-6:00, in Trailer 936 |
| Magzhan Zholbarysov | magzhan@cs.ucsb.edu | Friday, 10:30-12:30, in Trailer 936 |
Required Texts and Reader
- Michael Main and Walter Savitch (2011), Data Structures and Other Objects Using C++, 4th Edition.
- Walter Savitch (2018), Problem Solving with C++, 10th Edition. Addison-Wesley.
- Reader for Computer Science 32, available at SBPrinter, in the UCEN.
Course Outline
- Class design
- Review searching (from CS 24), hashing, sorting and graphs
- Operating systems basics
- Processes
- Object-oriented concepts
- Inheritance, including polymorphism
- Program building, and memory concepts
- Libraries
- More object-oriented and system topics as time permits
Grading Policy
Overall course scores will be calculated according to the following distribution of credit:
- 40 percent - assignments (labs and programming assignments).
- 60 percent - 3 exams: best counts 28 percent, worst counts 12 percent,
and middle score counts 20 percent. The schedule is as follows
(unless announced otherwise):
- Monday, October 23.
- Monday, November 13.
- Wednesday, December 6.
If the class average overall course score is less than 80 percent, then a curve may be applied to establish letter grades. Otherwise, letter grades will be assigned as follows:
| Overall score | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ≥ 93% | A | Exceptional scores may earn A+ |
| 90-92.9% | A- | Scores will be rounded to the nearest 0.1 percent |
| 87-89.9% | B+ | |
| 83-86.9% | B | |
| 80-82.9% | B- | |
| 77-79.9% | C+ | |
| 73-76.9% | C | |
| 70-72.9% | C- | |
| 67-69.9% | D+ | |
| 63-66.9% | D | |
| < 63% | D- | Very poor scores may earn F |
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.