Schedule
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This schedule includes planned topics, exams, and semester breaks. For individual assignment deadlines, please refer to the Canvas site. The semester can be provisionally thought of as three major blocks:
- Review of the fundamental programming concepts from the previous course and translating those ideas from Python into Java. Weeks 1-4
- Introduce fundamentals of object-oriented design, inheritance, and efficient algorithms. Weeks 5-10
- Introduce event-driven programming, GUI design, and data structures. Weeks 11-15
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | |
| Tue | Introduction |
| Fri | Variables / Assignments I |
| Week 2 | |
| Tue | Variables / Assignments II |
| Fri | Branches and Selection |
| Week 3 | |
| Tue | Strings / Loops |
| Fri | Loops II |
| Week 4 | |
| Tue | Arrays |
| Fri | Methods |
| Week 5 | |
| Tue | Midterm Exam I |
| Fri | Methods II |
| Week 6 | |
| Tue | Objects and Classes I |
| Fri | Objects and Classes II |
| Week 7 | |
| Tue | Inheritance and Polymorphism |
| Fri | No Class: Fall Break |
| Week 8 | |
| Tue | Abstract Classes and Interfaces |
| Fri | Recursion I |
| Week 9 | |
| Tue | Recursion II |
| Fri | Midterm Exam II |
| Week 10 | |
| Tue | Java FX I |
| Fri | Java FX II |
| Week 11 | |
| Tue | JavaFX III |
| Fri | Generics |
| Week 12 | |
| Tue | Developing Efficient Algorithms |
| Fri | Searching and Sorting I |
| Week 13 | |
| Tue., Nov. 23 | Searching and Sorting II |
| Fri., Nov. 26 | No Class: Thanksgiving Break |
| Week 14 | |
| Tue., Nov. 30 | Memory Management |
| Fri., Dec. 3 | Lists, Queues, Stacks |
| Week 15 | |
| Tue., Dec. 7 | Binary Search Trees |
| Fri., Dec. 10 | Sets, Maps, Hashing |
| Week 16 | |
| Date TBD | Final Exam |