Santa Barbara City College

                                             Department of Computer Science

 

Course:  Java Programming (CS 120)

 

Instructor:   Robert H. Dependahl, Jr.

 

Required Text:  Java - How to Program, 6th Edition, Deitel & Deitel.

 

Computer Center:  Room H-245 is open: 8 AM to 9:50 PM  Monday-Thursday

                                                                                  8 AM to 4:30 PM  Friday

                                                                                  9 AM to 5 PM       Saturday

 

Office Hours:     Room H-226, Phone#:  965-0581 (ext. 2452)       E-mail:  rhd@cs.sbcc.edu

                             Monday        Tuesday          Wednesday          Thursday            Friday

                              7-8PM         9-9:35AM         4:40-5PM            9-9:35AM          by appt

                                              10:55-11:10AM                           10:55-11:10AM

                                              12:30-12:45PM                                  12:30-12:45PM

 

Homepage & Notes:  Lecture notes, homework / exam scores and interesting class related links are available on my homepage:         www.cs.sbcc.edu/~rhd/   

Username/Password to my notes: You’ll need to check your Syllabus given to you in class for this!

 

Grading: The final grade for this class will be determined by the collective number of points accumulated through the following assignments and exams.

 

Programming:  Several programming assignments will be given.  You will prepare these programs in Java and check them out on the computer.  Programming will account for approximately 40% of the course grade.

 

Midterms:  Two will be given worth 100 points each.  Failure to take a midterm on the scheduled day will result in the following exam grade penalties.

     If late up to 1 day -------------------- 10% off

     If 1-4 days late ----------------------- 20% off

     If later --------------------------------- 50% off

 

Final:  The final examination will be worth 200 points and will be a composite of the topics covered over the entire semester.

 

Quizzes:  There will be a number of unannounced 25-point quizzes.  Quizzes cannot be made up.  At the end of the course I will strike your worst quiz.  (Best Idea:  Perfect attendance then no missed quizzes).

All homework / programs must be submitted on paper.  Emailing of coursework will not be accepted for credit.

 

Copying/Cheating: --- According to college policy, those involved will be sent to the Dean for disciplinary action.

 

Attendance:  If you miss a class during the first three weeks, I will assume (unless you inform me otherwise) that you are not interested in this class and you will be dropped.  Poor / unexcused classroom or computer lab attendance will lead to a lower final grade.

 

Miscellaneous Rules:  1. No food in the classroom   2.  No heads on the desktop   3. No cell phones on during class    4.  No leaving the classroom once an exam has started

 

 

Schedule of Topics and Reading Assignments

 

 Week Of                            Chapter                  Lecture Description

 

      8/25                                     1                        Introduction to Computers & JBuilder

 

      9/1                                    2 & 3                    Introduction to Java Applications & Applets

 

      9/8                                      4                        Control Structures

 

      9/15                                     5                        Control Structures:  Part 2

 

      9/22                                     6                        Methods

                        

      9/29                                                                Midterm #1

                                                  7                         Arrays

 

      10/6                                  8 & 9                     Object-Based/ Object-Oriented  Programming

 

      10/13                                  10                        Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism

 

      10/20                                  29                        Strings and Characters

 

      10/27                                  12                        Graphics

    

      11/3                                                                Midterm #2

                                                

      11/10                                  11                       Graphical User Interfaces Components: Part 1

    

      11/17                                  21                        Multimedia: Images, Animation, and Audio

                                     

      11/24                                  22                        Graphical User Interfaces Components: Part 2

      

      12/1                                    23                        Multithreading

 

      12/6                                                                Last day to turn in programs (5pm)

 

 

 

 

Final Examination:   12:45 TTh Class  --- 11am – 1pm  Thursday,  December 11th 

                  5pm Wednesday Class  ---  5 – 7pm   Wednesday,  December 10th