COP3804 - Intermediate Java

    Section: U02
    Meeting days and time: Mondays and Wednesdays 6:25pm - 7:40pm
    Location: ECS 134

    Section: U03
    Meeting days and time: Mondays and Wednesdays 7:50pm - 9:05pm
    Location: ECS 134

Syllabus

This is a 3-credit course intended for students majoring in the Information Technology program. It builds on the concepts learned in COP2250 - Programming in Java as it continues covering the Java programming language.

Notes: COP2250 is a prerequisite for this course.

This course is not acceptable for credit for Computer Science majors.

Textbook: Starting Out With Java™: From Control Structures through Data Structures, third edition
Author(s): Tony Gaddis; Godfrey Muganda
ISBN: 978-0-13-403817-9

We will begin this course by reviewing the concepts learned in COP2250 - Programming in Java. These concepts include the following:

Variables
Java Data Types
Type Conversion
String Class
Operators
Conditional Statements (If statement, Switch statement)
Iterative Statements (While loops, Do loops, For loops)
Arrays
ArrayList
Wrapper Classes

We will then move on to learn new object-oriented programming concepts and work on more complex projects. New topics to be covered in this course are as follows:

Classes
Interfaces
Inheritance
Polymorphism
Input/Output
Exception Handling
Recursion
Collections
Introduction to Data Structures
- Linked Lists
- Queues
- Stacks
Introduction to Java Collection Interface

Tentative Class Schedule
Date	Topic
20-Aug	Review: Chapter 2 - Java Fundamentals Chapter 3 - Decision Structures
22-Aug	Review: Chapter 4 - Loops and Files

27-Aug	Review: Chapter 5 - Methods
29-Aug	Review: Chapter 6 - A First Look at Classes

03-Sep	Labor Day Holiday (University Closed)
05-Sep	Review: Chapter 6 - A First Look at Classes (continued) Chapter 7 - Arrays and the ArrayList Class (Arrays)

10-Sep	Review: Chapter 7 - Arrays and the ArrayList Class (ArrayList class)
12-Sep	Chapter 9 - A Second Look at Classes and Objects

17-Sep	Chapter 9 - A Second Look at Classes and Objects (continued)
19-Sep	Chapter 11 - Inheritance

24-Sep	Project Phase 1 demos
26-Sep	Project Phase 1 demos

01-Oct	Chapter 9 - A Second Look at Classes and Objects (Aggregation) Review for the exam
03-Oct	Exam #1

08-Oct	Chapter 11 - Inheritance (Polymorphism/Interfaces)
10-Oct	Chapter 11 - Inheritance (Polymorphism/Interfaces) continued Software Testing methods

15-Oct	Chapter 12 - Exceptions and Advanced File I/O
17-Oct	Chapter 15 - Recursion

22-Oct	Chapter 15 - Recursion
24-Oct	Software Testing methods Review for exam 2

29-Oct	Project Phase 2 demos
31-Oct	Project Phase 2 demos

05-Nov	Exam #2
07-Nov	Chapter 18 - Collections (Java Collection Interface) Chapter 20 - Linked Lists

12-Nov	Veteran's Day Holiday (University Closed)
14-Nov	Chapter 20 - Linked Lists

19-Nov	Chapter 20 - Linked Lists
21-Nov	Chapter 21 - Stacks and Queues

26-Nov	Chapter 21 - Stacks and Queues
28-Nov	Exam #3

03-Dec	Project Phase 3 demos 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
05-Dec	Project Phase 3 demos 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

To view the powerpoint presentations and sample source code presented in class, click here.

Grading

There will be a project divided into 3 phases, all of which will account for 40% of the grade, and 3 tests, which will account for the rest 60% of your final grade.

Phases 1 and 2 of the project	13% each
Phase 3 of the project / Presentation	14%
3 Tests	20% each

Formula used to calculate your final grade:
(Phase 1 of project + Phase 2 of project) * 0.13 + Phase 3 of project * 0.14 + (Test 1 + Test 2 + Test 3) * 0.20
Grade Template

Grade Scale
93 - 100	A
90 - 92.99	A-
87 - 89.99	B+
83 - 86.99	B
80 - 82.99	B-
76 - 79.99	C+
67 - 75.99	C
56 - 66.99	D
0 - 55.99	F

Course Policies

Assignments are due at the date and time specified in class.
No late assignments will be accepted.
There will be no makeup exams.