Tentative Schedule

Week	Topics	Research Showcase	Readings	Assignments and Tests	Labs
1 (09/02)	Tues: Class cancelled (Orientation day) Thurs: Course overview, Software programs (slides)		N/A Ch 1.1-1.2		Labs cancelled
2 (09/09)	Tues: Overview wrap-up (slides) Software Development Process: Requirements, Design, Input-Process-Output (IPO), Java Program Structure (slides) Thurs: Requirements, Design, Attributes, Methods	Tasks	Ch 7.1-7.2, 7.7 (up to pg. 333), Ch 1.6, 1.5, 1.4, 4.1 N/A	Thurs: A0 due (bonus) view A0	Lab 1
3 (09/16)	Tues: Classes & Objects (notes) Thurs: Review and more examples (slides) Question.java, Game.java, q1 object, q2 object, TestGame.java		Ch 3.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5		Lab 2
4 (09/23)	Tues: Method calls, Data types, Statements, Arithmetic expressions (slides) Thurs: Class relationships, Visibility Modifiers, Pre-Defined Java Classes (notes)		Ch 2.1-2.4 Ch 7.4, 4.3, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 2.6	Thurs: A1 due view A1 Extended to Sept. 30. Sample Solution	Lab 3
5 (09/30)	Tues: Pre-Defined Classes: Scanner, Random, Math (notes, MathGame class version 1, TestMath class version 1, MathGame class version 2, TestMath class version 2, MathGame class version 2 with wrong order, TestMath class version 2 with wrong order) starter cheatsheet Thurs: Class Interactions and Dependencies: TestMessage class, MessageBuddy class	Tasks	Ch 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 2.6 N/A		Lab 4
6 (10/07)	Tues: Review (see list of practice questions, slides) Thurs: Midterm exam		N/A N/A	Thurs: Midterm 1	Lab 5
7 (10/14)	Tues: Review Midterm Solutions (See statistics, slides) Thurs: Scope and conditional statements (slides)		N/A Ch 5.1-5.2		Lab 6
8 (10/21)	Tues: Comparing objects, for-loops and while-loops (slides) Thurs: Loop applications	Tasks	Ch 5.3, 5.4, 6.4 (skip for-each loops) N/A	Thurs: A2 due view A2 Sample Solution	Lab 7
9 (10/28)	Tues: Arrays (slides) MidtermStats.java, TestMTStats.java Thurs: Multidimensional Arrays (slides) ArrayHistogram.java, TestArrayHistogram.java		Ch 8.1-8.3, 8.6 N/A		Lab 8
10 (11/04)	Tues: Review (see list of practice questions, slides) Thurs: Midterm exam		N/A N/A	Thurs: Midterm 2	Lab 9
11 (11/11)	Tues: Class cancelled (Midterm break) Thurs: Static members, Overloading, Pass by Value, Pass by Reference (slides)		N/A Ch 7.3, 7.8		Lab 10 for Wed-Fri only Labs cancelled for Tue only
12 (11/18)	Tues: Review Midterm Solutions (See statistics, slides) Thurs: Applications and Other Languages (slides)		N/A N/A	Thurs: A3 due (bonus) view A3	Lab 10 for Tue only TA Office Hours for Wed-Fri labs
13 (11/25)	Tues: Student Projects in Java (Matt and Ethan) Thurs: Games Show & Tell (slides), Review (see list of practice questions)		N/A N/A		TA Office Hours for Tue only Labs cancelled for Wed-Fri only
Final Exam Day	Final exam statistics