S1007 - Introduction to Computer Science: Java

Summer 2003

Announcements

6/17/2003 - Input has a minor bug in it that prevents it from working correctly on Windows computers. The version below and in ~cs1007/util have been updated to fix the problem.
5/29/2003 - I am fixing "bugs" in the lecture notes as I find them. If you intend to use the slides for studying, I recommend that you download the newer versions. I'll try to proof them more carefully in the future!
5/20/2003 - Important!!! You will need to have a CUNIX account for this course. Even if you intend to do all of the course work on your own computer, all homework must be submitted from a CUNIX account. For more information go to the AcIS home page.

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Course Overview

This course is a rigorous introduction to computer science intended for majors. We will use Java as an example language for learning program writing skills. There will be five Java programming projects.

Instructor:
Christopher Conway
conway@cs.columbia.edu
(212) 939-7069
Office: 521 Computer Science Building
Office Hours: 3:30-5:00 Tuesday and Thursday

TA:
Bogdan Caprita
bc2008@columbia.edu
Office: 251 Engineering Terrace (In Mudd, left out of the second-floor elevators)
Office Hours: 3:30-5:00 Monday and Wednesday

Grading:

Homework 40%

Final exam 30%

Midterm exam 20%

Quiz 10%

Textbook:
Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design, Third Edition.
John Lewis and William Loftus.
Addison Wesley, 2003.

The textbook is available at Papyrus Books on Broadway at 114th.

Recommended Reading:
The Java Programming Language, Third Edition.
Ken Arnold, James Gosling and David Holmes.
Addison Wesley, 2000.

This book is the final word on what Java is and does. If you intend to continue on after this course, The Java Programming Language is a must-have shelf item.

Schedule

Date	Lecture	Notes	Reading	Due
May 27	Introduction: Computation	Updated 5/29/2003
May 29	Objects and Types	Updated 5/30/2003	Ch. 1, 2
June 3	Quiz, Control Flow		Ch. 3	HW 1
June 5	Object-Oriented Programming		Ch. 4, 5
June 10	Arrays, Midterm Review		Ch. 6	HW 2 `Keyboard.class`
June 12	Midterm, Inheritance and Polymorphism			Practice Midterm (solutions)
June 17	Interfaces and Abstraction		Ch. 7	HW 3 `Input.class`
June 19	Applets and GUIs		Ch. 8, 9
June 24	Input, Output and Exceptions		Ch. 10	HW 4 `AutomatonApplet.java` `auto.html` `Applet image`
June 26	Recursion		Ch. 11
July 1	Data Structures, Final Exam Review		Ch. 12	HW 5
July 3	Final Exam			Vocabulary list Practice Final (solutions)

Course Policies

All homework must be submitted online. Submissions must be completed by 6:00 AM on the date due. Any submission received after 6:00 AM will receive a zero. There will be no exceptions.
Please see these homework instructions with details on how to submit your homeworks.
All homework is to be done alone. Any student discovered to be cheating will receive a zero for the assignment and be subject to disciplinary procedures. See the Columbia Academic Policies for more information.