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CSE 142 Course Calendar -- Winter 2004

The course calendar is always subject to change. The latest version is on the course web site.

This schedule includes lecture topics, assigned readings, exam dates, homework due dates, and project due dates. Lecture topics are linked to the corresponding slides. Initially these will be slides from a previous offering of CSE142. Slides marked with * have been updated for this quarter. Sample code developed or demonstrated in lecture will also be linked here.

Please read the assigned reading prior to attending class for that day. Homework, projects, and project write-ups turned in electronically are due at 9:00 PM on the due date, unless otherwise specified. Written homework and project reports are due at 5:00 PM unless otherwise specified.

Week
 Day
 Lecture/Quiz Section Topic

Assigned Reading
Readings are in the 2nd ed. of Nino & Hosch. (web site with sample code, etc.)
[Readings in brackets are the corresponding sections in the 1st. ed.]

 What's Assigned and Due
(entries in black are tentative)
#1
Jan-5
 M
 * Introduction to CSE 142
* Computer Science & Modeling
Homework 0 assigned

Jan-7		 W
 * Objects, Values, and Types [Performers]
 Ch. 0, Sec. 1.1-1.2
[Chapter 1, Sections 2.1 - 2.3]
 Homework 1 assigned

Jan-8		 Th
 Introductions, Designing Objects
 

Jan-9		 F
 * Objects and Classes
 Sec. 1.3-1.5; review details in Sec. 1.7-1.9 as needed
[Section 2.4]
 HW0 Due 4:00 pm
#2
Jan-12		 M
 * Introduction to Java structure and Class Specification
Sample code: HuskyCard.java  javadocs
 Sec. 2.1-2.2; review details in Sec. 2.7-2.10 as needed
[Chapter 3, Sec. 4.1, 4.2]
 Homework 1 due 5:00 pm
Homework 2 assigned
Jan-14
 W
 * Class Implementation (updated 1/16/04) Sec. 2.3-2.4
[Chapter 4; Sec. 5.1 and 5.2]
  
Jan-15
 Th
 Class Specification and Java Structure
 
Jan-16
 F
 Class Implementation (cont.)
Sample code: HuskyCard.java   javadocs 		   
#3
Jan-19
 M
 NO SCHOOL (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
 
Jan-21
 W

Class Implementation (concl.)
* Conditional statements and Boolean Expressions
Sample code (9:30) HuskyCard.java javadocs
Sample code (11:30) HuskyCard.java javadocs

Sec. 4.1-4.2
[Sections 5.3, 6.1, 6.2]
 Homework 2 due 5:00 pm
Project 1 assigned
Jan-22
 Th
 Class Implementation
 
Jan-23
 F
 * Pair Programming Demonstration
Project 1
 Paper on Pair Programming
Homework 3 assigned
#4
Jan-26
 M
 * Control Flow: Loops
 Sec. 12.4 (while statement only), Sec. 12.7.
[Sections 12.3.1,12.7]
  
Jan-28
 W
 More about loops
Homework 3 due, 5 pm.
Jan-29
 Th
 Control Flow, Review for Exam
 
Jan-30
 F
 Loops concluded
 
#5
Feb-2
 M
 MIDTERM 1 in lecture
 

Feb-4		 W
 * Declarations and Scope
 Secs. 2.6.1, 10.6
[Sections 5.2.4, 5.2.6, 6.1.3, 14.7]
  

Feb-5		 Th
 Testing and Debugging
 
Feb-6
 F
 * Testing, Debugging, and Program Design Chs. 5-6, 8
[Chapters 7-11 ]
(ok to skim parts not emphasized in class) 		 
#6
Feb-9
 M
 * Introduction to collections - ArrayLists Ch. 12
[Chapter 12]		 Project 1 due, 9 pm.

Feb-11 		W

* Iterators

   Project 1 report due, 5 pm.
Homework 4 assigned

Feb-12		 Th
 Lists and Iteration
 
Feb-13
 F
 * Iteration Patterns - Processing Collections
Project 2 demonstration		 Ch. 12
[Chapter 12]
 Project 2 assigned
#7
Feb-16
 M
 NO SCHOOL (Presidents Day)
 
Feb-18
 W

Processing collections (concl.)
* Interfaces Sample code: Performer.java Acrobat.java Crumudgeon.java docs
Secs. 9.1-9.3 (skim rest of Ch. 9 if interested)		 Homework 4 due, 9 pm.
Feb-19
 Th
 Iteration and Searching, Review for Exam
 
Feb-20
 F
 * Implementing Lists with Arrays [Ch. 22]  
#8
Feb-23
 M
 MIDTERM 2 in lecture
 
Feb-25
 W
 Implementing lists with arrays (cont)
* 2-D Arrays

Feb-26
 Th
 Arrays
Homework 5 assigned

Feb-27		 F

* Abstraction and Inheritance

Ch. 10
[Sections 14.1 - 14.8] 		Project 2 due, 9 pm.
Project 3 assigned .
#9
Mar-1
 M
 * Inheritance in Java

Project 2 report due, 5 pm.
Mar-3
 W
 * More about inheritance
* Abstract classes and interfaces

 Sec. 11.1
[Section 15.1]		  
Mar-4
 Th
 Inheritance and class hierarchies
 
Mar-5
 F
 * Static variables and methods

   Homework 5 due, 5 pm.
#10
Mar-8
 M
 * Searching Sec. 13.4
[Section 13.3] 		 
Mar-10
 W
 * Sorting Sec. 13.1-13.2 (selection sort only)
[Sections, 13.1, 13.2, 13.4] 		Project 3 due, 9 pm
Mar-11
 Th
 Wrap-Up and Review
 

Mar-12 		F

Sorting concluded.
Wrap-Up and Review

   Project 3 report due, 5 pm.
Mar-14 Su Review session, Sieg 134, 3:00 pm    
#11
Mar-15		 M Perkins: extra office hours, 3-5 pm, CSE548 or 5th floor breakout area
Review session, Sieg 134, 4:30 pm		    
  T Perkins: extra office hours, 3-5 pm, CSE548 or 5th floor breakout area    
#11
Mar-17
 W
 FINAL EXAM - 10:30 am (lecture A) and 12:30 pm (lecture B) in Kane 130. Contact Pim Lustig (pl@cs), the course administrator, if you have a conflict with your scheduled time.