CS 113 Syllabus

All information in the future is subject to change, though this calendar represents my aims.

#	Date	Topic	Assignments	Examples	Extras
1	1/23	Introductions Fields of computer science Administrivia	Sign up on Piazza Fill out this survey
L1		Installing Eclipse			Lab 1
2	1/25	Writing a Java program Drawing Coordinates Colors	Warmup homework out	Colors.java Drawing.java	Collaboration scenarios These describe various useful Java commands: Drawing Shapes Accessors
3	1/30	Mouse interaction Data fields Types Custom classes		CenteredCircle.java GrowingMovingRectangle.java Lollipop.java MovingRectangle.java Rectangles.java RobinBonanza.java RobinObject.java ShowRobin.java	Warmup examples
L2		Interactive programming Classes		RobinObject.java Square.java SquareStep7.java SquareStep8.java Step1.java Step10.java Step2.java Step3.java Step4.java Step6.java Step7.java Step8.java Step9.java	Lab 2
4	2/1	Methods Conditionals Constants		BlackHole.java GrowingArrow.java Intersections.java MovingGrowingArrow.java Pinocchirobin.java ShowP.java TwoColors.java
5	2/6	Boolean values Animation Parameters	Warmup homework due Robin project out Robin demo	BlinkingLight.java ClickCounter.java Clock.java DroppingBall.java LightSwitch.java MovingRight.java
L3		Methods		Cat.java FrowningPhil.java GrowingPhil.java Katie.java KatiesPlaypen.java Phil1.java Phil2.java PhilBody.java Robot.java	Lab 3
6	2/8	Parameters Gravity Random numbers		BouncingBallObject.java FallingBall.java FallingBallObject.java RandomNumbers.java RandomRectangles.java ShowBBObject.java ShowFBObject.java
7	2/13	Return values Handling keystrokes	Robin project due Midterm project out	Colors2.java MovingSquare.java NumberControl.java Slingshot.java SlingshotApp.java
L4		Midterm project time
8	2/15	Console programs User input Loops		FiveStar.java Greater.java HelloWorld.java SayMyName.java UserInput.java
9	2/20	More loops		Arithmetic.java DivisibleBy3.java Perfect.java Square.java	while Exercises
L5		Loops			Lab 5
10	2/22	Midterm project time
11	2/27	`ArrayList`s	Midterm project due Loops homework out	List.java Min.java Reverser.java Summer.java	Summer exercise
L6		`ArrayList` exercises The Eclipse Debugger		Imperfect.java Number1.java Number2.java Number3.java Number4.java Number5.java Number6.java	Lab 6
12	3/1	Strings Exam review			Review problems String reference
13	3/6	EXAM 1
L7		Files Working with files		Multiplier.java Number1.java Number2.java Number3.java ReadFile.java	Lab 7 numbers.txt
14	3/8	Data visualization	Loops homework due Files homework out	Multiplier.java Number3.java ReadFile.java Valid.java Validate.java	gands.xls – data we will be analyzing gands.csv – reformatted data alice.txt – Text of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
	3/13	SPRING BREAK
	3/15	SPRING BREAK
	3/20	COMMUNITY DAY OF LEARNING (no class)
L8		No lab this week
15	3/22	Data classes Data visualization demo	Files homework due Data visualization out	DataPoint.java Visualization.java
16	3/27	`ArrayList`s in `GraphicsProgram`s		BlackHoles.java DarkeningCircle.java GrowingRectangles.java LeftRightSquares.java ManyLines.java Roster.java ShowDarkeningCircles.java Student.java	`ArrayLists` in `GraphicsProgram`s exercise
L9		Time for data visualization project	Data visualization sketch checked in lab
17	3/29	Two-dimensional arrays Array exercises		EnhancedForLoop.java ForLoop.java Grid.java	Array exercises
18	4/3	Final project discussion	Data visualization project due Final project out	HowFastCanUClick.java
L10		Array and string exercises			Lab 10
19	4/5	State machines Review			Review questions
20	4/10	EXAM 2
L11		Final project design discussions
21	4/12	Images and sounds Text fields and graphical elements	Final project proposals due	BackgroundMusic.java Hitchhiker.java Moo.java TextField.java	moo.wav hitchhiker.jpg music.mp3
22	4/17	Recursion Deployment		Recursion.java	Recursion exercises
L12		Recursion NO LAB THURSDAY
23	4/19	Web design HTML CSS JavaScript			w3schools
24	4/24	Blockchain Software engineering	Read about Tor for Thursday		Blockchain slides
L13			Final project prototype checked in lab
25	4/26	Security “Dark web”
26	5/1	Exam review			Exam 3 Review
L14		Exam review
27	5/3	EXAM 3

Final project presentations will happen on Wednesday, May 9, 9:30am-12:30pm in Park 229. Projects will be due at that time. Papers will be due Friday, May 11, at noon.