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---++ Details
   * Professor: Dr. Cathy Bareiss
   * Office SB 31
   * Class Time: 1:00-1:50 M, 2:00-2:50 R
   * Lab time: 2:00-2:50 T, 1:00-1:50 F
   * Class Location: S 025
   * Textbook: Student membership in ACM. Resources from ACM Learning Center that will be used include:
      * *IST* <u>Introduction to Software Testing—A Practical Guide to Testing, Design, Automation, and Execution</u>. ISBN: 978-1-4842-9513-7. By Panagiotis Leloudas
      * *OOA* <u>Object-Oriented Analysis, Design and Implementation—An Integrated Approach, Third Edition</u>. ISBN: ISBN: 9783031712395. By Brahma Dathan and Sarnath Ramnath
      * *JID* <u>Java in Depth</u>. ISBN: ISBN: 9789386551573. By SARIKA AGARWAL and HIMANI BANSAL
      * *BJP* <u>Beginning Java Programming—The Object-Oriented Approach</u>. ISBN: 978-1-118-73949-5. By Bart Baesens and Aimée Backiel and Seppe vanden Broucke
      * *JPS* <u>Java Programming Simplified—From Novice to Professional - Start at the Beginning and Learn the World of Java</u>. ISBN: 978-93-89845-143. By Dr. Muneer Ahmad Dar
      * *WGC* <u>Write Great Code—Engineering Software, Volume 3</u>. ISBN: 978-1-59327-979-0. By Randall Hyde

---++ Course Content
---+++ Policies
   * [[OnLineHelp][Use of Internet Resources]]
   * [[AcceptableWork][Integrity]]
   * [[LatePolicy ]]
   * [[SoftwareStandards ]]
   * [[SoftwareDevelopmentReport ]]: A sample software development report: [[%PUBURL%/CenterForComputing/WebHome/SDRSample.pdf][A sample Software Development Report]]

---+++ Assignments
There are two additional assignments involving reactions to current events. Announcements will *not* be made in class.  You are responsible to track these yourself.  Standard late policy will apply to these assignments.<br>You are to react to current events/publications.  A reaction to an article includes enough to convince me that you have read the entire article and not just the headline or first paragraph.  It should include a summary of what was said and your reaction.  Be sure to give a complete reference to the item.  These should be turned in as a hard copy in class within one week of the item being published.  You may pick when.  Each one does have a deadline.  The ones you pick must be unique to this course
   a. Write a reaction to one article in the ACM !TechNews. It must be programming related. This needs to be completed by midterm.
   a. Write a reaction to one article in XRDS. It must be programming related. This needs to be completed before the final.
---+++Labs
   * [[CSC221S2026Lab1][Introduction to Objects: Finite State Machines]]
   * [[CSC221S2026Lab2][Objects and Interfaces: Neurons for a neural network]]
   * [[CSC221S2026Lab3][Inheritance:  and team work: Multiple Games]]
   * [[CSC221S2026Lab4][GUI Code: Games via GUI]]
   * [[CSC221S2026Lab5][Concurrency: Neural Networks with concurrency]]
   * [[CSC221S2026Lab6][Linked Lists: ]]
---+++ Extra credit
   * Extra credit will only be made available based on the entire class needs.  Such as an exam that most people did poorly on despite a good effort.
---+++ Grades

Your grades are made up of:
   * Exams are worth 50%.  The final is cumulative and is worth twice a regular exam.  It is expected that to pass the course, one must have a passing average on the exams.
   * Labs are worth 45%.
      * Each lab is worth as follows: (for the labs that have four parts)
         * Prelab: portion:  5%
         * Design portion: 40%
         * Planning portion: 5%
         * Coding portion: 40%
         * Post lab portion: 10%
   * Homeworks, quizzed, etc. are worth that last 5%

   * Grade scale
      * 93% &lt;= average &lt;= 100% -&gt; A
      * 90% &lt;= average &lt; 93% -&gt; A-
      * 87% &lt;= average &lt; 90% -&gt; B+
      * 83% &lt;= average &lt; 87% -&gt; B
      * 80% &lt;= average &lt; 83% -&gt; B-
      * 77% &lt;= average &lt; 80% -&gt; C+
      * 73% &lt;= average &lt; 77% -&gt; C
      * 70% &lt;= average &lt; 73% -&gt; C-
      * 67% &lt;= average &lt; 70% -&gt; D+
      * 63% &lt;= average &lt; 67% -&gt; D
      * 60% &lt;= average &lt; 63% -&gt; D-
      * 0% &lt;= average &lt; 60% -&gt; F

---+++ Tentative Schedule (needs fixing)
| *Monday*  			| *Tuesday* 				| * Thursday* 			| *Friday* 		| 
| 1/5					| 1/6						| 1/8: Classes begin:<br>UML, FSM, Objects		| 1/9: FSM design/testing lab	|
| 1/12: Objects & testing	| 1/13: FSM d/t cont.		| 1/15: Interfaces		| 1/16: FSM coding lab		|
| 1/19<br>No classes	| 1/20: FSM coding cont.		| 1/22: Inheritance		| 1/23: Neurons with interfaces design/testing lab	|
| 1/26: Inheritance		| 1/27: Neurons d/t cont.		| 1/29: Inheritance		| 1/30: Neurons with interfaces coding lab		|
| 2/2: Exam 1			| 2/3: Neurons coding cont.	| 2/5: Secure coding	| 2/6: Game inheritance design/testing lab	|
| 2/9: Secure coding	| 2/10: Game Inheritance d/t cont.	| 2/12: GUI programming	| 2/13: Game inheritance d/t cont.		|
| 2/16: GUI programming	| 2/17: Game Coding Lab	| 2/19: SIGCSE<br>Exam 2		| 2/20: Game Coding (cont.)		|
| 2/23: Merge Sort, big O | 2/24: Game Coding (cont.)	| 2/26: Inheritance (abstract methods)		| 2/27: GUI Design Lab			|
| 3/2<br>Spring break	| 3/3<br>Spring Break		| 3/5<br>Spring Break	| 3/6<br>Spring Break 	|
| 3/9: Inheritance		| 3/10: GUI d/t (cont.)		| 3/12: Inheritance		| 3/13: GUI Coding Lab	|
| 3/16: Inheritance		| 3/17: GUI coding cont.		| 3/19: Exam 3			| 3/20: Neural Network design lab		|
| 3/23: Concurrency		| 3/24: Neural network d/t cont.	| 3/26: concurrency	| 3/27: Network Network coding lab	|
| 3/30: Independent learning		| 3/31: Neural network coding cont.	| 4/2<br>Easter		| 4/3<br> Easter		|
| 4/6: Linked Lists		| 4/7: Neural network with concurrency coding	| 4/9: Linked lists		| 4/10: Neural Network with concurrency cont.	|
| 4/13: Stacks/Queues	| 4/14: Linked list d/t cont.	| 4/16: Stack/Queues	| 4/17: Linked list d/t cont.	|
| 4/20: Stacks/Queues	| 4/21: Linked List coding 	| 4/23: Exam 4		| 4/24: Linked List coding cont.	|
| 4/27: Finals week		| 4/28: Finals<b>WEDNESDAY<b><br>1:00-3:00	| 4/30: Finals week | 4/31: Finals week	|
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