Michael Robinson FIU Teaching

COP 2250 Java Programming - Fall 2012

Professor	Michael Robinson
Email	michael.robinson@cs.fiu.edu
Webpage	www.cs.fiu.edu/~mrobi002/teaching
Tel	305-348-7523
Office	ECS 212 D

Course Title	Programming in Java
Course Number	COP 2250
Time-Place	Class : Mo/We 6:25PM - 7:40PM @ECS-134 Lab : Mo/We 5:15PM - 6:15PM @ECS-241
Credits	3
Class Type	Required
Prerequisites	None
Co-requisites	None
Starts	Monday Aug 20th, 2012
Ends	Saturday Dec 1st, 2012
Class Policies	FIU Academic Affairs policy on academic dishonesty

Catalog Description:
A first course in programming for IT majors. Syntax and semantics of Java. Classes and Objects.
Object-oriented program development. Not acceptable for credit for Computer Science majors.
Will satify MIS programming language requirement.

Required Text
Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Data Structures;
ISBN# 0-321-42102-7

Credits

Class Type

Core Class - Required

Pre-requisites

COP2250 or COP2210 with a minimum grade of C. Those who have less than a C in one of these classes will be dropped from the course during the first week of class.

Co-requisites

None

Goals

My goal is to make sure you learn, working together on programs is PERMITTED, however, each program MUST BE UNIQUE, ALL PROGRAMS THAT ARE COPIES WILL GET A GRADE OF ZERO (0)

Class Type

Core Class - Required

Attendance

Attendance will be taken.

Not everything I teach in this class is in the book.

Simple Rules

All programs MUST be done in the computers provided by FIU or in your own laptop and presented in class or in the lab when appropiate.

All programs MUST be named:
last name + first Name initial + pgm1, 2, 3 or 4.
ex: SmithJpgm1.java SmithJpgm1.c SmithJpgm1.html

Your email MUST have your name on it.
FIU, ElHombre, TheItGuy, etc are NOT accepted.

On your email's subject write:
Your class name and email's purpose: OS1 pgm1, WEB2 pgm4

Email me your source programs ONLY, attached. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE.

Your programs must compile using the terminal mode.

Programs with warnings will NOT be accepted. I will not debug your programs.

Do not change the names of the files I provide.

Programs turned in after the due date are NOT accepted.

Any modification to your grades MUST be done no later than ONE week after grades are posted in Moodle.

Tools Required - FREE

All Java programs in this class MUST be written in TERMINAL mode.
NO IDEs such as NetBeans or Eclipse are ALLOWED.
DO NOT use any wordprocessor to write your programs.
Windows: Use notepad editor
Linux/Unix: Use gedit, nano, pico, vi or vim editors.

The computers in the ECS labs contain all the necessary programs for his course, you can also use your own computers installing the following FREE software:

JDK Java Compiler

All Java programs MUST compile and MUST NOT have any warning.

Grading

4 Exams 15 points each = 60 points

4 Programs 10 points each = 40 points

Total = 100 points

A = 100-95

A- = 94-90

B+ = 89-87

B = 86-83

B- = 82-80

C+ = 79-76

C = 75-70

Fail C- = 69-66

D+ = 65-60

D = 59-56

D- = 55-51

F = 50-0

Assignments

Assignments must be turned in at the start of class on the due dates.
I do not accept late assignments without a valid reason.

Include the following header in every program

**************************************************
Author : Your Name
Course : Course Name and Times
Professor: Michael Robinson
Program : Program Number, Purpose/Description
A brief description of the program
Due Date : mm/dd/yyyy

I certify that this work is my own alone.

..........{ your signature }..........
**************************************************

Important Dates
Prog 1 : Wed 09-12-2012 Due (covering ch 1, 6, 5, 2)
Exam 1 : Wed 09-19-2012 (covering program 1)

Prog 2 : Wed 10-03-2012 Due
Exam 2 : Wed 10-10-2012 (covering program 2)

Prog 3 : Wed 10-31-2012 Due
Exam 3: Wed 11-07-2012 (covering program 3)

Prog 4 : Wed 11-28-2012 Due
FINAL EXAM
Dec/05/2012, Wednesday 5:00PM - 7:00PM Engr & Comp Sci 134
Covering all programs, all exams plus additional material covered.

Expected Course Outcomes
1. Be familiar with concepts of Objects and Classes.
2. Master the fundamental java data types.
3. Master the java selection and iteration constructs.
4. Master using String, ArrayList, and wrapper classes.
5. Master analyzing problems and writing java program solutions to
those problems using the above features.

PROJECTED SCHEDULE (COULD BE MODIFIED)
Chapter
1 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS AND JAVA
6 CLASSES (FIRST LOOK AT)
5 METHODS
2 JAVA FUNDAMENTALS (DATA TYPES)
3 DECISION STRUCTURES (SELECTIONS if else if, switch,..)
4 LOOPS AND FILES (ITERATIONS)
8 ARRAYS AND ARRAYLIST CLASSES
9 CLASSES AND OBJECTS (SECOND LOOK AT)
10 TEXT PROCESSING AND MORE ABOUT WRAPPER CLASSES
12 EXCEPTIONS AND STREAM I/O (IF TIME ALLOWS)

Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers and Java
Chapter 1, some Chapter 6 Classes, first look
Chapter some 6, 5 Methods, using print statements
Chapter 5 Methods passing parameters
Chapter 2 Data Types.
Chapter 2 Methods using Data types and String class

Review for Exam 1 (program 1 and covering chapters 1, some 6, some 5 and 2)
EXAM 1

Chapter 3 Decision Structures, Selections: if else if, switch..
Chapter 4 Loops and Files - Iterations.
Chapter 8 Arrays (one dimension)
Chapter 8 Arrays (two dimensions) and ArrayLists

Review for Exam 2 (covering program 2 and chapters 1, some 6, some 5 and 2)
EXAM 2

Chapter 8 More Methods, Files
Chapter 9 Files
Chapter 9 Files, Numeric Format
Chapter 9 Classes and Objects, second look at, GUI DialogBoxes

Review for Exam 3 (covering program 3 and chapters 1, some 6, some 5 and 2)
EXAM 3

Chapter 10 Text Processing and more about Wrapper Classes
Chapter Constructors
Chapter 10 Text Processing and more Constructors
Chapter 12 Exceptions and Stream I/O

Final Exam review (covering everything)
FINAL EXAM bod

DATA TYPES BYTES MIN VAL MAX VAL

char 1 -128 128

unsigned char 1 0 256

int or short 2 -32,768 32,768

unsigned short 2 0 65,535

long 4 -2,147,483,648 2,147,483,647

unsigned long 4 0 4,294,967,295

float 4 -+1.701411E-38 -+1.701411E38

double 4 -+1.0E-307 -+1.0E307