Michael Robinson FIU Teaching

COP 2250 Java Programming - Summer C 2012

Professor	Michael Robinson
Email	michael.robinson@fiu.edu
Webpage	www.cs.fiu.edu/~mrobi002/teaching

Course Title	Programming in Java
Course Number	COP 2250
Credits	3
Class Type	Required
Prerequisites	None
Co-requisites	None
Stars	Monday May 7th, 2012
Ends	Friday August 10th, 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

Goals
My goal is to make sure you learn, working together on programs is NOT PERMITTED,
if I notice that programs are similar I will start giving a quiz on the program the day it is due,
if your grades (program, quiz) are very different the final grade will the one of the quiz.

Attendance
If you attend every class, you will have a better chance of learning the material of this
course. Not everything I teach in this class is in the book.

Recommendations
DO NOT use any wordprocessor to write your programs.
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
Eclipse IDE or Netbeans IDE

Windows and Linux users
To write your programs using the command line you can use editors such as notepad, EditPad Pro,
or gedit.

Grading
3 Exams 20 points each = 60 points
5 Programs 8 points each = 40 points
Total = 100 points

Your grade, will be calculated as follows
A 100-95
A- 94-90
B+ 89-87
B 86-83
B- 82-80
C+ 79-76
C 75-70 PASS
C-    69-66 FAIL
D+ 65-60
D 59-56
D- 55-51
F 50-0

Important Dates
Exam 1: Wed May 30th, 2012 (covering ch 1, 6, 5, 2)
Exam 2: Mon July 9th, 2012 (covering programs 1,2,3, and other material covered in class)
Exam 3: TBA (covering All programs and Exams 1 and 2)

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

Programming Assignments
Assignment #1: Program 1 Due On Wed May 23rd, 2012 at beginning of class.
Assignment #2: Program 2 Due On Wed June 13, 2012 at beginning of class.
Assignment #3: Program 3 Due On Monday June 25th at beginning of class.
Assignment #4: Program 4 Due on July 23rd at the beginning of class.
Assignment #5: Program 5 Due on Wed Aug 1st, 2012 at the beginning of class.

Include the following header in every program
*********************************************************************
Author : Your Name
Course : COP 2250 M-W 11:00 AM
Professor : Michael Robinson
Program #: Program Purpose/Description
{A brief description of the program }
Due Date : MM/DD/YYYY

Certification:
I hereby certify that this work is my own and none of it is the work of any other person.

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

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 Computerss and Java
Chapter 1, some Chapter 6 Classes, first look

Chapter some 6, 5 Methods, using print statements
Chapter 5 and Publish Program 1 (covering ch 6, 5)

Chapter 5 Methods passing parameters
Chapter 2 Data Types. Program 1 Due (covering ch 6, 5)

Chapter 2 Methods using Data types and String class
Chapter 3 Decision Structures, Selections: if else if, switch..

Review for Exam 1 Wed May 23rd, 2012 (covering chapters 1, some 6, some 5 and 2)
EXAM 1 Wed May 30th, 2012 (covering chapters 1, some 6, some 5, 2),
Publish Program 2 (chapters 2, 3)

Chapter 3 Return Exam 1, graded, Chapter 3
Chapter 4 Loops and Files - Iterations. Program 2 Due (covering ch 2, 3)

Chapter 4 Return Program 2, graded.
Chapter 8 Arrays (one dimension)

Chapter 8 Arrays (two dimensions) and ArrayLists
Chapter 8 More Methods, Files

Chapter 9 Files
Chapter 9 Files, Numeric Format
Program 3 Due, Exam 2 Review, go over Program 3

EXAM 2 Mon July 9th, 2012 (covering programs 1,2,3 & other material covered in class)

Chapter 9 Classes and Objects, second look at, GUI DialogBoxes
Chapter 10 Text Processing and more about Wrapper Classes

Chapter Constructors
Chapter 10 Text Processing and more Constructors

Chapter Review All Topics in this class
Chapter 12 Exceptions and Stream I/O

Chapter 12 Final Exam review (covering ch 9, 10, 11, 12)
FINAL EXAM TBA (covering programs 1-5 and exams 1 and 2)

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   -+1.0E-307 -+1.0E307

For example, 2.345E6 is equivalent to 2,345,000