CSC 130 - Computer Science I: Syllabus

Resources

Mon Dec 2
- Class Evaluations
- Connect 4 Tournament
- Exam Review & Coverage of selected solutions to IW-6 or IW-7

Wed Nov 27: No class, Thanksgiving Break
Mon Nov 25
- PW-7 Solution Discussion
- IW-7 Discussion
- Independent course review

Wed Nov 13
- Assignment: Partner Work 7
- Assignment: Individual Work 7
- Practice work on the 2D Array Programming Problems from previous class
Mon Nov 11
- Assignment: Individual Work 6
- Overview of ASIDE Research Project
- Reminder: pick your PW-7 partner and email me by 8am Wednesday
- Discussion of PW-6 Solution
- Discussion of 2D Arrays
  - 2D Arrays Worksheet
  - 2D Arrays Programming Problems

Wed Oct 30
- Assignment: Individual Work 5
- PW5 solution discussion
- Arrays worksheet (includes links to Codingbat problems)
Mon Oct 28
- IW4 solution discussion
- Introduction of Array concept
- Strings Q & A and discussion of the String API
- Continue work on PW-5 and Codingbat problems

Wed Oct 23
- Assignment: Partner Work 5
- Codingbat/Loop/String Demos: countHi and mixString
Mon Oct 21
- Assignment: Individual Work 4 (PW-5 starts Wednesday, so start soon!)
- Cover solution to PW-4
- Worksheet: Strings
- Reference Sheet: Strings
- Notes: The For Loop & Strings
- Practice: Codingbat basic String problems
  - warmup: makeTags, left2, right2, hasBad, seeColor
  - intermediate: twoChar, endsLy, frontAgain, without2
  - tricky: conCat, withoutX

Wed Oct 16
- Assignment: Continue working on Partner Work 4
- Review of Loops
- Handout of Loops problems
Mon Oct 14: No class (Fall Break)

Wed Oct 9
- Assignment: Partner Work 4
- IW3 Solution Discussion
- Brief Review of Loops
Mon Oct 7
- Return/discuss midterm exam
- IW3 deadline extended; Q & A
- Hello World: Console applications
- Loops: making a tiled visual background

Wed Oct 2: Midterm Exam
Mon Sep 30
- Reminder: Midterm Exam #1 next class
- Assignment: Individual Work 3
- Cover solution to PW3
- More sample midterm questions

Wed Sep 25
- Assignment: Partner Work 3
- IW-2 Solution
- Ifs practice: CodingBat
- Notes: More on Ifs (conditional code) in Java and PW3 Necessities
Mon Sep 23
- Update on midterm exam (to be held Wed Oct 2)
- IW-2 Q&A
- Notes: Ifs (conditional code) in Java
- Demos: Bounce-a-Ball and Arrow-Paddle Game

Wed Sep 18
- Assignment: Individual Work 2
- Discuss solution to PW-2
- Review sample midterm questions
Mon Sep 16
- Assignment: Partner Work 2 (and reference sheet)
- IW1 showcase
- Finish part 5 of Lec05Objs.zip

Wed Sep 11
- Summary: An overview of the week's topics is available
- Notes: Java Methods and Objects
  - We'll finish the worksheet from the previous class
  - You can run the worksheet code using this project: Lec04Math.zip
  - We'll write some code in class using this project: Lec05Objs.zip
Mon Sep 9
- Assignment: Keep working on IW1
- Review of PW1 Model Solution
- Notes: Variables, data types, and division and a corresponding worksheet

Wed Sep 4
- Assignment: Partner Work 1
- Assignment: Individual Work 1
- Notes: Java Methods, Variables & Simple Animation
Mon Sep 2
- Assignment: Play with Lec01Play.zip
- Alter Lec02Meth.zip so the logo can be any size (helpful code)
- Notes: Processing and Java Methods

Pre-Midterm #1 (September and early October)
- Processing essentials: lines, shapes, colors, mouse, size
- Java essentials: objects, data types, variables, values, assignment, flow of control
- Organizing your code: method headers and implementations
- Basic mathematical operators and manipulations
- If/Else: deciding what code should do based on current conditions
- Loops: getting code to executing over and over... and over
Pre-Midterm #2 (Mid October and November)
- More Loops
- Strings: doing stuff with text and with images
- Arrays: doing stuff to ordered collections of data and objects
December: Connect 4 Battle