| Date | Topics | Reading | Due dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 25 (Th) | About the course (Notes) | ||
| August 30 (T) | No class | ||
| September 1 (Th) | Objects, classes, and UML; introduction to Java basics (Notes) | 1 (skim), 2 | |
| September 6 (T) | Java basics, continued (Notes) | Dr. Lewis's From C to Java | |
| September 8 (Th) | No class | ||
| September 13 (T) | Inheritance in Java (guest lecture, Dr. Lewis) (Notes) | ||
| September 15 (Th) | More about Java and inheritance (Notes) | ||
| September 20 (T) | Generics in Java (Notes) | Homework 1 (design) | |
| September 22 (Th) | Strings; arrays (Notes) | Quiz 1; Homework 1 (code) | |
| September 27 (T) | Homework review; more about arrays (Notes) | Homework 2 (design) | |
| September 29 (Th) | Sorting, searching, and manipulating arrays (Notes) | 5 (optional) | Quiz 2; Homework 2 (code) |
| October 4 (T) | No class | ||
| October 6 (Th) | Array-based stacks and queues (guest lecture, Dr. Lewis) (Notes) | 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 7.7 | |
| October 11 (T) | More about sorting and searching; introduction to linked lists (Notes) | Homework 3 (design) | |
| October 13 (Th) | Linked lists, continued (Notes) | 3, 4, 8 | Quiz 3; Homework 3 (code) |
| October 18 (T) | Midterm exam (Review in HTML or PDF) | ||
| October 20 (Th) | Exceptions (Notes) | ||
| October 25 (T) | GUIs in Java, introduction (Notes) | Homework 4 (design) | |
| October 27 (Th) | List-based stacks, queues, and priority queues (Notes) | 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 7.4, 7.5, 7.8 | Homework 4 (code) |
| November 1 (T) | GUIs in Java, continued (Notes) | Sun's tutorial Learning Swing by Example | |
| November 3 (Th) | GUIs in Java, continued (Notes) | Quiz 4 | |
| November 8 (T) | Graphics in Java (Notes) | Sun's tutorial Implementing a Custom Component | Homework 5 (design) |
| November 10 (Th) | Graphics in Java, continued (Notes) | Homework 5 (code) | |
| November 15 (T) | No class | ||
| November 17 (Th) | No class | ||
| November 22 (T) | Recursion (Notes) | 4 | Homework 6 (design) |
| November 24 (Th) | No class (holiday) | ||
| November 29 (T) | Trees, sorted binary trees, and heaps (Notes) | 12, 13.1., 13.2, 13.3, 15.1, 15.3, 15.5 | Quiz 5 |
| December 1 (Th) | Files and I/O in Java (Notes) | Sun's tutorial I/O | Quiz 6; Homework 6 (code) |
| December 6 (T) | Course wrap-up and evaluations, plus a little about threads and networking (Notes) | ||
| December 14 (8:30am) | Final exam (Review in HTML or PDF) | Homework 7 (design and code) and/or Homework 8 (design and code) |