CS 160: Introduction to Computer Science

Date	Lecture Topic	Reading	Graded Events
09.03 09.05	Introduction Introduction	Chapter 1
09.08 09.10 09.12	Using Objects Using Objects Using Objects	2.1 - 2.5 2.6 - 2.10 2.11 - 2.13
09.15 09.17 09.19	Implementing Classes Implementing Classes Implementing Classes	3.1 - 3.4 3.5 - 3.8 3.9
09.22 09.24 09.26	Fundamental Data Types Fundamental Data Types Fundamental Data Types	4.1 - 4.3 4.4 - 4.5 4.6 - 4.7
09.29 10.01 10.03	Decisions Decisions Decisions	5.1 - 5.2 5.3 5.4 - 5.5
10.06 10.08 10.10	Iteration Iteration Iteration	6.1 - 6.2 6.3 - 6.5 6.6 - 6.7
10.13 10.15 10.17	Arrays and Array Lists Arrays and Array Lists Arrays and Array Lists	7.1 - 7.3 7.4 - 7.6 7.7 - 7.8
10.20 10.22 10.24	Review Exam Exam's Back		Exam (15%)
10.27 10.29 10.31	Designing Classes Designing Classes Designing Classes	8.1 - 8.4 8.5 - 8.8 8.9 - 8.10
11.03 11.05 11.07	Interfaces and Polymorphism Interfaces and Polymorphism Interfaces and Polymorphism	9.1 - 9.3 9.4 - 9.6 9.7 - 9.8
11.10 11.12 11.14	Robots Robots Robots
11.17 11.19 11.21	Inheritance Inheritance Inheritance	10.1 - 10.5 10.6 - 10.8 10.9 - 10.11
11.24 11.26 11.28	Input/Output and Exception Handling Input/Output and Exception Handling Thanksgiving!	11.1 - 11.3 11.4 - 11.6
12.01 12.03 12.05	Input/Output and Exception Handling Object-Oriented Design Recursion	11.7 12.1 - 12.4 13.1 - 13.2
12.08 12.10 12.12	Recursion Recursion Review	13.3 - 13.4 13.5
12.18	Final, 4:00 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.		Final (25%)

Meeting Times

Lecture: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. in EPS 103.
Laboratory: Tuesday 8:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. (section 3), 10:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. (section 4), 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (section 5), 2:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (section 6), or 4:10 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in Roberts 111.

John Paxton. paxton AT cs DOT montana DOT edu. EPS 353. 994-5979. Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:15 - 11:00 and by appointment.

At the end of the course, students should be able to

Be able to design and implement programs that are up to a few hundred lines long using Java.
Understand and be able to use fundamental programming constructs such as sequencing, decisions and iteration.
Understand and be able to use fundamental object oriented principles such as classes, objects, methods, encapsulation, data hiding, inheritance and polymorphism.
Understand and be able to use arrays.
Understand and be able to use exception handling.
Understand and be able to use recursion.

Last modified: December 8, 2008.