DeVry University

6600 Dumbarton Circle, Fremont, California

Course Syllabus (2005 Spring Semester, Mar – June)

Course Title: Java Programming

Course No: COMP313X Contact Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3

Course No: COMP313XL Contact Hours: 2 Credit Hours: 1

Course Instructor: Dr. George Lai Office Phone: 510 574-1133

E-mail Address: [email protected]

Web Site: http://eclipse.fre.devry.edu/~glai or http://www.gegcities/com/grg_lai

Lecture Hours: Tuesdays 6:30 pm to 7:20pm

Saturdays 1:00pm to 3:50pm

Lab Hours Tuesdays 7:30pm to 9:20pm

Office Hours Tuesdays, Fridays 10:00am to 11:00am

Mondays, Fridays 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Course Description

This course helps students to develop problem-solving skills and to solve problems using Java

programming language. Students are introduced to fundamentals of Java programming with emphasis

on primitive data types, control structures, functions and arrays. At the completion of this course,

students will be able to write simple computer programs using control statements (if, if/else, switch),

and repetition statements (for, while, and do while). Emphasis is placed on interfacing with networks

and network devices. (Prerequisite: COMP140)

The course is taught through three lectures and one 2-hour lab session each week. The lectures

cover the programming concepts and the labs are designed to support the lectures and to give

students hands-on programming practice.

Course Goals

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to understand fundamentals of Java

Programming and gain practical skills to solve programs using Java language.

Terminal Course Objectives

Part I Java Program, and Java Development Tools (JDK & JBuilder8)

1. Given a hardcopy of a Java program, demonstrate how to create a Java source code, compile, and

execute the program using JDK and JBuilder8 software tools.

2. Given a set of input variables, design and write a Java program to compute numeric results using

all arithmetic operators.

Part II Use of Control Structures

3. Given a problem that requires simple logic with multiple conditions, write a Java program

using the control structure statements to solve the problem.

4. Given a program specification requiring the use of repetition control structures (while, do/while),

design and write program that will employ appropriate looping constructs.

5. Given a simple problem that requires selection from different options, write a Java program

using multiple-selection structure (switch with break and continue) to solve the problem.

Part III Functions

6. Given a simple program containing a simple function, compare and contrast its main

features.

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7. Given an application program using several functions that requires parameter passing

between multiple functions; compare and contrast the different types of functions.

Part IV Arrays

8. Given a group of numeric variables of the same type in a program specification, design and

write programs that use a one-dimensional array.

9. Given a group of numeric variables of the same type in a program specification, design and

write programs that use a two-dimensional array.

Part V Input & Output Files

10. Given a group of strings or numeric variables that is listed in a file, design and write

a program to store the information in an array and do a search of a KEY or do a sort

of the stored information.

Weekly Course Schedule

Week	Topics	TCO's	Reading	Lab	Due
1	Java development tools	1	Ch 1, 2	# 1	Week 1
2	Mathematical manipulations	2	Ch 3, 4,5	# 2	Week 2
2	Making Decisions	3	Ch 5	# 3	Week 2
3	Switch	5	Ch 6	# 4	Week 3
3	For Loop	4	Ch 7	# 5	Week 3
4	While and Do While	4	Ch 7	# 6	Week 4
4	Review and Midterm	1 - 5	Ch 1 - 7	Examples	--
5	Functions/Methods	6, 7	Ch 8	# 7	Week 5
5	Application using functions	6, 7	Ch 9	# 8	Week 5
6	Arrays	8, 9	Ch10	# 9	Week 6
6	Searching and Sorting Arrays	8, 9	Ch 11	# 10	Week 6
7	Sequence File Operations	10	Ch 12	#11	Week 7
7	Data Base Operations	10	Ch 13	#12	Week 7
8	Review	1-10	All Ch	--	Tuesday
8	Final				Saturday

Text Books & Materials

Julia Bradley & Anita Millspaugh

Programming with Java

ISBN 0-07-248819-0

McGraw-Hill Higher Education

One Zip Disk Storage Device or One USB Storage Device

Grading Policy

Quizzes & Examinations 50%

Lab Work 20%

Final 30%

A for 90% - 100%

B for 80% - 89%

C for 70% - 79%

D for 60% - 69%

F for < 60%

Attendance / Class Participation

According to DeVry policy, each student is required to attend every lecture in the course. If a student

misses a lecture, then it is the responsibility of the student to determine what work was missed.

Be aware that some exam material may come from lectures, in-class assignments, and class discussion

that is not covered in your text. You are responsible for notifying your instructor of planned absences,

and for fulfilling course requirements missed during an absence.

Academic Integrity

Working with your classmates to discuss and solve the homework is strongly encouraged. However,

the submitted solutions must be your own work, using your own words. Academic misconduct

(i.e. cheating, plagiarism, etc.) will NOT be tolerated with regards to labs, homework assignments, and quizzes

or exams during the course! If a student violates the academic integrity policy by gaining advantage over

others through unfair means, he or she will earn a non-pass grade. All students are expected to follow

the academic honesty policy.

What IS cheating?

Sending another student your entire or any portion of your source code.
Leaving your source code within an open area, or on a computer that is accessible to other students.
Showing another student your source code for the purposes of copying and/or “to see exactly how you did it”.
Receiving any portion of another student’s source code in any manner listed in (1-3).

What is NOT cheating?

Helping another student find logical and/or syntactical bugs/errors in their program (not do it for them)
Receiving help from another student by allowing that student to help you (not do it for you)

find logical and/or syntactical bugs/errors in their program.

Student Academic Integrity Policy

All students are expected to follow the academic honesty. Academic honesty is violated when students

gain advantage over other students through unfair means.

When students violate the academic honesty, they get a non-passed grade.