• Tuesday, Thursday 5:30 - 6:45 PM. Room: BMH 228
• Instructor: Dr. Kenrick Mock.
• Email: kenrick@uaa.alaska.edu
• Office Hours:  TR 4:00-5:00pm, W 1-2pm or by appointment (EIB 403E)
• Prereq: CSCE A201. This course assumes you understand basic Java programming, with a good understanding of loops, variables, methods, classes, and some idea of OOP.
• Web page: Blackboard

• OPTIONAL: Core Java Volume I, 9th edition.  Horstmann, Pearson, 2013. ISBN 9780137081899
• This book is ordered as a reference for the topics to be covered in class. You may use another book of your choice or rely on the online notes and online Java documentation (or any other online Java resource).

Course Description:     In-depth coverage of object-oriented programming in Java. Topics include inheritance, abstraction, interfaces, references, polymorphism, class hierarchies, container classes, random access file I/O, serialization, graphical applications, event handling, Unified Modeling Language (UML), and object-oriented design.

Upon completion of the course students will be able to:

• Write class hierarchies exhibiting characteristics of overloading and polymorphism
• Write programs in which objects of one class act as clients, making use of services provided by other classes
• Write programs that make use of system provided classes, such as arrays, in order to organize and manipulate multiple instances of objects
• Write programs that do I/O with external files
• Write classes that i mplement interfaces, and classes with inner classes
• Write applications which produce or present graphical material on the screen
• Write applications that do I/O with dialog boxes in windows and which are controlled by menu options
• Write classes or programs which are able to respond to user events

Homework Assignments:   Due by Blackboard submission by the date posted.   Approximately five homework assignments will be assigned.  Late homeworks will be penalized 5% per day late up until the date solutions are posted. Unless otherwise indicated, programming assignments and written assignments must represent your own work. It is permissible to discuss the assignments with other students, but do not copy code.

We will have a semi-group project. Individually you will write a set of classes that must be integrated with classes written by other students to complete the program.

Questions: If you have any questions, feel free to come in to my office.  In general, I have an open door policy -- if I am available in my office, you are welcome to come by.  An even better way to reach me is through email.  I check my email frequently and you should receive a response quickly.  Email is preferred over telephone and you will probably receive a faster response since I don't check voicemail very frequently.

Grading:  Letter grade. There will be two midterm exams and a final exam. Unless prior arrangements are made no make-up exams will be given. The exams will be open book (any written material) and you can use a computer to read notes but not to compile/run programs or search on the Internet.

Grading breakdown:

   Midterms:       35%
  Final:              25%
  Homeworks:  40%      (Each homework is worth an equal amount)

The grade scale is 90-100 A, 80-90 B, 70-80 C, 60-70 D, 0-60 F.  The grading curve may be lowered if necessary but it will not be raised.  This means that if you received an 89% then you will at least get a B, but may receive a higher grade based on the curve.

An incomplete grade will only be given for a valid excuse (e.g. medical, death in the family). An incomplete grade does not let you take the class over again, your final grade will be assigned based on work submitted in class and work that remains to be submitted.

Cheating: Students are exStudents are expected to uphold the UAA standard of conduct relating to academic dishonesty outlined in the UAA catalog and student handbook.  Cheating is not tolerated and constitutes grounds for dismissal.  For this class, it is permissible and encouraged to assist classmates in general discussions of how to attack the homework problems. It is not permissible to copy another's work (or portions of it) and represent it as your own.