Schedule

The course schedule is tentative and subject to change. This page will be updated frequently to reflect the most up-to-date schedule.

Date		Class	Topic	Readings
Mon	Sep 8	1	Introduction	Chapter 1
Sep 8/9			No lab
Wed	Sep 10	2	Graphics & Event Handling	Chapter 2, TouchyWindow.java
Mon	Sep 15	3	Graphics & Variables	RisingSun.java, SunAndMoon.java
Sep 15/16		L1	A "No Clicking" Sign
Wed	Sep 17	4	Graphics, Variables, & Numbers	Chapter 3, ConnectTwo.java, RubberBand.java, Crosshairs.java
Mon	Sep 22	5	Graphics, Variables, & Numbers	Cross.java, LightenUp.java, ExpandingSquare.java, Counter.java, Dice.java
Sep 22/23		L2	Lots of Squares	Java Programming Guide
Wed	Sep 24	6	Conditionals	Chapter 4, SillyBasketball.java, BetterBasketball.java
Mon	Sep 29	7	Conditionals	BestBasketball.java, Crayon.java
Sep 29/30		L3	Sorting Laundry
Wed	Oct 1	8	Classes and Objects, Review	Chapter 6, Basketball.java, SimpleBasketballGame.java
Mon	Oct 6	9	Classes and Objects	Chapter 8
Oct 6/7			Midterm Exam 1 (Programming)	Chapters 1-4
Wed	Oct 8		Midterm Exam 1 (Written)	Chapters 1-4
Mon	Oct 13		No class: Columbus Day
Oct 13/14			No lab: Fall break
Wed	Oct 15	10	Classes and Objects	Stopwatch.java, TimedBasketballGame.java, TeamBasketballGame.java
Mon	Oct 20	11	While-Loops and Animation	Chapters 7, 9, Lanes.java, CrazyCircles.java, Collatz.java
Oct 20/21		L4	Growing Flowers
Wed	Oct 22	12	While-Loops and Animation	Highway.java, FallingCircle.java, FallingCircleWindow.java
Mon	Oct 27	13	While-Loops and Animation	Countdown.java, CountdownEvents.java, Pong.java, PongBall.java
Wed	Oct 29	14	Primitive Types and Operations	Chapter 5, SteadyTester.java, DrawingGrid1.java, DrawingGrid2.java, ColorCompare.java
Mon	Nov 3	15	Strings and Text Manipulation	Chapter 16, StringReverse.java
Nov 3/4		L5	Boxball
Wed	Nov 5		No class: Instructor at conference
Mon	Nov 10	16	Strings and Text Manipulation	PigLatin.java
Nov 10/11		L6	Cryptography
Wed	Nov 12	17	Recursion	Chapter 12, NestedSquaresV1Events.java, NestedSquaresV1.java, NestedSquaresV2Events.java, NestedSquaresV2.java
Mon	Nov 17		Midterm Exam 2 (Written)	Chapters 5-9, Exam 2 Practice Problems
Nov 17/18			Midterm Exam 2 (Programming)
Wed	Nov 19	18	Recursion	BroccoliEvents.java, Broccoli.java, TextRecursion.java
Mon	Nov 24	19	For-Loops	Chapters 13, StringReverse.java, Highway.java, DiceMax.java
Nov 24/25		L7	Sierpinski's Gasket
Wed	Nov 26		No class: Thanksgiving Break
Mon	Dec 1	20	Arrays	Chapter 14, Flower.java, Garden.java, RandomStats.java
Dec 1/2		L8	Nim
Wed	Dec 3	21	Arrays	Breakout.java, BreakoutBricks.java, BreakoutBall.java
Mon	Dec 8	22	Multidimensional Arrays	Chapter 15, Quilt.java, QuiltEvents.java, NumberGrid.java, NumberGridEvents.java
Dec 8/9		L9	Blur
Wed	Dec 10	23	Review and wrap-up	BroccoliGarden.java, GrowingBroccoli.java, ExamOrderPicker.java
Sun	Dec 21		Final Exam	Chapters 12-16, Exam 3 Practice Problems