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CcomputerProgramming II

Course Outline

Instructor: Qusay H. Mahmoud
Email: qmahmoud@cis.uoguelph.ca

TAs:
This course will have two teaching assistants, who are graduate students at the main campus. They will be commuting to deliver the lab and will have regular office hours. You should try to see them for extra help or if you cannot make it to my office hours. But if the TAs do not provide satisfactory help, please come to me. Feel free to make an appointment via email. The TAs are:

Ryan Zhao (Lab Instructor)

  • Email: grads224@cis.uoguelph.ca
  • Office hrs: Wednesdays 1:30 - 2:30
  • Location: C131

Leslie Yu

  • Email: lyu01@uoguelph.ca
  • Office hrs: Wednesdays 4:00 - 6:00
  • Location: C131

Textbook: Java by dissection, Ira Pohl and Charlie McDowell, Addison-Wesley, 2000. Note: Additional material will be provided as needed.

Prerequisites: DCCT1020 (Computer Programming I).

Grading Scheme: the final grade will be determined based on the following components:

  • Weekly Labs: 15% (10 labs 1.5% each; one three-hour lab per week)
  • Bi-Weekly Quizzes: 10% (five in-class quizzes 2% each)
  • Assignments: 20% (five programming assignments 4% each)
  • Mid-term Exam: 20% (date: Tuesday,February 18)
  • Final Exam: 35% (sometime in April, to be scheduled by the university)

Letter Grades:

<50	 F
50 - 52	 D-
53 - 56	 D
57 - 59	 D+
60 - 62	 C-
63 - 66	 C
67 - 69	 C+
70 - 72	 B-
73 - 76	 B
77 - 79	 B+
80 - 84  A-
85 - 89  A
90 - 100 A+
Note 1: Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass.

Note 2: Academic Honesty plays a key role in our efforts to maintain a high standard of academic excellence and integrity. Students are advised that ALL acts of misconduct are subject to disciplinary action by the school; serious infractions are dealt with in accordance with the University of Guelph-Humbers's academic misconduct. Students are encouraged to read the university's statement on academic misconduct.

Tentative Schedule

Date
Topics
Text
Week 1 Overview of course & Review of Java Ch 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Week 2 Searching & sorting arrays; arrays of arrays
Ch 5
Week 3 Inheritance Ch 7
Week 4 More on Inheritance Ch 7
Week 5 File I/O Ch 10
Week 6 More on File I/O Ch 10
Week 7 Advanced I/O (Midterm, Feb 18 ) Handout
Week 8 Exceptions Ch 11
Week 9 OO Design
Handout
Week 10 Recursion Section in Ch 4
Week 11 Dynamic Data Structures
Ch 12
Week 12 Testing and Debugging
Handout
Week 13 Review
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Note: Last day of classes for the Winter semester is April 11.



Copyright © Qusay H. Mahmoud , University of Guelph.