CS
102 Algorithms and Programming II (Fall 2021-2022)
Objectives
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Undertake real-world design task
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Work as a member of a team
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Practice communication in written & oral form
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Learn more programming techniques
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Practice independent learning!
General
CS102
gives you an opportunity to put the basic computer literacy, design and
programming skills you learnt in CS101 into practice. The course has two
components. The first is simply a continuation of CS101 aimed at expanding the
range of techniques you have available to solve problems. These new techniques
will be presented in formal lectures and, as in CS101, you will be given laboratory
assignments designed to let you practice them. Material in this section
includes recursion, files and some basic data
structures, plus a little about object-oriented programming, event-driven
architectures, searching and sorting. There will be written exams on these
topics. The second component of the course is a semester-long design project.
The ultimate goal is to produce a commercial-quality program which is fully
documented, bug-free and easy to use. You will work in groups, each group
selecting a different project. You will be expected to prepare a number of
written reports and to present and demonstrate your project. These documents will include
basic requirements, specifications, detailed design and user manuals. Groups
will discuss each other's work and offer suggestions and criticisms on it so as
to help improve the final product. Projects will be undertaken using Java.
Students will be expected to display creativity and an ability to learn
independently.
Important
Announcements
There will be no labs
on September 22, 2021, Wednesday. First
lab (Lab 0) will be on
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September 29, 2021, Wednesday 13:30-17:20, Labs: B201-B202.
Course Schedule:
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Tuesday 13:30-14:20, 14:30-15:20
(B-206), Friday 08:30-09:20 (B-206) (Spare Hour), 09:30-10:20 (B-206)
Lab
Schedule:
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Wednesday 13:30-17:20 (Labs: B201-B202)
Course
Rules:
1.
Grading (Tentative):
1.
25%
Midterm: Essay/written
2.
25%
Final: Essay/written
4.
15%
Laboratory Work (Programming Assignments)
3.
25%
Project (Group)
3.
10%
Quiz and Homework
2.
Those who get below 30 out of 100 from the midterm and below 75 out of 100 from the programming (lab) assignments will get an FZ grade regardless of their other grades.
Not to get an FZ grade, each student is expected to make a reasonable contribution to each stage of the project. The students who got an FZ grade cannot take the final exam.
4.
Attendance to the lectures and laboratory mandatory.
5.
You
will fail the course if the attendance is below a certain percentage.
6.
Those who fail to attend more than one lab without any excuse (a valid medical
report, etc.) will fail the course.
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"Offerings", "Computer Engineering", CS102 (Your section),
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"Offerings", "Computer Engineering", CS102 (Your section),
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Textbooks
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Required: Cay S. Horstmann, Big Java: Late Objects, Enhanced eText 2nd edition. Cay S. Horstmann, 2016, Wiley. Wiley - Students Resources, Wiley Student Companion Site:
Contains Useful Materials, including Source Codes, Video Examples, Worked Examples, and so on.
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Recommended: John Lewis and William Loftus, Java Software Solutions, 9th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2017. Pearson - Companion Web Site:
Contains Useful Materials, like Video Notes, Programming Examples Source Codes, and so on.
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updated: September 01, 2021