CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH
College of Engineering Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Course Syllabus
Fall 2014 Semester
CECS 277 Object Oriented Application Development

Lecture Number: 4034  Lab Number: 4035
Lecture: MW 9:00 am-9:50 am. VEC 419  Lab: MW 10:00 am- 11:15 am ECS 416
Instructor:Phuong D. Nguyen  Office:  ECS 506  Office Hours: MW 11:15 am -12:15 pm and TTH 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Email:  phuong.nguyen@csulb.edu Phone: (562) 860-5497
Home page:www.csulb.edu/~pnguyen

Course Description

Disciplined methods of design, coding and testing using the Java programming language. Topics include data abstraction, encapsulation, object-oriented design, Java classes, inheritance, interfaces, composition, polymorphism, generics, multithreading, exception handling, disk I/O processing, search algorithms and sorting algorithms.

Course Topics

• Data abstraction (3) (8) (12)
• Encapsulation (3) (8) (12)
• Object-oriented design (3) (8) (12)
• Java classes (3)
• Inheritance (9)
• Interfaces (10)
• Composition (3) (8) (12)
• Polymorphism (9) (10)
• Generics (18)
• Multithreading (21)
• Exception handling (11)
• Disk I/O libraries (20)
• Search algorithms (14)
• Sorting algorithms (14)
• Java Collection Framework (15)
• Graphical User Interface (19)

Specific Goals for the Course

The student will be able to:

• Design an abstract class and an appropriate set of instantiable child classes to solve a software requirement.
• Use inheritance, interfaces and composition where appropriate.
• Understand and use Java generics.
• Create Java programs using multithreading.
• Design and use error handling classes employing try, catch, throw and finally.
• Understand basic Java disk I/O libraries.
• Understand and analyze several sorting and searching algorithms.
• Understand Java Collection Framework
• Create an Graphical User Interface application

Prerequisite

CECS 274 (or equivalent)

Text Book and Course Materials

• Big Java, Early Objects, 5th Edition, Horstmann, Cay. Wiley, 2014.
• Copies of the course notes , lab assignments, projects and other announcements are posted on the class Web page or delivered in hard copy in the class.

Grading 

Grading Scale:   A  100-90% B 89.9-80% C 79.9-70%  D 69.9-60%  F  59.9-0%. The grade scale may be lowered but it will not be raised.

Tentative Class Schedule

Holidays: Mon, 9/1 - Labor Day, Tues Nov/11 - Veteran Day, Wed 11/26 - Fall break, and Thur 11/27 through Sat 11/28 - Thanksgiving Day.

Class Policies

Examinations, Final and Lab Assignments

• Examinations and final are closed notes and books unless otherwise specified..
• There are no make-up examination except in cases of an accident or serious illness. Makeup exams may be taken if you received my permission PRIOR to the exam at least one week. Makeup exams might not be the same ones taken by the class.
• All lab assignments are due during the lab on the due date.
• Lab assignments are posted on the class web site.

Add/Attendance/Withdraw

• Attendance at the lecture session and in the lab is mandatory.
• If a student will no longer attend class, he or she must correctly drop that class or he or she will receive a failing grade.
• Sept/8 (before 10:00 p.m.) - Deadline : add or drop classes using "My CSULB" and to drop classes without a "W" grade.
  To drop the class after the deadline, a student must obtain approval from the class instructor and the chairperson of the department offering the class.                              
• Nov/14- Deadline: drop a course without college dean's signature (Drop at this time are generally not approved except in cases of an accident or serious illness.)
• Dec/9 - Deadline: last day to drop a class with college dean's signature

Grading

• Keep examinations and lab  assignments for grading verification. Without them, your grade will be based on grade assigned in the instructor's grade sheet. No grade change will be made after one week the grades are assigned. During the last week of the semester, the students will verify their grades on the course work with their signatures.
• If you do not agree with the grade on any activity, you may request that the grading of the activity be re-evaluated. The request must be made within 48 hours of having received the graded activity. The exception is for situations where I tallied the score incorrectly.
• Incomplete grades are given only in accordance with the college guidelines. These guidelines can be found in the college catalog.
• A CR/NC grade will result in CR if the final grade is a C or better; otherwise, a NC grade will be given.

Academic Dishonesty

Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on quiz, exam, lab assignment or project; failure in course; and or expulsion from the University. See the the University Catalog concerning plagiarism/cheating. The campus policy can be found here: http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/research/our/information/policies/cheating/

Accommodations
Students with disabilities who need reasonable modifications, special assistance, or accommodations in this course should promptly direct their request to the course instructor. If a student with a disability feels that modifications, assistance, or accommodations offered are inappropriate or insufficient, he/she should seek the assistance from the Disabled Student Services office on the campus. Contact information:  Phone (562) 985-5401 Email dss@csulb.edu.

THE SYLLABUS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE