CECS 277 Syllabus

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH
College of Engineering Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Course Syllabus
Spring 2015 Semester
CECS 277 Object Oriented Application Development

Lecture Number: 3730 Lab Number: 3731
Lecture: MW 10:00 am-10:50 am. ECS 308 Lab: MW 11:00 am- 12:15 am ECS 404
Instructor:Phuong D. Nguyen Office: ECS 506 Office Hours: MW 9:30 am-10:00 am and 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm, TTh 1:20 pm - 1:50 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

Item	Weight
2 Midterms	46%
Assignments	24%
Final Exam	30%

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

Weeks	Chapters/Topics
1. 1/21	Introduction to CECS 277 Class and Object overview Ch. 9 - Inheritance
2. 1/26	Ch. 9 - Inheritance Ch. 10 - Interfaces
3. 2/2	Ch. 10 - Interfaces
4. 2/9	Ch. 11 Exception Handling
5. 2/16	Ch. 14 - Sorting and Searching
6. 2/23	Ch. 14 - Sorting and Searching
7. 3/2	Examination #1 (3/2)
8. 3/9	Ch. 15 - Java Collections Framework
9. 3/16	Ch. 15 - Java Collections Framework Ch. 18 - Generic Classes
10. 3/23	Ch. 19 - Graphical User Interfaces
11. 4/6	Ch. 19 - Graphical User Interfaces Ch. 21 - MultiThreading
12. 4/13	Ch. 21 - MultiThreading
13. 4/20	Examination #2 (4/22)
14. 4/27	Ch. 20 - Streams and Binary Input/Ouput
15. 5/4	Ch. 20 - Streams and Binary Input/Ouput
	Final Examination is on Wednesday, May 13, 10:15 am - 12:15 pm

Holidays: Spring Break - Mar 30- Apr 3, 2015

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.
Deadline to withdraw or drop classes without a "W" grade - Feb 2, 2015.
Deadline to add courses - Feb 9, 2015.
Deadline to drop with Instructor and Department Chair's signatures - April 17, 2015.
Deadline to drop with Instructor, Department Chair, and College Dean's signatures - May 8, 2015

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