Course Syllabus

Course Syllabus

Special Message: There's a tutoring lab for CS 1336 and 1337 students. Click on the link below to see
them. TA information is also given below.

Course Number: CS 1337

Course Title: Computer Science I

Credit Hours: 3

Tutoring Lab Hours: click here

WebCTv6: click here to go to WebCTv6 (this will have your scores as well as programs done
in class)

Instructor: Tim Farage

Office: ECSS 3.606
Office Phone: 972-883-4836
E-Mail: tfarage@utdallas.edu
Web Site: www.utdallas.edu/~tfarage

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. in ES 2.704
5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. in ES 3.606
Other hours by appointment.

TAs: For Section CS 1337.002: Shaoyang Liu

Office Hours: MWF from 12:30-2:00pm in ECS 4.201
E-Mail: SXL048000@utdallas.edu

For Section CS 1337.003: Yu Qi

Office Hours: MTW from 10:30am-Noon in ECS 3.209
E-Mail: YXQ014000@utdallas.edu

Prequisites:

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CS 1336 or equivalent programming experience. (3-0) S

Catalog Description:

Introduction to object-oriented software analysis, design, and development. Classes and objects. Object composition
and polymorphism. Sorting, searching, recursion. Strings using core classes. Inheritance and interfaces. Graphic
User Interfaces. Includes a comprehensive programming project.

Course Expectations:

After successful completion of this course, the student should have an:

1. Ability to develop object oriented software solutions for use on computers

2. Ability to express algorithmic solutions in a high level computer language
3. Ability to utilize the String classes
4. Ability to utilize express multi-class relationships among objects
5. Ability to implement graphical user interfaces
6. Ability to develop graphical programs utilizing standard layout managers
7. Ability to develop event driven programs
8. Ability to process data with abstract data types
9. Ability to perform searches and sorts
10. Ability to develop programs utilizing recursive methodology
11. Ability to utilize reference variables

Textbook:

Introduction to JAVA Programming, Comprehensive Version, Sixth Edition, by Y. Daniel Liang, Prentice Hall

Assignments: (subject to change)

Program #1

Purpose: Demonstrate the ability to create and execute a JAVA program using moderately complex control
structures.

Assignment: Write a program that creates a loan amortization table. The user of the program will supply values for
Initial Loan Principal, Annual Percentage Rate and Monthly Payment. The program should print out the appropriate
amortization table including the number of Monthly Payments and the Total Interest paid for the life of the loan.

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Program #2

Purpose: Demonstrate the ability to create and execute a JAVA program that utilizes complex data structures to
solve a daily life problem.

Assignment: Write a program that will accept up to ten names (first and last names) and associated birth-date. Your
program should ask the user for how many people s/he wants to enter and then read the names (first and last) and the
corresponding birth-date in the following format: MM/DD/YYYY. (These names and birthdays are to be entered by
the user). Your program should then use a menu that allows the user to select either the way s/he wants to display the
list of the entries, sorted by last name, first name, or birth-date. The program should terminate when the user selects
exit from the menu.

Program #3

Purpose: Demonstrate the ability to create and execute a JAVA program that creates a multi-class relationship
among classes.

Assignment: Write a program that consists of the classes listed below.

Student Class: The Student class consists of the same three elements as in Program #2: a first name, a last name,
and a birthday. Include in the class appropriate accessor and mutator methods for each element in the class. You
may have other attributes if needed. The birthday attribute should be stored as a Date, as discussed in class.

ChessTeam Class: The ChessTeam class consists of at least 3 elements -- the name of the team, the number of
players on the team, and an array of players from the Student class that make up the team, and the number of wins
and losses for that team. Include in the class appropriate accessor and mutator methods for each element in the
class. You may have other attributes if needed.

Input File: This file will contain data about the teams so that you don't have to type in your data each time you run
your program. It will be given here.

Your program will display a menu of actions that the user can perform. The menu list will be given soon.

Program #4

Purpose: Demonstrate the ability to create and execute a JAVA program that creates a multi-class relationship
among classes.

Assignment: Enhance Program #3 to include the Game class listed below.

Game Class: The Game Class consists of at least 3 elements – the names of two teams and an integer number which
identifies the game. Include in the class appropriate methods to show the output requested below. You may have
other attributes if needed.

Input4 class: The Input4 class is provided for you. The Input4 class supplies data for your program. The Input4
class has a public method called getNextString, which returns a string with the input for your program, one after the

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other. You must use this class to get the data for your program. See Input4.java on WebCT to understand the class
construction.

Your program should display the following information:

For each game:

Display the final score for the game.

Display the name of the highest scoring player(s) in the game, the score and the name of his team.

For each team:

Display the roster of each team in alphabetical order by last name with the average score of each player for the
season.
Display the average score for the season against each of the two opponent teams.

Program #5

Purpose: Demonstrate the ability to write a complex Java application.

Assignment: Form a three to four member programming team from students in your class. Write a program to
register students for a college. Students have names, addresses and courses. Implement the interface class
RegisterStudent. RegisterStudent has one method, register, which confirms the level of course for the student.
register returns a value of true if the student can register for the course and returns a value of false if the student is
unable to register for the course. Graduate students can only register for 5000 or 6000 level course with a maximum
course load of 6 credit hours while undergraduate students can only register for 1000, 2000, 3000 or 4000 level
courses with a maximum course load of 12 credit hours. Courses have a course number, credit hours and a minimum
and maximum enrollment. The system should graphically display a sorted list of registered courses for a student and
a roster for each current course with the names of the students enrolled in sorted order. Demonstrate the correct
operation of your program by creating a driver program to load the student data base and the course data base from
data your group has created. The grader can then select students and courses for each student and display the reports.

Academic Calendar: (subject to change)

Class Date Class Activity Assignment

1 Monday, January 8 Review of Syllabus

2 Wednesday, January 10 Programming Review Simple program due; Read Chapters 2, 3
and 4
3 Friday, January 12 Programming Review Read Chapters 2, 3 and 4
4 Monday, January 15 Martin Luther King Day
5 Wednesday, January 17 Programming Review Read Chapters 2, 3 and 4
6 Friday, January 19 Programming Review Read Chapters 2, 3 and 4
7 Monday, January 22 Programming Review Read Chapters 2, 3 and 4
8 Wednesday, January 24 Programming Review Program #1 due
9 Friday, January 26 Programming Review Read Chapter 5

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10 Monday, January 29 Programming Review Read Chapter 5

11 Wednesday, January 31 Strings and Text I/O Read Chapter 8
12 Friday, February 2 Programming Review Read Chapter 5
13 Monday, February 5 Linear Search Read Chapter 6
14 Wednesday, February 7 Binary Search Read Chapter 6
15 Friday, February 9 Sorting Read Chapter 6
16 Monday, February 12 Objects and Classes Read Chapter 7
17 Wednesday, February 14 Objects and Classes Program #2 due
18 Friday, February 16 Exam 1 - Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
19 Monday, February 19 Objects and Classes Read Chapter 7
20 Wednesday, February 21 Inheritance and Polymorphism Read Chapter 9
21 Friday, February 23 Inheritance and Polymorphism Read Chapter 9
22 Monday, February 26 Abstract Classes and Interfaces Read Chapter 10
23 Wednesday, February 28 Abstract Classes and Interfaces Read Chapter 10
24 Friday, March 2 Object-Oriented Design Read Chapter 11
Monday, March 5 Spring Break
Wednesday, March 7 Spring Break
Friday, March 9 Spring Break
25 Monday, March 12 Object-Oriented Design Read Chapter 11
26 Wednesday, March 14 Recursion Program #3 due, Read Chapter 19
27 Friday, March 16 Recursion Read Chapter 19
28 Monday, March 19 GUI Programming Read Chapter
12
29 Wednesday, March 21 GUI Programming Read Chapter 12
30 Friday, March 23 Exam 2 - Chapters 7, 9, 10, 11 & 19
31 Monday, March 26 Graphics Read Chapter 13
32 Wednesday, March 28 Event Driven Programming Program #4 due
33 Friday, March 30 Event Driven Programming Read Chapter 14
34 Monday, April 2 User Interfaces Read Chapter 15
35 Wednesday, April 4 User Interfaces Read Chapter 15
36 Friday, April 6 User Interfaces Read Chapter 15
37 Monday, April 9 Applets and Multimedia Read Chapter 16
38 Wednesday, April 11 Applets and Multimedia Read Chapter 16
39 Friday, , April 13 Applets and Multimedia Read Chapter 16
40 Monday April 16
41 Wednesday April 18 Program #5 due
42 Friday, , April 20
43 Monday April 23 Exam 3 - Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16

Course Requirements:

There will be regularly assigned reading and homework problems. The homework problems will require the student
to spend time programming a computer.

Programming assignments should be turned in by means of WebCT. Assignment files contain:

A text copy of all source code (.java).

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Programming assignments will be graded on a 100 point basis, utilizing the following criteria:

Program Design 25%

Program Execution 20%
Satisfaction of Specification 30%
Coding Style 15%
Comments 10%

Keep in mind that you always want to write code that is easy to understand and is also easy to maintain.

Course & Instructor Policies:

All make-up exams are scheduled during final week at the discretion of the instructor. Make-up exams are only
given to those students who coordinate the missing of an exam prior to the originally scheduled exam date and time.

Course credit is only given for work assigned and scheduled in the course schedule. No extra work will be assigned
nor will extra credit be given for any extra work performed by a student.

Late assignments will not be accepted. Assignments are due at 11:59 P.M. on the day listed in the syllabus.

Class attendance is not recorded or required except for exam dates and times. There is a strong, direct correlation
between class attendance and class performance. Those students who regularly attend class tend to make
significantly higher final grades than those who don’t.

Students are expected to be respectful to each other and to the course instructor. Disruptive behavior in the class
room is not tolerated.

Each student in the class is encourage to join/form a study group. Members of each study group are strongly
encouraged to assist one another in learning and understanding the course material.

Projects and exams determine grades. All exams are open book and open notes. The final grade will be composed as
follows:

Projects 25%
Exam 1 25%
Exam 2 25%
Exam 3 25%.

Letter grades will be assigned as follows (I reserve the right to make the scale easier than the one given here):

98-100 A+
92-97 A
90-91 A-
88-89 B+
82-87 B
80-81 B-
78-79 C+

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72-77 C
70-71 C-
68-69 D+
62-67 D
60-61 D-
Below 60 F.

Field Trip Policies, Off-campus Instruction and Course Activities

Off-campus, out-of-state, and foreign instruction and activities are subject to state law and University policies
and procedures regarding travel and risk-related activities. Information regarding these rules and
regulations may be found at the website address http://www.utdallas.edu/BusinessAffairs/
Travel_Risk_Activities.htm. Additional information is available from the office of the school dean. Below is a
description of any travel and/or risk-related activity associated with this course.

No off-campus activities are scheduled.

Student Conduct & Discipline

The University of Texas System and The University of Texas at Dallas have rules and regulations for the
orderly and efficient conduct of their business. It is the responsibility of each student and each student
organization to be knowledgeable about the rules and regulations which govern student conduct and
activities. General information on student conduct and discipline is contained in the UTD publication, A to Z
Guide, which is provided to all registered students each academic year.

The University of Texas at Dallas administers student discipline within the procedures of recognized and
established due process. Procedures are defined and described in the Rules and Regulations, Board of
Regents, The University of Texas System, Part 1, Chapter VI, Section 3, and in Title V, Rules on Student
Services and Activities of the university’s Handbook of Operating Procedures. Copies of these rules and
regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students, where staff members are available
to assist students in interpreting the rules and regulations (SU 1.602, 972/883-6391).

A student at the university neither loses the rights nor escapes the responsibilities of citizenship. He or she is
expected to obey federal, state, and local laws as well as the Regents’ Rules, university regulations, and
administrative rules. Students are subject to discipline for violating the standards of conduct whether such
conduct takes place on or off campus, or whether civil or criminal penalties are also imposed for such conduct.

Academic Integrity

The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic honesty. Because the value
of an academic degree depends upon the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that degree, it
is imperative that a student demonstrate a high standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic work.

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Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to applications for
enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one’s own work or material that is not one’s
own. As a general rule, scholastic dishonesty involves one of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism,
collusion and/or falsifying academic records. Students suspected of academic dishonesty are subject to
disciplinary proceedings.

Plagiarism, especially from the web, from portions of papers for other classes, and from any other source is
unacceptable and will be dealt with under the university’s policy on plagiarism (see general catalog for
details). This course will use the resources of turnitin.com, which searches the web for possible plagiarism
and is over 90% effective.

Email Use

The University of Texas at Dallas recognizes the value and efficiency of communication between faculty/staff
and students through electronic mail. At the same time, email raises some issues concerning security and the
identity of each individual in an email exchange. The university encourages all official student email
correspondence be sent only to a student’s U.T. Dallas email address and that faculty and staff consider email
from students official only if it originates from a UTD student account. This allows the university to maintain
a high degree of confidence in the identity of all individual corresponding and the security of the transmitted
information. UTD furnishes each student with a free email account that is to be used in all communication
with university personnel. The Department of Information Resources at U.T. Dallas provides a method for
students to have their U.T. Dallas mail forwarded to other accounts.

Withdrawal from Class

The administration of this institution has set deadlines for withdrawal of any college-level courses. These
dates and times are published in that semester's course catalog. Administration procedures must be followed.
It is the student's responsibility to handle withdrawal requirements from any class. In other words, I cannot
drop or withdraw any student. You must do the proper paperwork to ensure that you will not receive a final
grade of "F" in a course if you choose not to attend the class once you are enrolled.

Student Grievance Procedures

Procedures for student grievances are found in Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities, of the
university’s Handbook of Operating Procedures.

In attempting to resolve any student grievance regarding grades, evaluations, or other fulfillments of academic
responsibility, it is the obligation of the student first to make a serious effort to resolve the matter with the
instructor, supervisor, administrator, or committee with whom the grievance originates (hereafter called “the
respondent”). Individual faculty members retain primary responsibility for assigning grades and evaluations.
If the matter cannot be resolved at that level, the grievance must be submitted in writing to the respondent
with a copy of the respondent’s School Dean. If the matter is not resolved by the written response provided
by the respondent, the student may submit a written appeal to the School Dean. If the grievance is not
resolved by the School Dean’s decision, the student may make a written appeal to the Dean of Graduate or
Undergraduate Education, and the deal will appoint and convene an Academic Appeals Panel. The decision
of the Academic Appeals Panel is final. The results of the academic appeals process will be distributed to all
involved parties.

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Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students, where
staff members are available to assist students in interpreting the rules and regulations.

Incomplete Grade Policy

As per university policy, incomplete grades will be granted only for work unavoidably missed at the
semester’s end and only if 70% of the course work has been completed. An incomplete grade must be
resolved within eight (8) weeks from the first day of the subsequent long semester. If the required work to
complete the course and to remove the incomplete grade is not submitted by the specified deadline, the
incomplete grade is changed automatically to a grade of F.

Disability Services

The goal of Disability Services is to provide students with disabilities educational opportunities equal to those
of their non-disabled peers. Disability Services is located in room 1.610 in the Student Union. Office hours
are Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and
Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The contact information for the Office of Disability Services is:

The University of Texas at Dallas, SU 22
PO Box 830688
Richardson, Texas 75083-0688
(972) 883-2098 (voice or TTY)

Essentially, the law requires that colleges and universities make those reasonable adjustments necessary to
eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability. For example, it may be necessary to remove classroom
prohibitions against tape recorders or animals (in the case of dog guides) for students who are blind.
Occasionally an assignment requirement may be substituted (for example, a research paper versus an oral
presentation for a student who is hearing impaired). Classes enrolled students with mobility impairments may
have to be rescheduled in accessible facilities. The college or university may need to provide special services
such as registration, note-taking, or mobility assistance.

It is the student’s responsibility to notify his or her professors of the need for such an accommodation.
Disability Services provides students with letters to present to faculty members to verify that the student has a
disability and needs accommodations. Individuals requiring special accommodation should contact the
professor after class or during office hours.

Religious Holy Days

The University of Texas at Dallas will excuse a student from class or other required activities for the travel to
and observance of a religious holy day for a religion whose places of worship are exempt from property tax
under Section 11.20, Tax Code, Texas Code Annotated.

The student is encouraged to notify the instructor or activity sponsor as soon as possible regarding the
absence, preferably in advance of the assignment. The student, so excused, will be allowed to take the exam
or complete the assignment within a reasonable time after the absence: a period equal to the length of the

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absence, up to a maximum of one week. A student who notifies the instructor and completes any missed exam
or assignment may not be penalized for the absence. A student who fails to complete the exam or assignment
within the prescribed period may receive a failing grade for that exam or assignment.

If a student or an instructor disagrees about the nature of the absence [i.e., for the purpose of observing a
religious holy day] or if there is similar disagreement about whether the student has been given a reasonable
time to complete any missed assignments or examinations, either the student or the instructor may request a
ruling from the chief executive officer of the institution, or his or her designee. The chief executive officer or
designee must take into account the legislative intent of TEC 51.911(b), and the student and instructor will
abide by the decision of the chief executive officer or designee.

These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.

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