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Computer Science
University of Northern British Columbia

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CPSC 101 — Computer Programming II — Winter 2023

course outline (printable pdf version ).

Important Information

Important information will be posted here from time to time.

2023-03-22: The project descripton has been changed.
2023-03-12: Lab 8 posted.
2023-03-09: Another sample midterm added to this page.
2023-02-01: Another sample midterm added to this page.
2022-12-21: Web-page created.

Instructor

Dr David Casperson (contact information).

Text

Big Java: Early Objects by Cay Horstman. 6^th edition. Isbn: 978-1-1190-5644-7.

Rooms and Hours

Lectures are in 5-171 when in person. Labs are in person, and in 8-456/8-457. Tutorials are in 5-174/5-176. (Room details). (David’s schedule).

Policies

Course policies can be found here.

Handouts

2023-01-04	Course Syllabus
2023-01-05	Notes on Memory Diagrams v 1.0

Links

Old Exam Links

The examinations links below are here purely for education purposes. Any resemblance to historical fact or this year's midterms is pure propinquity.

Topics

from (not necessarily in the order listed)
Memory organization and memory diagrams. General programming concepts (discussed in Java) including an introduction to generic programming, and exceptions and exception handling. An introduction to object-oriented design and design patterns. Object-oriented programming concepts, including: inheritance, overriding and overloading, inner classes, and polymorphism. Graphics programming (specifically using Swing in Java).

Grading Scheme

Lab Assignments	15%
Team Project	15%
Tutorial Participation	8%
Midterm I	15%
Midterm II	15%
Final	32%

Course Dates

(See also the project due dates)

Lab Assignments	Weekly. Found here.
Team Project	see here.
First Class	2023-01-04 Wednesday
Midterm I	2023-02-10 Friday
Winter Break	2023-02-21 to 2023-02-24.
Midterm II	2023-03-10 Friday
Last Class	2023-04-06 Thursday
Final	unkown
Good Friday	2023-04-07 Friday
Easter Monday	2023-04-10 Monday

Other dates can be found on the University web-site here.

General

Assignments are late if they are not received at the beginning of the lecture at which they are due. See the late policy for further information.
There will be between 4 and 8 programming assignments, the assignments being given out approximately weekly.
Discussion of assignment topic is encouraged but all assignments must be done independently. Copied assignments are considered as “Academic Dishonesty.” Responses to academic dishonesty include assigning a mark of -100% and written notification of the Dean. Again, see the policies link for more details and other policies.
Tutorial participation is mandatory.
The team project accounts for 15% of your mark in this course, and your participation in the team project affects the grade of your fellow team-mates. Team meetings and other team project activities happen outside of scheduled class times. Please plan accordingly.
Some Wednesday classes may be swapped with Thursday tutorials.