CS 131 - Computer Science I

An index page for various class resources

last modified 08/29/2009

Syllabus

Announcements

• 1/23/2009    Due to a schedule change in the GIS lab, my office hours on Thursday are now 1:30-2:30 instead of 4-5.
• 1/19/2009    After securing permission from the registrar, our classroom for lecture is henceforth Walsh 109.

Quizzes

• Quiz 1 - Jan. 30
• Quiz 2 - Feb. 13
• Quiz 3 - Feb. 25 (self-scheduled any time 2/25-2/27)
• Quiz 4 - Mar. 20
• Quiz 5 - Apr. 3
• Quiz 6 - Apr. 17 
• Quiz 7 - Apr. 27
• Quiz 8 - May 6

Final Examination

•   The final exam is Friday, May 8 at 10:35 a.m. and will be comprehensive. 

Readings

• 3/30/2009    Lewis & Loftus, Chapter 7
• 3/16/2009    Lewis & Loftus, Chapter 5
• 2/23/2009    Lewis & Loftus, Chapter 4
• 2/13/2009    Lewis & Loftus, Chapter 3
• 1/30/2009    Lewis & Loftus, Chapter 2 
• 1/19/2009    Lewis & Loftus, Chapter 1

Labs

• 4/28/09   Lab 14 - Javadoc
• 4/21/09   Lab 13 - GradeBook 2.0
• 4/14/09   Lab 12 - GradeBook 1.0
• 4/7/09     Lab 11 - Writing Methods
• 3/31/09   Lab 10 - Arrays
• 3/24/09   Lab 9 - Who's the Greatest?
• 3/17/09   Lab 8 - Two Games
• 3/10/09   Lab 7 - String Things
• 2/24/09   Lab 6 - Word Guesser
• 2/17/09   Lab 5 - Rolling the Dice Again
• 2/10/09   Lab 4 - Volume and Area Calculations
• 2/3/09     Lab 3 - Credit Cards
• 1/27/09   Lab 2 - Rolling the Dice
• 1/20/09   Lab 1 - Getting Started

Homework

• Fri., Apr. 17 - Exercise 7.10 (p. 433); 
              Also:  Write a method that returns the median of an array of integers that is passed as a parameter; you may assume that the array is already sorted.
• Wed., Apr. 15 - Write one paragraph explaining what a "race condition" is and giving an example of one from your (non-technical) life.  (pp. 439-440)
• Wed., Apr. 8 - Exercises 7.4, 7.8 (p. 432)
• Fri., Apr. 3 - Exercises 7.5, 6.7 (p. 432) <- I meant "7.6" - sorry about that...
• Wed., Apr. 1 (no foolin') - Exercises, 7.1, 7.3 (p. 432); 
              Also:  Write one paragraph either supporting or refuting the following position: "Better government regulation could have prevented the Therac-25 tragedy."  (see reading at the end of Chapter 5 - pp. 293-294).
• Mon. Mar. 30 - Programming Assignment #3, Determining Leap Year
• Wed. Mar 25 - Exercises 5.5, 5.8, 5.10 (pp. 282-283)
• Fri. Mar. 20 - Exercises 5.3, 5.4, 5.7 (pp. 282-283)
• Mon. Mar. 16 - Write a method named between that takes three integers and determines whether or not the third integer is between the first two.  (For purposes of this problem, equality counts, so between(1,3,1) would return true.) 
              Also:  Write the header for a method that encodes a message with a "secret key", i.e. I tell you the message and the key and you would tell me the encoded message.
• Fri. Mar. 11 - Exercise 4.7 (p. 201) 
              Also:  Explain the quote, "Constructors convert other data into a desired object."
• Wed. Mar. 9 - Exercises 4.1, 4.3, 4.6 (pp. 200-201)
• Fri. Feb. 27- Programming Assignment #2, "Ideal" Weight
• Wed. Feb. 25 - Exercises 3.8, 3.12 (pp. 155-156)
              Also:  Explain the difference between an int and an Integer
• Mon. Feb. 23 - Exercises 3.7, 3.8 (p. 155)
• Fri. Feb. 20 - Exercises 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
• Wed., Feb. 18 - SR 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 (pp. 121, 122); Exercises 3.1, 3.2 (p. 154)
• Fri., Feb. 13 - SR 2.36, 2.37 (p. 91) and SR 2.47 (p. 103)
• Wed. Feb 11 - Exercise 2.11 (pp. 107-108) 
              Also:  What feature(s) of Java could have been used to decrease the chance of error with the Mars Climate Lander?  (pp. 111-112)
• Mon. Feb 9 - Exercises 2.8, 2.10 (p. 107)  [For 2.10, consider each part to be independent, i.e. as if the lines in the previous part had never been executed.]
• Mon. Feb. 9 - Programming Assignment #1, Happy Birthday
• Fri., Feb 6 - Exercises 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7 (p. 106)
• Wed., Feb 4 - Express the string "CS 131 is Great!" using 8-bit ASCII.  Also, explain how your answer changes if you use Unicode instead.  (Hint: Appendix C of our text is your friend.)
• Fri., Jan. 30 - Exercises 1.16, 1.18, 1.20 (pp. 54-55)
• Wed., Jan. 28 - Number conversion worksheet handed out in class
• Mon., Jan. 26 - Exercises  1.4, 1.5, 1.6 (p. 53)
              Also: What units for measuring storage come after terabyte? 
• Fri, Jan. 23 - Exercises 1.2, 1.3 (p. 53)
              Also: How much internal disk storage does your computer have?  How do you find that information?
                      How much main memory does your computer have?  How do you find that information?