• Develop and implement algorithms from verbal/written problems.
• Develop programming skills to produce working code/software (design, test, debug, document, demonstrate).
• Write basic object-oriented programs in Java (encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism).
• Write procedural programs in MATLAB.
• Implement control structures (conditions, loops).
• Use methods/functions to replace redundancy and improve modularity.
• Use and apply arrays for situations with collections of data (one dimensional, multidimensional).
• Sort and search information.
• Perform text processing with characters and strings.
• Plot numeric data using MATLAB.
• Use computer and Internet technology (web, USENET, CIT resources).

Material

Optional software:

• DrJava
• MATLAB Student Version Release 13

Grades

Items that count towards your course grade include homework (exercises, 6 programming projects), lab exercises, quizzes, and exams (prelims, final exam).

• Lab exercises are assigned and submitted in the lab sessions only. You may have two non-excused absences from the sections and labs (e.g., you added the course late, you fell asleep and missed the lab). Having more than two non-excused absences from the labs will result in a drop of a third of a letter grade in the course (e.g., from B to a B-).
• You are allowed to drop one project (e.g., you slept in and missed the deadline, you submitted the wrong file, your partner forgot to submit your joint work, your dog ate your hard disk, etc.).
• There will be bonus questions in some homework and/or exams. We consider bonus points only after we have assigned all letter grades at the end of the semester. Bonus points might raise your letter grade up to a third of a grade (e.g., C+ to B- but not C+ to B), so doing extra work always helps but never causes competition with fellow students.

    Grade = (0.05*E)+(0.25*P)+(0.1*T1)+(0.2*T2)+(0.2*T3)+(0.3*F)-(0.1*min(T1,T2,T3,F))

Your course grade will follow the "cut-off" structure given below. You need an overall score higher than 55 (of 100) to pass the course. After assigning your initial letter grade based on your overall numeric score, we might raise your grade if you have earned sufficient bonus points. We reserve the right to make adjustments both up and down based on our knowledge of each student.

    Overall score    Letter
       92-100        A-,A,A+
       80-88         B-,B,B+
       65-76         C-,C,C+

Schedule

Weeks	Topics
1	Introduction to CS100; Java fundamentals (types, variable, expression); using DrJava
2,3	Objects and their methods; customizing classes; class String; conditional statements
4,5	Methods, constructors
6,7,8	Loops; algorithm and design
9,10	Arrays
11,12	Sorting and searching; analyzing execution time
13,14	MATLAB vectors and matrices, functions, graphics tools

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