CIS 36A Course Calendar
Week
| Day | Topic | Assignment | | 1 | Tuesday, September 25
| Lesson 1:
Introductions
Why Study Computer Science
| Assignment 1
Read Chapter 1.1-1.3 | | | Thursday, September 27
| Lesson 2:
Computer Hardware & Software
The Binary Number System
| Assignment 2
Read Chapter 1.5-1.10, 1.12
| | | Friday, September 28
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| Lab 1 | | 2 | Tuesday, October 2
| Lesson 3:
Our First Java Program
Pair Programming Fundamentals
| Assignment 3
Read Chapter 2.2, 2.4-2.91, 3.2
| | | Thursday, October 4
| Lesson 4:
Data Types
Variables and Literals
| Assignment 4
Read Chapter 2.3, 2.9.2-2.11
| | | Friday, October 5
| | Lab 2 | | 3 | Tuesday, October 9
| Lesson 5:
User Input using the Scanner Class
Arithmetic Operators and Expressions
Mathematical Methods | Assignment 5
Read Chapter 2.3, 2.11, 4.2-4.4.0
| | | Thursday, October 11
| Lesson 6:
String Basics
String Methods
| Assignment 6
Read Chapter 4.4.1-4.4.10, 3.3
| | | Friday, October 12
| | Lab 3 | | 4 | Tuesday, October 16
| Lesson 7:
If Statements
| Assignment 7
Read Chapter 3.3-3.6
| | | Thursday, October 18
| Lesson 8:
String Comparison
Making Decisions Cont'd
| Assignment 8
Read Chapter 2.13-2.16, 4.6
| | | Friday, October 19
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| Lab 4
| | 5 | Tuesday, October 23
| Lesson 9:
Logical Operators
Numbers, Mathematical Operators and Precision
| Assignment 9
Read Chapter 3.13 | | | Thursday, October 25
| Lesson 10:
Numbers, Mathematical Operators and Precision Cont'd
Midterm 1
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Read Chapter 3.10, 5.1-5.2 | | | Friday, October 26
| | Lab 5 | | 6 | Tuesday, October 30
| Lesson 11:
Switch Statements
Introducing Loops
| Assignment 11
Read Chapter 5.4 |
| Thursday, November 1
| Lesson 12:
While Loops Continued
Proper Coding Style
| Assignment 12
Read Chapter 5.3, 5.5-5.6 | | | Friday, November 2
| | Lab 6 | | 7 | Tuesday, November 6
| Lesson 13:
For Loops
| Assignment 13
Read Chapter 5.7 | | | Thursday, November 8
| Lesson 14:
Nested Loops
Loops and Strings
| Assignment 14
Read Chapter 6.1-6.3 | | | Friday, November 9
| | Lab 7
| | 8 | Tuesday, November 13
| Lesson 15:
Loops and Error Checking
Do-While Loops
| Assignment 15
Read Chapter 6.4-6.6 | | | Thursday, November 15
| Lesson 16:
Methods | Assignment 16
Read Chapter 6.8-6.9 | | | Friday, November 16
| | Lab 8 | | 9 | Tuesday, November 20
| Lesson 17:
Methods
Midterm 2 | Assignment 17
Read Chapter 12.10-12.11
| | | Thursday, November 22
|
~Thanksgiving Holiday~
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| | | Friday, November 23
|
~Thanksgiving Holiday~
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| | 10 | Tuesday, November 27
| Lesson 18:
Methods
| Assignment 18
Read Chapter 7.1-7.5 | | | Thursday, November 29
| Lesson 19:
File I/O
| Assignment 19
Read Chapter 7.5-7.7 | | | Friday, November 30
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| Lab 9
| | 11 | Tuesday, December 4
| Lesson 20:
Arrays | Assignment 20 | | | Thursday, December 6
| Lesson 21:
Arrays
| Final Exam Prep
| | | Friday, December 7
| | Lab 10
| | 12 | Tuesday, December 11
| Final Exam |
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