• Author: Tony Gaddis
• ISBN: 0-321-47927-0
• Publisher: Scott Jones, Inc.

Course Links:

• Homework and In-class Assignments.
• Programs.
• Lab Assignments.
• Selected examples.
• Java Web-Site for Java Classes.
• List of Java keywords.
• Java Language Specifications.
• Java Virtual Machine Specs.

Reading Assignments:

• Week 1, Read chapter 1, sections 1.1-1.7, pages 1-21; read chapter 2, sections 2.1-2.8, pages 27-67. Course Introduction, Hardware & Software, Programming Languages, The Programming Process, Binary Numbers, Data Types, Variables, and Computer Arithmetic.
• Week 2, Read chapter 2, sections 2.9-2.13, pages 68-89; read chapter 5, sections 5.1-5.6, pages 239-274. Operator Precedence, Parts of a Java Program, The String Class, and Static Methods.
• Week 3, Read chapter 6, sections 6.1-6.6, pages 285-329. Understanding Classes and Objects.
• Week 4, Read chapter 3, sections 3.1-3.9, pages 107-155. Decision Structures, Relational Operators, Boolean Expressions, and Comparing Data.
• Week 5, Read chapter 3, sections 3.11, pages 161-165.
• Week 6, Read chapter 4, sections 4.1-4.6, pages 175-203. Iteration with loops.
• Week 7, Read chapter 4, sections 4.7-4.12, pages 203-227, Nested loops.
• Week 8, Read chapter 8, sections 8.1-8.9, pages 435-489, Arrays, Parallel Arrays; ArrayList read pages 500-511.
• Week 9, Formatted Output, read pages 161-164. Complete previous topics, Review, and Exam 2.
• Week 10, Enhanced for-loops: pages 448-449; Recursion: Read chapter 15, sections 15.1-15.3, pages 917-930.
• Week 11, Exceptions: Read sections 12.1-12.2, pages 721-749. Read chapter 4, section 4.10, pages 205-224, Input and Output streams.
• Week 12, Read chapter 11, sections 11.1-11.7, pages 641-690, Inheritance.
• Week 13, Read chapter 8, section 8.11, pages 491-496. Sort and Search.
• Week 14, Algorithm Efficiency and Big-O Notation, and Review.

• Assistance:

Name	Room	Office Hours	e-mail
James Childress	U331	MW 2:00pm-3:00pm TT 9:30am-11:00am	james-childress@utulsa.edu
Nick Malone	U346	TBA	nick-malone@utulsa.edu
Aditi Bendre	U346	TBA	aditi-bendre@utulsa.edu
Oly Mistry	U346	TBA	oly-mistry@utulsa.edu

• Exam Schedule (Fall 2008):

Exam	Date	Review Questions
Base Conversions Quiz	Friday September 12
First hour exam	Friday September 26	Exam 1 Exercises.
Second hour exam	Friday October 24	Exam 2 Exercises.
Third hour exam	Monday December 8	Exam 3 Exercises.
Final exam section 1	TBA
Final exam section 2	TBA

Contact me by e-mail: james-childress@utulsa.edu