Course Outlines

Learning Resources

Required Text:

BCIT's Customized Package of the following book:

Custom Java With Myprogramminglab
Rvp Deitel
ISBN 978-1-3236-04977

Java Platform (JDK) from Sun Microsystems, downloaded from
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Eclipse Java IDE, downloaded from eclipse.org

Course Goals

• To complete an introduction to object-oriented programming started in COMP 1409.
• COMP 1409/1451 are designed to teach programming concepts and provide the foundation for Java, C#, C++, and C.
• This material is intro programming and is not considered to be a Java course; our Java programming course is COMP 2613.

Evaluation Criteria

Labs	20
Quizzes	30
Assignments	20
Exam	30	To pass the course you must score at least 50% on the final exam. Half of this exam is theoretical and half is practical.

The emphasis of this course is to teach a practical skill, therefore it is necessary to submit all labs and assignments for assessment so students can be evaluated on an adequate sample size of work.

Failure to submit labs and assignments may result in course failure.

Minimum Passing grade for the course: 60%.

Late assignments will not be accepted for marking unless the student makes arrangements with the instructor before the assignment is due. Assignments must be done on an individual basis unless otherwise specified by the instructor.

There are three take-home assignments worth a total of 20%. The take-home assignments will be downloaded and submitted through the course Learning Management System.

Students are encouraged to work in groups to develop peer to peer communication and support. However, each student must hand in their own individual work (not copies of the same assignment).
Copying assignments and any other forms of PLAGIARISM will result in a mark of ZERO for all parties involved.

Attendance Requirements

Welcome to Computing PTS https://youtu.be/C0gtCxVO6f0

Attendance Policy

Attendance in lectures and labs is mandatory and recorded for all lessons in this course.

• In case of illness or other unavoidable cause of absence, the PTS student must communicate as soon as possible with his/her Instructor indicating the reason for the absence.

• Prolonged illness which causes the PTS student to miss 20% or more of the lessons will require a BCIT -approved medical certificate submitted to the department, substantiating the reason for the absence.

Excessive absence of 20% or more may result in failure or forced withdrawal from this course.

Course Specific Requirements

• An understanding of how to manage files on a Windows-based PC.
• Students require a PC with internet access, capable of running the Java Platform.

Other information

Computer Use Guidelines

BCIT Computing students are expected to use BCIT resources in both a professional and ethical manner. When using BCIT computer resources, some specific expectations include:

• Respect others. Do not download, view, or distribute inappropriate or offensive material.

• Respect copyright. Do not download or share any unauthorized materials (e.g. music, movies, games and software).

• Respect our vendor software agreements. Do not download products which are not used in your specific courses (we have tracking mechanisms in place). It is each student's responsibility to remove vendor provided software when the course ends.

• Respect confidentiality. Do not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, system, or data. Do not attempt to bypass any protective mechanism or attempt unauthorized access or alteration of BCIT data.

• Respect availability. Do not engage in any denial of service activity or take actions that will degrade the use of BCIT or other resources. Only use BCIT resources for your BCIT course work.

For more information read BCIT policies 3501 Acceptable Use of Information Technology and 3502 Information Security.

Consequences of policy violation could result in loss of access to BCIT resources and / or removal from classes.

Course topics

Session	Material Covered	Reference / Reading	Assignment	Due Date
1	Course Introduction Review: concepts from COMP 1409. Introduction to Eclipse IDE Default/package-private visibility Create our own packages public static void main() method Commandline arguments	Chapters 1, 8
2	Quiz #1 Code organization. Scanner class; keyboard Coupling and cohesion Random class	Chapter 6
3	Quiz #2 Collections: sets, lists, maps HashMap class Set class	Chapter 16
4	Quiz #3 Testing and debugging strategies. TDD and Introduction to jUnit	Notes
5	Quiz #4 Inheritance Default constructor revisited super keyword Substitution instanceOf operator; getClass(), casting	Chapter 9
6	Quiz #5 Polymorphism Overriding toString() method; equals() method; hashCode() method	Chapter 10
7	Quiz #6 Using Packages Class responsibilities	Notes
NOTE: Course Withdrawal Deadline Please inform your instructor that you are dropping this course. You must also fill out and submit the 'REQUEST TO WITHDRAW FROM A PART-TIME STUDIES COURSE' before week 8 or else you will receive a failing grade on your academic record.
8	Quiz #7 Abstract methods Abstract classes	Chapter 10
9	Quiz #8 Interfaces Comparable interface	Chapter 10
10	Quiz #9 Exception handling: our own and java's try/catch/finally/throw Checked vs. unchecked Final methods Final classes Protected visibility modifier	Chapter 11
Course evaluation: A paper-based survey will be conducted during Lesson 11 prior to the class break. Your instructor will leave the room for 15 minutes while each student completes this anonymous course evaluation. A student proctor will distribute and collect the forms then seal the envelope and return to the instructor.
11	Quiz #10 Review	All of the above
12	FINAL EXAM