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MCS3603: Introduction to Java Programming

Summer E 2000, Department of Math. and Computer Science
Lawrence Technological University

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• Office Room: S112
• Phone: (248) 204-3504
• Fax: (248) 204-3518 (this fax number is for the whole building and senders should be sure to place instructor's name on the fax)
• Dept. Secretary: (248) 204-3560
• Math/CS Drop Box: in front of S120 door.
• Email: CHUNG@ltu.edu
• LTU webpage at http://www3.ltu.edu/~chung (syllabus, announcements, lecture notes, etc.)
• Office Hours: MW 4:50-5:40pm or by appointment

• Text book homepage: http://cw.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/liang2
• Textbook Author's Homepage
• Java, Sun Micro Systems (JavaSoft) | JDK 1.1.x | Java 2 SDK Standard Edition
• Java Tutorial by Sun | Java course by IBM
• Java Quest | The Sun Certified Java Programmer Examination

1. Introduction to Java and JBuilder 3, Comparing Java to C++ [1]
2. Java Building Elements / Control Structures / Methods [1]
3. Object-oriented Programming and Arrays and Strings [1]
4. Class Inheritance [1]
5. Getting Started with Graphics Programming using Swing Components [1]
6. Creating User Interfaces [1]
7. Applets and Advanced Graphics [1]
8. Exception Handling [1]
9. Input and Output [1]
10. Multithreading [1]
11. Multimedia [1]
12. Java Topics such as Java Servlets and JSP [1]

• Homework programming assignments - 70 points
• 2 quizes: 40x2=80 points
• 1 final (everything covered in class) - 50 points

• Mon. 6-5-00, 7:40-8:40pm: Quiz #1
• Mon. 6-19-00, 7:40-8:40pm: Quiz #2
• Mon. 6-29-00: Last day to withdraw.
• Wed. 7-5-00, 6:00-8:00pm: Final Exam

   A : 90-100%                 C : 70-74%
   A-: 88-89%                  C-: 68-69%
   B+: 85-87%                  D+: 65-67%
   B : 80-84%                  D : 60-64% 
   B-: 78-79%                  D-: 58-59%
   C+: 75-77%                  F : 00-57%

• Attendance is essential to doing well in the course. The exams will focus primarily (but not exclusively) on material presented in the lectures.
• If you are unable to attend a meeting, it is your responsibility to obtain the material from other students or instructor.

• There will be no makeup exams will be given
• Closed books, closed notes, and closed neighbors

• The project and Homework programming assignments must be done individually.
• Must be submitted at the beginning of the class on the due date
• Late submission penalty is 30%.
• No submission will be accepted beyond a week after the due date.

• Plagiarism is a serious academic offense. DO NOT COPY THE WORK OF OTHERS. Failure to observe this will result in zero point for the assignment.
• Cheating during exams is also a very serious academic offense and will be handled in accordance with University Policy.