Date	Topics & Associated Reading	Study Questions & Activities
Wed, Aug 27	Course Overview Hardware/Software Operating Systems The Linux operating system (Linux/Unix Overview)	Study Questions from Linux/Unix Overview
Thur, Aug 28	Lab 0: Introduction to Linux
Fri, Aug 29	Computer architecture (Hardware Overview) Fetch, execute cycle Algorithms,programming, programming languages (Section 1.2) Compilers and interpreters (Section 1.2)	Study Questions from Hardware Overview Self-Review (p. 28) SR# 1.2 - 1.3;
Mon, Sept 1	Java programs - basic structure and style (documentation, identifiers, naming conventions, and use of white space) (Section 1.1) Problem Solving & Program Development (Sections 1.3 & 1.4) Character strings & printing (Section 2.1)	Self-Review (p. 28) SR# 1.4 - 1.6 Exercises (pp. 28, 29) EX# 1.1 - 1.7; Self-Review (pp. 65 - 66) SR# 2.2 - 2.5; Exercises (p. 66 - 67) EX# 2.1 - 2.5
Tues, Sept 2	Lab 1: Editing, compiling, and modifying elementary Java programs; Introduction to Eclipse
Wed, Sept 3	Introduction to variables and assignment statements in Java (Section 2.2) Primitive data types (Section 2.3) Operators, operator precedence, & expressions (Section 2.4)	Self-Review (p. 66) #SR 2.6 - 2.14; Exercises (p. 67) #EX 2.6 - 2.11
Fri, Sept 5	Expressions, continued Data conversion (Section 2.5) Interactive programs - Scanner class (Section 2.6)	Post lab #1 Due Self-Review (p. 103) SR# 2.10*, 2.11*, 2.12*, 2.13*, 2.15; Exercises (p. 104-106) EX# 2.6 - 2.11
Mon, Sept 8	Objects and Classes (Sections 1.5, 3.1)	Self Review (page 28) #SR 1.8
Tues, Sept 9	Lab 2: Writing simple programs using expressions
Wed, Sept 10	Lab recap Classes and class libraries (Sections 3.2 & 3.3)	Self Review (pp. 101-102) #3.1 - 3.7; Exercises (pp. 102 - 103) #3.1 - 3.4
Fri, Sept 12	Classes & Class libraries continued Math class, Random class (Sections 3.4 & 3.5)	Post lab #2 Due Self-Review (p. 102) #SR3.10 - 3.16; Exercises (p. 103 #EX3.6 - 3.9; Programming Projects (p. 104) #3.1, 3.2
Mon, Sept 15	More with method signatures	Supplementary Exercise; Exercise (p. 104) #3.10, 3.11	Tues, Sept. 16	Lab 3: Writing programs using classes from the Java class library
Wed, Sept 17	Lab recap Representation of Numeric Data Review of Numeric data types (Section 2.3) Number Systems (binary, octal, hex; general concept of a base - Appendix B) Representing signed integers (Two's Complement Handout)	Study Questions from Two's Complement Handout
Fri, Sept 19	Catch up Review (Test #1 Review Topics Handout)
Mon, Sept 22	TEST #1
Tues, Sept 23	Lab 4: More with classes (including Color and Graphics)
Wed, Sept 24	Computer Arithmetic Floating Point Representation (Floating Point Handout)	Study Questions from Floating Point Handout
Fri, Sept 26	Introduction to Conditionals and Logic (Section 4.1, Logic Handout) Boolean Expressions if statements (Section 4.2)	Post lab #4 Due Self-Review (pp. 157 - 158) #4.1- 4.4; Exercises (pp. 158 - 159) #4.1- 4.5; Study Questions from Logic Handout
Mon, Sept 29	Logic and Conditionals, continued Truth Tables, Laws of Logic	Study Questions from Logic Handout
Tues, Sept 30	Lab 5: Data Representation & Conditionals
Wed, Oct 1	Logic and Conditionals, Continued Comparing Data (Section 4.3)	Self-Review (p. 158) # 4.5 - 4.8;
Fri, Oct 3	Logic Circuits (Logic Circuits Handout)	Post lab #5 Due Study Questions from Logic Circuits Handout
Mon, Oct 6	Constructing Logic Circuits (Logic Circuits Handout)	Study Questions from Logic Circuits Handout
Tues, Oct 7	Lab 6: More Selection
Wed, Oct 8	Lab Recap (Switch Statement, Section 4.4) Constructing logic circuits, continued	Supplementary Exercises
Fri, Oct. 10	Wrap up logic Introduction to Loops (Section 4.5)	Handout Exercises
Mon, Oct. 20	While loops, continued (Section 4.5) Do Loops (Sections 4.7)	Self-Review (p. 158) #SR 4.10, 4.11; Exercises (p. 159-160) 4.7, 4.8, 4.11, 4.13, 4.14
Tues, Oct. 21	Lab 7: While Loops
Wed, Oct. 22	For Loops (Section 4.8)	Self-Review (p. 158) #SR 4.11; Exercises (p. 160) #EX 4.11
Fri, Oct. 24	For Loops, continued (Section 4.8) Introduction to Writing Classes (Sections 5.1, 5.2) Review for Test #2	Handout - Review topics Self-Review (p. 158) #SR 4.12; Exercises (p. 160) #EX 4.9 - 4.12, 4.15 - 4.23
Mon, Oct. 27	TEST #2
Tues, Oct. 28	Lab 8: More Loops
Wed, Oct. 29	Introduction to Writing Classes, continued (Sections 5.1, 5.2) Writing Classes - encapsulation (Section 5.3)	Self-Review (p. 227) #SR 5.1 - 5.4, Exercises (p. 228) EX5.1 - 5.4
Fri, Oct. 31	Methods (Section 5.4)	Self-Review (p. 227) SR 5.6 - 5.9, 5.12 - 5.14; Exercises (pp. 228 - 229) EX 5.7, 5.10 - 5.20
Mon, Nov. 3	Writing classes, continued (Sections 5.1 - 5.4)
Tues, Nov. 4	Lab 9: Writing Classes
Wed, Nov. 5	Static Class Members (Section 5.5) Class Relationships (Section 5.6)	Self-Review (p. 227) SR #5.18 - 5.24
Fri, Nov. 7	No Class - work on programming assignment & Class design worksheet
Mon, Nov. 10	Method Design (Section 5.7) Method Overloading (Section 5.8)	Assignment #3 Due Self-Review SR 5.20, 5.21; Exercises (p. 230) EX 5.25 - 5.28 Programming Projects (p. 231) PP 5.1, 5.2
Tues, Nov. 11	Lab 10: More Classes
Wed, Nov. 12	Methods, continued	Parameter Passing exercises (handout)