Schedule

Note: We may adapt the schedule to accommodate your learning.

Monday	Wednesday	Thursday
31 August Topic: Introduction [ materials ] Pre-Class: Answer the syllabus quiz Read Chapters 1-2 Answer the quiz on Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Released: Homework 1	Lab Lab: BlueJ and Java [ materials ]	03 September Topic: Java Constructs [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 3-4 (optional: 3.6-3.7) Optional: watch this video Answer the quiz on Chapter 3, and Chapter 4 Due: Homework 1 by 10pm Released: Homework 2
07 September Labor Day: no classes.	Lab Lab: Basic Java Tools [ materials ]	10 September Topic: Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 5 Optional: watch this, this, and this video Answer the quiz on Chapter 5 Due: Homework 2 by 10pm Released: Homework 3
14 September Topic: Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 5	Lab Lab: User Defined Classes, Objects (Animal class), Driver [ materials ]	17 September Topic: Arrays and Arrays of Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 7 Optional: watch this, this, and this video Answer the quiz on Chapter 7 Due: Homework 3 by 10pm Released: Homework 4
21 September Topic: Arrays and Arrays of Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 7	Lab Lab: Arrays and Arrays of Objects (Zoo of Animals) [ materials ]	24 September Topic: Inheritance [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 8 Optional: watch this video Answer the quiz on Chapter 8 Due: Homework 4 by 10pm Released: Homework 5 (in pairs)
28 September Topic: Polymorphism [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 9 Answer the quiz on Chapter 9	Lab Lab: Shapes Hierarchy [ materials ]	01 October Exam: Midterm (everything before inheritance) Pre-Class: Review this list of topics Read the sample Midterm instructions Solve these practice problems Compare your solutions with the staff's solutions Prepare a one page (single sided) note sheet you can bring to the exam
05 October Topic: Interfaces + Stacks [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 14.1-14.9 Answer the quiz on Chapter 14	Lab Lab: NO Lab today.	08 October Topic: Stacks [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 14.1-14.9 Due: Homework 5 (in pairs) by 10pm Released: Homework 6
12 October Indigenous Peoples' Day: no classes.	Lab Lab: Stack Implementations. Debugger. [ materials ]	15 October Topic: LinearNodes and Linked Stacks [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 14.10-14.14 Skim the in-class exercise.
19 October Topic: Algorithm Analysis [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 12 Optional: watch this and this video Answer the quiz on Chapter 12	Lab Lab: Using Stacks, LinkedStacks implementation, Algorithmic stuff, Debugger	22 October Topic: Sorting [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 13 Answer the quiz on Chapter 13 Due: Homework 6 by 10pm Released: Homework 7
26 October Topic: Binary Search and Queues [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 15 Answer the quiz on Chapter 15	Lab Lab: Queue Implementations [ materials ]	29 October Topic: Hash Tables [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 20 Answer the quiz on Chapter 20 Due: Homework 7 by 10pm Released: Homework 8 (in pairs)
02 November Topic: Hash Tables [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 20	Lab Lab: Hashing [ materials ]	05 November Topic: Trees [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 16.1-16.3 Answer the quiz on Chapter 16 Due: Homework 8 by 10pm Released: Homework 9
09 November Topic: Trees [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 17. Feel free to skip sections about node removals, and about "rotations." Answer the quiz on Chapter 17	Lab Lab: Decision Trees [ materials ]	12 November Exam: Practice Final (up to and including Hash Tables) Pre-Class: Review this list of topics Solve these practice problems Compare your solutions with the staff's solutions Prepare a one page (single sided) note sheet you can bring to the exam
16 November Topic: Graphs [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 19.1-19.5 Answer the quiz on Chapter 19	Lab Lab: Di Graphs [ materials ]	19 November Topic: Depth First Search [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 19.1-19.5 Due: Homework 9 by 10pm Released: Homework 10 (in pairs)
23 November Topic: Class Cancelled.	Lab Thanksgiving Break: no classes.	26 November Thanksgiving Break: no classes.
30 November Topic: Breadth-First Search [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 19.5	Lab Lab: DFS and BFS or/and work on hw10	03 December Topic: The Ethics of Search Engines [ materials ] Pre-Class: Complete the pre-class work on Gradescope by 7am before class. Due: Homework 10 by 10pm
07 December Topic: Reflection	Lab Lab: Review	10 December Reading Period Begins.
14 December Final Exam Period Begins.	Lab	17 December

Acknowledgements: The schedule design and CSS is based on Fall 2018’s CS240’s schedule.