Office Hours:
        10:30 -11:30 MTuWF
        others by appointment

Text: Guzdial and Ericson, Introduction to Computing & Programming with JAVA: A Multimedia Approach

Class web page: http://phoenix.goucher.edu/~jillz/cs116

Course Description and Goals:
We will study programming using the language JAVA. Multimedia applications will be used to motivate the programming concepts.
We will cover chapters 1-12 in the text with chapter 14 included if time permits.

Course Objectives:

• Learn a high level programming language using the object-oriented programming paradigm.
• Introduction to simple abstractions such as conditionals and iteration and class encapsulation.
• Extrapolate and apply knowledge to new situations by completing small to moderate sized programming projects.
• Write clear, well documented code.

Course Mechanics:
Students will be expected to read the material in the textbook prior to class and most of class time will be spent on activities designed to bring understanding through exploration. Labs will be given for each chapter in the book. Much of the lab work will be done in class.

You are expected to attend class and to arrive on time. 

Lab work will not be accepted late and must be an individual effort. (See the Honor code for definition and disposition of academic dishonesty.)

Short (10-15 minute) quizzes will be given about every other week. The lowest quiz score will be dropped and no make-ups will be given.

Grading:
Your course grade will be based on the following:
        Quizzes 10%
        2 Exams (15% each) 30%
        Comprehensive Final 20%
        Labs 40%