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CMP 167: Programming Methods I
Lehman College, City University of New York
Spring 2016

General Information

Section:	Class Hours:	Room:	Instructor:	E-mail:	Office:	Office Hours:
CMP 167 82 (72657)	M, W 4:00-5:40 PM	GI-217	Sameh Fakhouri	sameh DOT fakhouri AT lehman DOT cuny DOT edu	GI-102	Mondays & Wednesdays 2:00-4:00 PM

Syllabus:

The syllabus for the course can be found here.

Announcements:

• You will need to use your Blackboard account to turn in assignments. If you are unfamiliar with Blackboard or need help accessing your account, there is extra help available during the first two weeks of classes at the Computer Center.

Email: I will be communicating with you on a regular basis throughout the semester using your Lehman College email address. You must check that email address on a regular basis. There will be no acceptable excuse for missing an email announcement.

Schedule:

Date	Handouts	Topics
January 28	Last Day To Drop With 100% Tuition Refund
January 29	Classes Begin
Week 1 February 1 - February 7	Syllabus Participation and Challenge Activity 1	Academic Integrity Code Section 1.1 - Programming Section 1.2 - A First Program Section 1.3 - Basic Output Section 1.4 - Basic Input Section 1.5 - Comments and Whitespace
February 4	Last Day To Drop With 75% Tuition Refund
February 7	Participation and Challenge Activity 1 Deadline
Week 2 February 8 - February 14	Participation and Challenge Activity 2 Homework 1	Section 1.4 - Currency Converter 1 Section 1.6 - Errors and Warnings Section 1.7 - Computers and Programs Section 1.8 - Computer Tour Section 1.9 - Language History Section 1.10 - Problem Solving Section 1.11 - Java Example: Salary Calculation Section 1.12 - Java Example: Married Couple Names
February 9	Classes Follow A Friday Schedule
February 11	Last Day To Drop With 50% Tuition Refund
Week 3 February 15 - February 21	Participation and Challenge Activity 3 Homework 2	Section 2.1 - Variables (int) Section 2.2 - Assignments Section 2.3 - Identifiers Section 2.4 - Arithmetic Expressions (int) Section 2.5 - Floating Point Numbers (double) Section 2.6 - Constant Variables
February 15	President's Day - College Closed
February 16	Participation and Challenge Activity 2 Deadline Homework 1 Deadline
February 18	Last Day To Drop With 25% Tuition Refund Last Day To Drop Without The Grade Of "W"
Week 4 February 22 - February 28	Participation and Challenge Activity 4 Homework 3	Section 2.7 - Math Methods Section 2.8 - Type Conversion Section 2.9 - Binary Section 2.10 - Characters Section 2.11 - String Basics Section 2.12 - Integer Overflow Section 2.13 - Numeric Data Types Section 2.14 - Random Numbers Section 2.15 - Reading API Documentation Section 2.16 - Debugging Section 2.17 - Style Guidelines Section 2.18 - Java Example: Salary Calculation With Variables Section 2.19 - Java Example: Married-Couple Names With Variables
February 24	Participation and Challenge Activity 3 Deadline Homework 2 Deadline
Week 5 February 29 - March 6	Participation and Challenge Activity 5 Homework 4	Section 3.1 - if-else Section 3.2 - Relational / Equality Operators Section 3.3 - Multiple if-else Branches Section 3.4 - Logical Operators Section 3.5 - Switch Statements Section 3.6 - Boolean Data Types Section 3.7 - String Comparisons
March 3	Participation and Challenge Activity 4 Deadline Homework 3 Deadline
Week 6 March 7 - March 13		Section 3.8 - String Access Operations Section 3.9 - String Modify Operations Section 3.10 - Character Operations Section 3.11 - Conditional Expressions Section 3.12 - Floating Point Comparison Section 3.13 - Java Example: Salary Calculation with Branches Section 3.14 - Java Example: Search for Name Using Branches
March 9	Participation and Challenge Activity 5 Deadline Homework 4 Deadline
Week 7 March 14 - March 20	Exam 1 Review & Exam 1
March 14	Exam 1 Review
March 14	Last Day To Apply for May 2016 Graduation
March 16	Exam 1
Week 8 March 21 - March 27	Participation and Challenge Activity 6 Homework 5	Introduction To Eclipse
March 23	Classes Follow A Friday Schedule
Week 9 March 28 - April 3	Participation and Challenge Activity 7 Homework 6	Section 4.1 - Loops Section 4.2 - While Loops Section 4.3 - More While Loops Section 4.4 - Counting Section 4.5 - For Loops
March 30	Participation and Challenge Activity 6 Deadline
April 3	Homework 5 Deadline
Week 10 April 4 - April 10	Participation and Challenge Activity 8 Homework 7	Section 4.6 - Nested Loops Section 4.7 - Incremental Programming Section 4.8 - Break and Continue Section 4.9 - Enumerations Section 4.10 - Java Example: Salary Calculation With Loops Section 4.11 - Java Example: Domain Name Validation With Loops
April 6	Participation and Challenge Activity 7 Deadline
April 10	Homework 6 Deadline
Week 11 April 11 - April 17	Participation and Challenge Activity 9 Homework 8	Section 5.1 - Array Concept Section 5.2 - Arrays Section 5.3 - Array Iteration Drill Section 5.4 - Iterating Through Arrays
April 11	Deadline To Withdraw With A Grade Of "W"
April 17	Participation and Challenge Activity 8 Deadline
April 17	Homework 7 Deadline
Week 12 April 18 - April 24	Exam 2 Review & Exam 2
April 18	Exam 2 Review
April 20	Exam 2
April 22 - April 24	Spring Recess (Part I)
Week 13 April 25 - May 1	Spring Recess (Part II)
April 25 - May 1	Spring Recess (Part II)
Week 14 May 2 - May 8	Participation and Challenge Activity 10 Homework 9	Section 6.1 - User-Defined Method Basics Section 6.2 - Parameters Section 6.3 - Return Section 6.4 - Reasons For Defining Methods Section 6.5 - Methods With Branches/Loops Section 6.6 - Unit Testing (methods)
May 8	Participation and Challenge Activity 9 Deadline
May 8	Homework 8 Deadline
Week 15 May 9 - May 15		Section 5.5 - Multiple Arrays Section 5.6 - Swapping Two Variables Section 5.7 - Loop-Modifying Copying/Comparing Arrays Section 5.8 - Debug: Array Reverse Section 5.9 - Two-Dimensional Arrays Section 5.10 - Java Example: Salary Calculation With Arrays Section 5.11 - Java Example: Domain Names With Arrays Section 6.7 - How Methods Work Section 6.8 - Methods: Common Errors Section 6.9 - Array Parameters
May 15	Participation and Challenge Activity 10 Deadline
May 15	Homework 9 Deadline
Week 16 May 16 - May 22	Final Exam Review
May 18	Final Exam Review
May 18	Last Day of Classes
May 23	Final Exam	Final Exam Information

(This page last updated on 30 January 2016)