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Course Information

Lecture Location	AQ 3182
Lecture Times	Mondays 17:30-20:20 (5:30PM-8:20PM)
Office Hours	Wednesdays 17:30-19:30 (5:30PM-7:30PM)
Office Location	ASB 10867
Teaching Assistant	Anthony Tung Benjamin Lewis
TA Office Hours	in ASB 9943 (as demand warrants it)
Final Exam	Wed Apr 14, 19:00-22:00
See also the CS Department Outline.

Some of the above information is subject to change.

Grading
Marks for the course are broken down as follows:

Assignments 30%
Midterm 20%
Final 50%

Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C or better).

Student Conduct

Students are expected to behave according to SFU's Code of Student Conduct, including the department's own policy of Academic Honesty

All students should be familiar and understand all of the department's Policies, including those concerning grading and academic dishonesty.

Student Requirements
- Course Prerequisites: must have a passing grade in CMPT 201.
  CMPT 212 is strongly recommended.
  The course quickly covers many object-oriented programming concepts, so students would benefit from having prior object-oriented programming experience. However CMPT 212 is not required: being computing majors, students will be expected to be able to read and cover necessary details of Java and object-oriented programming that are not explicitly covered in class.
- Home Computer Requirements:
  There are no lab resources given to the course.
  Many Java resources are available from the Internet and World-Wide-Web so having convenient access to these may be required.
  In order to do assignments students will need access to a computer with the appropriate Java development tools.There are several types of Java development tools and resources, and several versions of these Java resource. Students must ensure they have access to at least the basic development requirements. These include, but are not limited to:
  1. Java runtime environment. This should be equivalent to Sun's JDK 1.1.6 or newer (for running Java programs) in addition to the AppletViewer (for running applets). Sun's Java Platform 1.2 is a preferred implementation.
  2. A Java-enabled browser such as Netscape version 4. It is best if the browser supports JDK 1.1 (Netscape versions 4.06 and above have it built in, other support may be in the form of plugins).
  3. Development resources. This includes a program text or program editor. Several excellent ones are freely available for almost any platform (e.g. Emacs).
  4. A bean composition editor. Sun's BDK1.0 is sufficient, but is difficult to work with.
  All of these can be obtained free of charge through the Internet. Good places to start looking include the course's web resources page, as well as Sun's Java pages.
  If you're going to do any development of Java, it would be worthwhile to know about the different Java implementations and platform availability, so even if you already have your favourite environment set up, you may want to browse through the descriptions of the various implementations that are available.

Course References

Required Text	"Thinking in Java", Bruce Eckel, Prentice Hall, 1996. Official online version
	Note: Depending upon your preferences and experience with Java and object-oriented programming, you find that having the text online is good enough and may not need to purchase the text.
Recommended	"Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software", Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides, Addison-Wesley, 1995. AW Entry Amazon.COM Entry SFU Library
	Note: This is quite a popular text for object-oriented designers and has the nickname of the "Gang of Four" book (GoF). There is enough design pattern material available for the course without buying this book. For instance, the "Thinking in Java" book in Chapter 16 covers design patterns and there is much online information. However you may find it beneficial in general to get this recommended text. It appears almost never to be in the library---I apparently cannot put a copy of it on reserve.
References	"The Java Programming Language", 2nd ed., Ken Arnold and James Gosling, Addison-Wesley, 1998. "Core Java", 2nd ed, Gary Cornell and Cay S. Horstmann, Prentice-Hall, 1997. "Java Language Reference", 2nd ed., Mark Grand, O'Reilly, 1997
	Note: These are additional reference works. Essentially all information you require about the Java language and its libraries is available in online, however many of these books have added values that may make them worthwhile for you to purchase. For instance, some may package the information better, some may explain concepts better, and also simply having a printed version is sometimes more convenient.

Assignments	30%
Midterm	20%
Final	50%

Course Information

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Student Conduct

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