Classroom:	MWF: 11:10a-11:00a, MCRey 315
Web page	www.cburch.com/cs/151/
Instructor:	Dr. Carl Burch
E-mail:
Telephone:	450-1377 (office); 548-0036 (home)
Office:	MCRey 310
Office hours:	T 2:40-3:30, RF 10:10-11:00, R 3:40-4:30 drop-ins, appointments always welcome
Tutor hours:	M 6-8 Katie Wright T 6-8 Don Bennett W 6-8 Don Bennett R 6-8 Katie Wright

Useful links

Data & Procedure textbook
Getting started with Eclipse
Java API (alternate site)
Sauron submission system (instructions)

Schedule

The assignment of topics to days will change as the class progresses.

Textbook references are on the right, prefaced by a section symbol §.

Wed 27 Aug	Java review: Class elements §9.1
Fri 29 Aug	two-dimensional arrays ADTs §1.1 using the List ADT §1.2.0–1.2.3
1 Sep	Labor Day - no class
Wed 3 Sep	wrapper types §1.2.2 implementing ArrayList §1.2.4
Fri 5 Sep	implementing ArrayList §1.2.4 recursion §2.1 Assn 1 due
Mon 8 Sep	exceptions: try & catch linked lists: Introduction §2.2.0
Wed 10 Sep	implementing LinkedList §2.2.1 Quiz 1
Fri 12 Sep	implementing LinkedList, cont'd §2.2.1 comparison with ArrayList §2.2.4 Assn 2 due
Mon 15 Sep	iterators §2.2.3 for-each loops
Wed 17 Sep	invariants §3.1 exponentation algorithms §3.3
Fri 19 Sep	search algorithms §3.2 data invariants §3.4 Assn 3 due
Mon 22 Sep	big O: introduction §4.0–4.1.1
Wed 24 Sep	Exam 1
Fri 26 Sep	exam portmortem big O: examples §4.1.2 Assn 4 due
Mon 29 Sep	big O: examples §4.1.2 simple sorting §4.2.1
Wed 1 Oct	mergesort §4.2.2 quicksort §4.2.3
Fri 3 Oct	prime counting §4.3 space efficiency §4.4 Assn 5 due
Mon 6 Oct	tree introduction §5.0–5.1.3
Wed 8 Oct	tree traversals §5.1.4 Quiz 2
Fri 10 Oct	binary search trees §5.2–5.2.1 Assn 6 due
Mon 13 Oct	implementing TreeSet §5.2.2
Wed 15 Oct	red-black trees §5.3 Map ADT §6.1
16-19 Oct	Fall break - no class
Mon 20 Oct	hash tables §6.2
Wed 22 Oct	hash table performance §6.2.3 Quiz 3
Fri 24 Oct	hash functions §6.3 stack introduction §7.1.0–7.1.1 evaluating postfix expressions §7.1.3 Assn 7 due
Mon 27 Oct	converting recursion to stacks (PDF handout)
Wed 29 Oct	tree iterator §7.1.4 queues §7.2.0 level-order traversal §7.2.2
Fri 31 Oct	queue implementations §7.2.1 priority queues §8.0–8.1 Assn 8 due
Mon 3 Nov	Swing GUIs (reading)
Wed 5 Nov	Exam 2
Fri 7 Nov	Swing components (§examples) inner classes Assn 9 due
Mon 10 Nov	nested classes packages and protection levels
Wed 12 Nov	heaps §8.2 Project ideas due
Fri 14 Nov	priority queue sorts §8.3 Assn 10 due
Mon 17 Nov	no class
Wed 19 Nov	heapsort code §8.3 Project design due Quiz 4
Fri 21 Nov	Dijkstra's algorithm §8.4 Assn 11 due
Mon 24 Nov	A* algorithm §8.4
26-30 Nov	Thanksgiving break - no classes
Mon 1 Dec	regular expressions
Wed 3 Dec	no class Project progress report
Fri 5 Dec	finite automata
Mon 8 Dec	finite automata, cont'd
Tue 9 Dec	Project demos
Mon 15 Dec	Final, 9:00am
18 Dec-11 Jan	Winter break