COMS W1007: Object Oriented Programming and Design in Java

General Information

Time: Monday and Wednesdays, 11 AM - 12:15 PM
Location: 173 Macy, Teacher's College. Map.
Instructor: Bert Huang. Office hours Wednesday 2-4 PM, CEPSR 624 (or by appointment)
TA: John Graham jwg2116 Office hours Sunday 1-3 PM, TA Room. Map.
TA: Lauren Pully lep2128, Office hours Friday 11 AM - 1 PM, TA Room
TA: Yipeng Huang, yh2315, Office hours Wednesday 4-6 PM, TA Room
Courseworks site (message board etc.): http://courseworks.columbia.edu/
Course Homepage (this page): http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~bert/courses/1007/

Description

From the university bulletin: The second course for majors in computer science. A rigorous treatment of object-oriented concepts using Java as an example language. Development of sound programming and design skills, problem solving and modeling of real world problems from science, engineering, and economics using the object-oriented paradigm.

Requirements/Prerequisites

• COMS W1004: Introduction To Computer Science And Programming In Java, or AP Computer Science with a grade of 4 or 5.
• CUNIX account (all registered students should have this automatically)

Textbook

• Object Oriented Design and Patterns by Cay Horstmann. ISBN: 0-471-74487-5
  Author's page (includes errata, downloadable copies of the code examples):
  http://www.horstmann.com/design_and_patterns.html
  The publisher, Wiley, keeps a student companion site including solutions to half of the exercises in the book:
  http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=0471744875&bcsId=2561
• Additional reading may be assigned via in-class handouts on the website.

Topics

(This list is not in any particular order, nor is it comprehensive. It should however provide an idea of what the course will cover.)

• Programming style
• Classes and methods
• UML diagrams
• Programming by contract: preconditions, postconditions and invariants
• Designing interfaces
• Polymorphism
• Encapsulation
• Inheritance
• Design patterns
• Frameworks
• Java graphics and user interface programming
• Multithreading

Course Policies

Grading

The course will have five homework assignments distributed throughout the semester. Each will be a combination of programming problems and written problems.

There will be a midterm exam and a final exam. Both will be closed book and closed notes.

The final grade will be a weighted sum of the following:

• 50% Homework
• 20% Midterm Exam
• 30% Final Exam

Late Homework Policy

Homework that is submitted late without permission will be penalized according to the following formula:
(Penalized score) = (Your raw score) * (1-0.1*(# of days past deadline))
For example, if your raw score is 10 points and you submit two days late, your penalized score will be 10*(1-(1-0.1*2)) = 10*(1-0.2) = 8.

This formula will apply for up to three days, after which, the homework will not be accepted and will receive a grade of zero. Avoid invoking these penalities by starting early and seeking extra help.

Academic Honesty

Read through the department's policies on academic honesty, located at http://www.cs.columbia.edu/education/honesty/, especially the section on procedures and penalties. In this course all work is to be done individually. Note that academic dishonesty is extraordinarily easy to catch in computer science.

Schedule of classes (tentative)

Click here for the slides directory. And click here for some example code.