Course Syllabus
Lectures
Time: |
Mondays, 10:00-13:00 |
Location: |
S235 Schulich |
Instructor: |
Franck van Breugel |
Office Hours: |
Mondays, or by appointment |
Description
This course introduces object-oriented programming and the basic principles
of software development to non-CSE students already familiar with programming.
Note: this course cannot be used to satisfy the course requirements of a
Computer Science and Engineering MSc or PhD program.
Required Textbook
Hamzeh Roumani.
Java By Abstraction: A Client-View Approach.
Third edition, 2010. Pearson Learning Solutions.
A copy of the textbook is on reserve at the Stacie Science Library.
Students can also use the second or first edition.
Errata for the second and first edition can be found
here and
here, respectively.
Evaluation
11 programming exercises: |
6% each |
project report and code: |
34% |
Students may view their grades using the ePost
system. All grades distributed via ePost are unofficial and are subject to
review by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
A student's final grade will be expressed as a letter grade. Conversion from
numeric to letter grade is applied to the overall mark only, using the
following standard:
F |
C |
B |
B+ |
A- |
A |
A+ |
<60 |
>60 |
>70 |
>75 |
>80 |
>85 |
>90 |
Click here
for further details on the grading schemes.
Project
The aim of the project is to write a non-trivial application related to
financial engineering. Besides the documented Java code, you are also
expected to hand in a report. Guidelines for writing your report can be found
here.
In your report you need not include a "Programmer's Guide" section (since your
code is, of course, well-documented).
Projects can either be done alone or in a group of two (groups larger
than two are not allowed). Research has shown that groups of two are often
ideal for programming projects like this one.
By February 18, each group is expected to email the instructor
- a list with the names of the members of the group,
- a description of the project (you are suggested to provide a number
of milestones ranging from objectives that are easily accomplishable to
more challenging objectives), and
- a list of Java packages to be used in the project, including the URL
where the package can be found.
Some packages can be found here.
The project is due on April 15. Email the instructor
- your report,
- your application, and
- the Java code you used to test your application.
A sample of a project proposal and
a sample of a project report have
been posted. These are samples. They are not perfect, but are
of very good quality.
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