December 18, 2005

Brief information about FINAL EXAM

Grades for Programming Assignments 3&4 and 5 are available

Instructor:

Schedule:

Course information:

Syllabus (including tentative schedule)

Study of advanced programming topics with logical structures of data, their physical representation, design and analysis of computer algorithms operating on the structures, and techniques for program development and debugging. Course covers program specifications, correctness and efficiency, data abstraction, basic aspects of simple data structures, internal searching and sorting, recursion and string processing. Algorithmic analysis is also discussed.

Programming language used for the course is Java.

Prerequisite:    CIS 113 or completion of a required 100 level GUR course in CIS, plus an approved CIS 105

• Contact the instructor immediately if you didn't take any of these courses.

• Additionally, students must be able to program in Java and to understand well programs written in this languages.

Textbook:

• Frank M. Carrano and Janet J. Prichard »Data Abstraction and Problem Solving with Java« , 2004.

Grading and Policies:

• Grading will be based on programming assignments, lab performance, 2 midterms and a final exam.

• Programming Assignments:
  • There will be 5 programming assignments announced during the semester and posted on the course website. They will occur approximately every three weeks.
  • These programming assignments are in addition to those made in the lab section of this course. You must do both sets of assignments.

• Lab Section:
  • Every CIS 114 student is required to register for, and attend, one of the available lab sections for this course. Failure to register and meet the attendence requirements of the lab section will result in a failing grade for CIS 114. (This is CS Department policy).

• Exams:
  • All exams (2 midterms and 1 final) will be common to all sections of CIS 114.
  • Tentative dates/times of the midterm exams: 8:30-9:45 am on October 14 and November 11 (Friday).
  • More detailed information about the exams will be posted here in later time.

• Attendance in every lecture is mandatory. If a student is absent from lecture six times, the student's name will be recommended for withdrawal to the Dean of Freshman Studies. Two lates is equivalent to one absence.

• The NJIT Honor Code will be upheld. Any violations will be brought to the immediate attention of the Dean of Students.

Homework Assignments, Programming Assignments, and Exams:

• Homework assignment 1 was due October 4. (Programming assignment is also available in postscript format)
  Solutions should have been submitted per email to czumaj@cis.njit.edu.
• Homework assignment 2 was due October 25.
  Solutions should have been submitted per email to czumaj@cis.njit.edu.
  • To discuss Homework 2 - please contact the TA Xin Wang (Room GITC 4220, email: xw37@oak.njit.edu) during his office hours:
    • 4:00-5:00pm on every Wednesday
• Homework assignment 3&4 was due December 1, 2005.
• Homework assignment 5 was due 11:59pm, Monday, on December 12, 2005 (sharp).
  • Grades are available
  • To discuss grades - please contact the instructor or the TA Xin Wang (Room GITC 4220, email: xw37@oak.njit.edu)
• Final exam will take place on Monday, December 19, 2:30-5:00pm, in room KUPF 107.

  It will cover all material discussed in the class and all related material from the textbook.

Additional materials (handouts, links, slides, etc):

• Slides about linked lists (Power Point slides and Acrobat PDF file)
• Slides about recursion (Sept. 27) (Power Point slides and Acrobat PDF file)
• Midterm I took place on Friday, October 14, 2005, 8:30-9:45, Room KUPF 205.
  • Slides with midterm preview are available (warning: Instructor takes no responsibility for correctness) [slides in PDF]
  • Slides with solutions to problems in Midterm I are available [slides in PDF]
  • Grades after Midterm I (include scores for Homework I) are available. (Reminder: Midterm I was worth 150 points, Homework I was worth 60 points.)
• Midterm II took place on Friday, November 11, 2005, 8:30-9:45, Room KUPF 205.
  • Slides with solutions to problems in Midterm II [slides in PDF]
  • Grades after Midterm II (include scores for Midterm I and Homeworks I/II) are available. (Reminder: Midterm I and II were worth 150 points, Homework I and II were worth 60 points each.)

Java links (no responsibility for their quality):

• Introduction to Programming Using Java by Eck
• Java Quick Reference
• The Java Tutorial
• The Swing Tutorial
• Eclipse

Lab:

Participation in programming laboratory is required for this course. All students MUST register to CIS 114A.