CSE1020

• Bil Tzerpos
  • Office: Computer Science and Engineering Building, Room 3024
  • Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:30 - 12:30
  • Email: bil@cse.yorku.ca

• Steven Castellucci
  • Office hours: TBA
• Ahmed Sabbir Arif
  • Office hours: TBA

Students are welcome to come to the instructors' and TAs' office hours to ask questions about the lecture material or other aspects of the course.

H. Roumani. Java by Abstraction: A Client-View Approach. Second edition. Pearson Addison Wesley, Toronto. 2008.

This is available in the York University Book Store in York Lanes.

If you have the first edition of this textbook, it is reasonable to use it for the course. The difference from the first edition to the second edition is that the errata have been fixed. A list of errata can be found here, and another list can be found here.

Note: If you are using the first edition, you should download the software from the second edition. This can be found on the textbook webpage.

The lectures consist of presentation and discussion of the course material. One chapter from the textbook is covered each week. Students are encouraged to read the current week's textbook chapter prior to attending the lecture. See the calendar for details.

Every chapter in the textbook contains a “lab”. Students are encouraged to follow the steps in these labs, as they are very helpful for understanding the course material. It is especially important to do so in the first weeks of the course. Labs are optional and are not marked.

These are twelve weekly programming exercises that must be completed and submitted electronically. (Okay, there is a thirteenth one that is not part of the marks, eCheck #0. But that one is quite simple and is for introductory purposes only.)

Students receive instant feedback whether their solution passed all the tests. Each eCheck is graded on a pass-fail basis (so all or nothing), and must be completed within a week. The deadline for all eChecks is Monday morning at 9am. See the calendar for details.

To learn how to submit eChecks electronically, do the initial self-paced labs of the textbook consulting the Guided Tour for CSE1020 students. The URL of the eCheck server (which you need in order to submit electronically from home) can be found in the guided tour.

Students are expected to adhere to the coding style that is given in Appendix C of the textbook.

There are two lab tests in this course (dates TBA). These are programming tests conducted in your normal lab session.

The lab tests are open book, which means that you are allowed to have the textbook with you, but nothing else.

There are also two written tests (midterms) (dates TBA). They will take place during the normal lecture time.

The final exam consists of two components: a written test, and a lab test. Scheduling for the final exam will be determined by the registrar's office later in the term.

The questions of the written part will focus on concepts, not on writing code. The lab test will obviously test you on writing code.

The weight distribution of the course components is as follows:

• 12% : eChecks (1% each)
• 13% : Lab test #1
• 13% : Lab test #2
• 13% : Written test #1
• 13% : Written test #2
• 36% : Final exam