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
• Ron Tal
• Anthony Calce

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

H. Roumani. Java by Abstraction: A Client-View Approach. Third edition. Pearson Addison Wesley, Toronto. 2010.

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

A copy of the textbook is on reserve at the Steacie 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.

Note: If you are using older editions, you should still download the latest software from here.

The lectures consist of presentation and discussion of the course material. One chapter from the textbook is covered each week starting with the Wednesday lecture. Students are encouraged to read the current week's textbook chapter prior to attending the lecture. Material developed during the lectures can be accessed by clicking on Lectures on the sidebar.

The Friday lab session will be used for several purposes including getting you started, running lab tests, and providing help on eChecks. To see the exact schedule, click on Labs on the sidebar.

These are twelve weekly programming assignments that must be completed and submitted electronically. The eCheck exercises can be found at the end of each chapter in your textbook. For the first 7 weeks, you may choose one eCheck exercise to submit. For the remainder of the course, the eChecks to work on will be specified by the instructor.

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 at midnight.

To learn how to submit eChecks electronically, do the initial self-paced labs of the textbook consulting the Guided Tour for CSE 1020 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. They are both open book, which means that you are allowed to have the textbook with you, but nothing else. For details on these tests, click on Labs on the sidebar.

There is also one written test that will take place during the normal lecture time (also open book). See Important Dates for the date.

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:

• 17% : eChecks (1% each for the first 7 weeks, 2% each thereafter)
• 15% : Lab test #1 (10% on Week 4 + 5% on Week 5)
• 15% : Lab test #2 (Week 7)
• 15% : Written test (Monday, March 14)
• 38% : Final exam (19% lab test + 19% written test)

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. However, the textbook labs are optional and are not marked.