CSE 10+13/14: Introduction to Computing
Professor: Glenn David Blank Phone:
758-4867 Office:
328 Packard Lab
Hours: TWTh
Prerequisites: none (that=s
right, none!)
Textbooks: Glenn D. Blank, Robert F. Barnes and Edwin J. Kay, The
Universal Computer:
A Multimedia Introduction
to Computer Science, 2002, available only from Prof. Blank.
David Barnes and Michael
Kölling, Objects First With Java:
A Practical
Introduction Using BlueJ, 2002 (first five chapters), from Prof. Blank.
Requirements:
Homework/programming
assignments: 45%
6-weeks & final exam: 15%
and 30%
Class
attendance, quizzes and participation (lectures and labs): 10%
Note: all students in CSE10 must also be enrolled in a
multimedia laboratory, either CSE13 or CSE14.
Date Topic
Tu 8/27 Objectives; syllabus. What is computing?
Lab Introducing the Universal Machine; DOS,
ftp Introducing
… the Universal Machine
Th 8/29 Turing machines, virtual machines
The Universal Computer (UC) chapter 1
Tu 9/2 Problem solving
UC chapter 2
Lab Problem solving; Knobby's World #1 due 9/3: UC
chapter 1
Th 9/4 Problem solving; Knobby's World programming #2
due 9/8: UC chapter 2
Tu 9/9 Programming languages and their translators UC
chapter 3
Lab Objects and classes with BlueJ Objects
First With Java (OF) chapter 1
Th 9/11 Programming languages #3
due 9/15: OF chapter 1
Tu 9/17 What is in an object? (state, instance
variables)
Lab Programming languages and their translators
Th 9/19 Understanding classes OF
chapter 2
Tu 9/24 Simple Java applications UC
chapter A.1-A.3
Lab A Taste of Java #4
due 9/27: OF chap 2, UC chap 3
Th 9/26 Review and continue chapter A UC
chapter A.4-A.5
Tu 10/1 6-weeks
exam, in class (416PL) UC
chapters 1-3, A.1-A.5, OF chapters 1-2
Lab
Java arithmetic and character manipulation UC
chapter A.6-A.9, A.11
Tu 10/8 The software development life cycle UC
chapter 4
Th 10/10 Testing and
debugging; extreme programming OF
chapter 3.12
Lab Software engineering
Tu 10/15 Abstraction and object interaction OF
chapter 3
Th 10/17 Peeling the onion: computer architecture UC
chapter 5
Lab Computer
architecture #5
due 10/18: UC chap A and 4, OF chap 3
Tu 10/22 Control structures: boolean expressions UC
chapter B.1-B.2
Th 10/24 Control structures: loops UC
chapter B.3-B.6 (B.7 optional)
Lab Boolean expressions;
loops
Tu 10/29 Collections OF
chapter 4
Th 10/31 Arrays UC
chapter C
Lab CSc13:
Applets; CSc14: Strings and Arrays #6
due 10/31: UC chaps 5 and B
Tu 11/5
Searching and sorting UC
chapter 6.1
Th 11/7
Analysis of algorithms UC
chapter 6.2
Lab Operating systems and
networks
Tu 11/12 Operating systems UC
chapter 7
Th 11/14 Java libraries, documentation and interfaces OF
chapter 5
Lab
CSc13: Usability design; CSc14: C++ #7 due 11/15: UC
chap C,6-7, OF chap 4
Tu 11/19 Usability and web page design
Th 11/21 A Taste of C++ Universal
Machine C++ chapters available
Lab Social and ethical
issues
Tu 11/26 Social and ethical issues UC
chapter 8
Tu 12/3
Artificial Intelligence UC
chapter 9
Lab Artificial
Intelligence
Th 12/5 Wrap-up and review #8 due 12/6: UC chap 8-91, OF chap 5