CSE 15: Introduction to Computing
Professor: Glenn David Blank
Phone: 758-4867 E-mail:
glenn dot blank
at lehigh dot edu
Hours: TTh
Prerequisites: none (that=s
right, none!)
Textbook: Glenn D. Blank, Robert F. Barnes and Edwin J. Kay, The
Universal Computer:
A Multimedia Introduction
to Computer Science (McGraw-Hill/Primis, 2003), UC
Glenn D. Blank, A
Multimedia Introduction to C++ (McGraw-Hill/Primis,
2003), C++
David Barnes and Michael Kölling,
Objects First With Java (first chapter), Java
Requirements:
Homework/programming
assignments/project: 45%
6-weeks & final exam: 15%
and 30%
Class
attendance, quizzes and participation (lectures and labs): 10%
Extra
credit in assignments
Date Topic
M 8/25 Objectives; syllabus;
W 8/27 Turing machines, virtual machines Read
UC chapter 1
Lab Introducing the Universal Computer; misconceptions
M 9/1 Bits and bytes Assignment
#1 due 9/1 (UC chapter 1)
W 9/3 Problem solving; Knobby’s World Read
UC chapter 2
Lab Problem solving; Knobby’s World
M 9/8 Programming language syntax, interpreters and compilers Read UC chapter 3
W 9/10 Simple C++ programs Read
C++ chapter 11, sections 1-2
Lab Programming languages, A Taste of C++ (Hello, World) Assignment #2 due 9/8 (UC
chapter 2)
M 9/15 C++ arithmetic, characters, program structure Read C++
chapter 11, sections 3-5
W 9/17 Objects and classes in Java Read Java, chapter 1, sections 1-10
Lab Finish A Taste of C++, Objects and
classes (in Java) Assignment
#3 due 9/19 (UC 3 & C++ 11)
M 9/22 Classes in C++ (Abstract Data Types) Read
C++ chapter 12, sections 1 and 2
W 9/24 LOOKOUT class library Read
C++ chapter 12, section 3
Lab Classes: an outside
look Assignment
#4 due 9/29 (Java 1, C++ 12)
M 9/29 Software life cycle (and review) Read
UC chapter 4, sections 1-2
W 10/1 6-weeks exam, in class UC
chapters 1-4.2, C++ chapters 11-12
Lab Software engineering, pair programming & debugging
M 10/6 Software engineering methodologies Read rest of UC
chapter 4
W 10/8 Boolean expressions and control structures Read C++ chapter 13,
sections 1-3
Lab Loops
M 10/13 No class (Friday
classes meet) Assignment
#5 due 10/16 (UC 4 & C++ 13)
W 10/15 Getting loops right Read
rest of C++ chapter 13
M 10/20 Peeling the onion:
computer architecture Read
UC chapter 5
Lab Architecture; functions control & syntax
W 10/22 Function control,
return types & scope of variables Read
C++ chapter 14, sections 1-4
M 10/27 Parameters and
prototypes Read
rest of C++ chapter 14
Lab Function parameters & prototypes; operating systems Assignment #6 due 10/30 (UC
5 & C++ 14)
W 10/29 Operating
systems Read
UC chapter 6, sections 1-4
M 11/3 Networks and security Read
rest of UC chapter 6
Lab Networks; strings
W 11/5 Strings and subscripts Read
C++ chapter 15, section 1
M 11/10 Arrays Read
rest of C++ chapter 15
Lab Arrays, sorting and searching, algorithms Assignment
#7 due 11/14 (UC
6-7 & C++ 15)
W 11/12 Algorithms Read
UC chapter 7
M 11/17 Implementing classes
(an inside look) Read
UC chapter 16, section 1
Lab Usability and HTML; Classes: an inside look
W 11/19 User interface and
web design Read
UC chapter 8
M 11/24 Social, ethical and
professional issues Read
UC chapter 9
Lab Flash animation and Actionscript;
Social and ethical issues
M 12/1 Artificial intelligence Read
UC chapter 10
W 12/3 Wrap-up and review Assignment
#8 due 12/5 (UC
8-10 & C++ 16)