COM3113 -- Fundamentals of Programming

College of Computer Science -- Northeastern University

Fall Quarter 2002                                                                                                               *  This syllabus is also available in pdf and ps format.

Instructor:

             Jing Shan

             Email: jshan@ccs.neu.edu

             Office: 143 Cullinane Hall

             Office Phone: (617) 373-4605

Class Homepage:

             http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/jshan/com3113/

Class Meeting Time & Place:

             Tuesday 6:00p.m. - 9:00p.m.        104 KA

Course Outline:

Textbook:

             Java 2 A Beginner's Guide By Herbert Schildt
            Osborne/McGraw-Hill
            ISBN:0-07-212742-2

            The source code for all of the examples and projects in this book is available here.

References:

             Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills By Gibas & Jambeck
            O'Reily & Associates, Inc.
            ISBN:1-56592-664-1

            Java for the World Wide Web By Dori Smith
            Peachpit Press
            ISBN:0-201-35340-7

            Source code for this book is available in the web.

Grading:

             Assignments worth 35% of the total grade.

             Midterm worth 25% of the total grade.

             Quizz worth 10% of the total grade.

             final exam worth 30% of the total grade.

           You will have one week to complete each assignment. Assignments that are 1 day late will be subject to a 10% penalty. Solutions will be given in class after the assignment is due. No assignments will be accepted after the solution is given.

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