Computer Science 2

Before Class:
Course Guide (Extended Syllabus)
Register for CSAwesome Textbook (Course Name: columbusstateuniversity_cpsc1302_fall2025)
Register for Java, Java, Java Textbook (Course Name: columbusstateuniversity_cpsc1302_fall2025b)
Sections 1.1.4 - 1.1.5 (Sections 1.1.6 - 1.1.7 are optional)
Chapter 0: Computers, Objects, and Java in Java, Java, Java (12 pages) (Optional but helpful)
Sections 1.1 - 1.2 in Java, Java, Java (2 pages)
Programming Languages (4:34)
Object-Oriented Programming (9:25)
Make a copy of Module 1 Exercises Worksheet

Class:
Introductions
Course Guide (Extended Syllabus)

Lab:
Register for textbooks (see links in Before Class)
Make a copy of Module 1 Exercises Worksheet
Questions?

Before Class:
Welcome and Course Guide Quiz (in CougarVIEW, 3 attempts allowed)
Programming Languages & Object-Oriented Programming Quiz (in CougarVIEW)
Sections 1.2 - 1.3
(Optional) Sections 1.3 - 1.5 (23 pages)
Sections 1.6 - 1.7 (6 pages)
Programming Syntax, Programming Errors and Problem Solving (4:58)
Hello, world (Java) (5:45)
Hello, world (BlueJ) (2:34)
The Java™ Tutorials

• Has OS-specific instructions to write and compile Hello, world program (including NetBeans, Window and Mac)
• Has detailed instructions about each line of a Hello, world program
• Has OS-specific troubleshooting for common errors (e.g., javac not found)

Class:
Reviewing Past Quizzes (Questions and Scores available after Quiz end date)
Software Engineering Life Cycle Exercise
hello, world (exercises, HelloWorld.java)
Editing, Compiling, and Running Java Programs (exercises)

Lab:
Project 1: Hello, world Introduction
Download and install an IDE (for example, BlueJ, Visual Studio Code)
Hello World

Deadline for full refund

Before Class:
Sections 1.4 - 1.7
Sections 1.8 - 1.10 (recommended, but optional)
(Optional) Section 5.5 (11 pages)
Java Language Elements Quiz

Class:
System and PrintStream (exercises)
System.out and System.err
Java Language Elements Exercises

Lab:
Complete your codePost.io Registration
Java Language Elements codePost Practice Assignments
Work on Project 1: Hello, world

Class:
Java Language Elements Exercises

Lab:
Java Language Elements codePost Practice Assignments
Work on Project 1: Hello, world (if not already turned in)

Due:
Get to Know Each Other Discussion (in CougarVIEW, Assessment menu, then Discussions)
Project 1: Hello, world (Submit HelloWorld.java to codePost and rubric to CougarVIEW)

Internship Workshop 1-1:30 pm, Schuster Student Success Center, Rm. 208 (Virtual Option available) Register here, Flyer

Before Class:
Sections 2.1 - 2.6 and 2.9 - 2.15
(Optional) Chapter 2: Objects: Using, Creating, and Defining (30 pages) (can skip Section 2.3)
Java Strings Intro (10:41)
Java Strings Introduction Quiz
Java Classes Introduction (9:00)
Java's SE API Quiz
Make a copy of Module 2 Exercises Worksheet

Class:
Using Objects
Java's String Class (exercises)

• equals method (instead of == for Strings)

Java Classes Introduction (exercises)

Lab:
Java Language Elements codePost Practice Assignments

Before Class:
Java Scanner Objects Introduction (13:06)
Java Scanner Class Quiz

Class:
Project 1 Feedback
Scanner Objects (exercise)
Scanner.nextLine() verses Scanner.next()

Lab:
Scanner codePost Practice Assignments

Due:
Java API Discussion
Java Language Elements codePost Practice Assignments

Turner College Welcome Back Event Noon - 2:00 PM (SCCT 2nd Floor Lobby)

Before Class:
Sections 5.3 - 5.6
(Optional) Sections 3.4 - 3.5 (Retrieving Information from an Object - Passing a Value and Passing a Reference) (7 pages)
Methods Continued (15:42)
Methods Continued Quiz
Getters and Setters Quiz
Skim Minecraft examples: Suggestion.java, StringReader.java

Class:
Writing Classes (exercises, SimpleBankAccount.java, Transactions.java)
Methods (exercises)

• Private Helpers

Lab:
Writing Classes codePost Practice Assignments

Before Class:
Sections 5.7 - 5.11
Method Name Overloading (6:00)
Method Name Overloading Quiz
static Variables and Methods (9:33)
static Quiz

Class:
Writing Classes & Methods
Method Name Overloading (exercises)
static Exercises (exercises)

Lab:
Writing Classes codePost Practice Assignments
Project 2 Demo
Work on Project 2

Due:
Scanner codePost Practice Assignments

Labor Day (no class)

Internship Workshop 1-1:30 pm, Schuster Student Success Center, Rm. 208 (Virtual Option available) Register here, Flyer

Before Class:
Calling Methods (12:45)
Lifetime and Scope (6:33)
Calling Methods, Lifetime and Scope Quiz
this (Java Keyword) (4:25)
this Quiz

Class:
Passing Arguments to a Method (exercises)
Method Calls & Stack Frames (exercises)
Scope (exercises)
this (keyword) (exercises)

Lab:
Writing Classes codePost Practice Assignments
Work on Project 2

Before Class:
if-else Exercises (2:25)
while Statements Exercises (15:05)
Sections 3.1 - 3.4
(Optional) Sections 3.6 - 3.10 (Flow of Control: Control Structures - Object-Oriented Design: Inheritance and Polymorphism) (17 pages)
Java if-else Statements (3:24)
Java while Statements (3:09)
if-else and while Quiz

Class:
if-else Statements Exercises (exercises)
while Statements Exercises (exercises)

Lab:
Work on Project 2

Due:
Writing Classes codePost Practice Assignments
Project 2 (Submit .java files to codePost and rubric to CougarVIEW)

Before Class:
Section 5.3
Appendix A: Coding Conventions (9 pages)
Javadocs (7:54)
assert Operator (9:57)
Debugging and Testing (7:54)
Debugging with BlueJ (6:42)
Javadocs Quiz
assert Quiz
Debugging and Testing Quiz
Make a copy of Module 3 Exercises Worksheet

Class:
while Statements Exercises (exercises)
Javadocs (exercises)
assert (exercises)

Lab:
Javadocs codePost Practice Assignments

Before Class:
Section 2.8 Wrapper Classes - Integer and Double
Sections 4.1 - 4.3 (11 pages)
Section 4.4.2 (just the first 4 paragraphs (until 'Top-level containers')) (1 page)
Section 4.5 (Can skip Section 4.5.2) (4 pages)
Primitive Wrapper Classes (1 of 2) (4:46)
Primitive Wrapper Classes (2 of 2) (12:14)
Primitive Wrapper Classes Quiz

Class:
Ask a CS Tutor a Question Quiz Introduction (Visit with a CS tutor (with an appointment or walk-in), then take the Quiz in CougarVIEW)
Debugging and Testing (exercises)
User Interfaces (exercises)
Primitive Wrapper Classes (exercises)

Lab:
Live debugging demo
Debug your last Java project in your IDE
Javadocs codePost Practice Assignments

Due:
Javadocs codePost Practice Assignments
Project 2 Exam

Before Class:
(Review) Sections 1.3, 1.4 and 1.6
Sections 3.5 - 3.12
(Optional) Chapter 5: Java Data and Operators (41 pages)
Java Language Pre Quiz
Chapter 4: Iteration (Loops)
(Optional) Section 6.1: Introduction
(Optional) Section 6.6: Conditional Loops
Make a copy of Module 4 Exercises Worksheet
Project 3 (due later)
Java for Loops (8:29)
(Optional) Section 6.3: Counting Loops
Java Language Post Quiz
Java Structures Pre Quiz

Class:
Primitive Wrapper Classes (exercises)
Data types and operators (exercises)
Short-Circuit Evaluation (exercises)
Rounding (exercises)
while Loops (part 2) (exercises)
for Loops (exercises)
Java Structures (continued)

Lab:
Project 3 Demo
Loops codePost Practice Assignments
Work on Project 3

Before Class:
Java Structures Post Quiz
Section 2.6 (review)
Section 2.7
(Optional) Section 6.10: The switch Multiway Selection Structure
(Optional) The rest of Java, Java, Java Chapter 6: Control Structures
(Optional) Chapter 7: Strings and String Processing (Can skip Section 7.11) (24 pages)

Class:
for Loops (exercises)
Switch Statements (exercises)
Strings (exercises)

Lab:
Loops codePost Practice Assignments
Work on Project 3

Before Class:
Java Strings Quiz

Class:
Strings (exercises)
String Methods (exercises)
StringBuffer / StringBuilder Classes (exercises)

Lab:
Loops codePost Practice Assignments
Work on Project 3

Due:
Loops codePost Practice Assignments
Ask a CS Tutor a Question Quiz Introduction (Visit with a CS tutor (with an appointment or walk-in), then take the Quiz in CougarVIEW)

Class:
Work on Project 3 and/or Study for Exam 1

Lab:
Work on Project 3 and/or Study for Exam 1

Turner College Career Fair 12-2 PM Student Recreation Center (Extra Credit)

Class:
Exam 1 Preparation Game (on Teams) (topics)

Lab:
Exam 1 Preparation Game (on Teams) (topics)

Exam 1 (topics)

Class:
Exam 1 Prep:

• When asked to write (just) a method, then write just a method. You can also read this as, you're going to be asked to write a method :)
• 'Write a program' (means everything is needed)
• Indent with 4 spaces (tab doesn't work in browsers)
• Test taking strategy - read the question, re-read the question, then complete it, then re-read the question to verify that you completed everything
• I give as much partial credit as possible

Exam 1 (topics)

Due:
Inheritance Representation Discussion
Project 3 (Submit .java files to codePost and rubric to CougarVIEW)

Exam 1 (topics)

Before Class:
Sections Sections 9.1 - 9.2
(Optional) Inheritance and Polymorphism Sections 8.1 - 8.2: Introduction - Java's Inheritance Mechanism (10 pages)
Inheritance Introduction (13:50)
Inheritance Introduction Pre Quiz
Make a copy of Module 5 Exercises Worksheet
Inheritance Introduction Post Quiz
Sections Sections 9.3 - 9.5
Inheritance: Overriding Methods (13:00)
Inheritance Overriding Methods Pre Quiz

Class:
Inheritance (exercises)
Class Relationships
Inheritance Representation Exercise
Overriding Methods (exercises)

Lab:
Inheritance & Polymorphism codePost Practice Assignments
Inheritance & Polymorphism codePost Practice Assignments

Before Class:
Section 9.6 Polymorphism
Section 8.3: Abstract Classes, Interfaces,and Polymorphism (7 pages)
Polymorphism (15:47)
Polymorphism Pre Quiz

Class:
Overriding Methods (exercises)
Polymorphism (exercises)

Lab:
Inheritance & Polymorphism codePost Practice Assignments

Due:
Project 3 Exam

Before Class:
9.7 Object Superclass
Object Class (11:18)
Object Class Pre Quiz

Class:
Related Majors Discussion (Information Technology, MISM, Robotics, etc)
Object Class (exercises)
Overriding the equals method

Lab:
Inheritance & Polymorphism codePost Practice Assignments

Before Class:
Sections Sections 9.8 - 9.13
(Optional) Sections 8.6 - 8.7 (27 pages)
Abstract Base Classes (7:47)
Interfaces (6:10)
Abstract Classes Quiz

Class:
Abstract Classes (exercises)
Interfaces (exercises)
Exam 1 Recap

Lab:
Verify CodeWorkout account
CodeWorkout Introduction
Inheritance & Polymorphism codePost Practice Assignments

Deadline to Withdraw with a WP

Due:
Inheritance & Polymorphism codePost Practice Assignments

Before Class:
Chapter 6: Arrays
(Optional) Arrays and Array Processing: Sections 9.1 - 9.4 (13 pages)
Arrays and Array Processing: Section 9.5.4 (2 pages)
Arrays Introduction (5:52)
Make a copy of Module 6 Exercises Worksheet
Arrays Pre Quiz
(Optional) Arrays and Array Processing: Sections 9.7 - 9.8 (11 pages)
(Optional) Arrays and Array Processing: Section 9.11 (6 pages)

Class:
Arrays (exercises>)
Arrays are Stored as References (exercises)

Lab:
Arrays CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
Arrays CodeWorkout Practice Assignments

Before Class:
Multidimensional Arrays (12:42)
Multidimensional Arrays Quiz

Class:
Arrays (exercises)
Two-Dimensional Arrays (exercises)
Multidimensional Arrays (exercises)

Lab:
Arrays CodeWorkout Practice Assignments

Before Class:
ArrayLists: Sections 7.1 - 7.3
Section 9.10 From the Java Library: java.util.ArrayList
ArrayLists (8:19)
ArrayList Quiz

Class:
Demo: Project 4
Multidimensional Arrays (exercises)
ArrayLists (exercises)

Lab:
ArrayLists CodeWorkout Practice Assignments

Due:
Arrays CodeWorkout Practice Assignments

Seniors can Register

Before Class:
Sections 7.4, 7.7 - 7.8 (the rest of the sections in this chapter are optional)

Class:
ArrayLists (exercises)
Vector class (exercises)

Lab:
ArrayLists CodeWorkout Practice Assignments

Juniors can Register

Sophomores can Register

Before Class:
Read You Choose Project
Read You Choose Project Advertisement

Class:
Questions about You Choose Project and Advertisement
ArrayLists CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
Project 4

Lab:
ArrayLists CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
Project 4

Freshman can Register

Before Class:
16.7 From the Java Library: The Java Collections Framework and Generic Types (4 pages)
(Optional) 16.8 Using the Set and Map Interfaces (4 pages)
Generic Methods (9:11)
Generic Methods Quiz

Class:
Generic Methods (exercises, code solutions)

Lab:
Generics CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
Project 4

Before Class:
Generic Classes (5:44) (PairObjects.java, Pair.java)
Generic Classes Quiz

Class:
Generic Classes (exercises)

Lab:
Project 4
Generics CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
You Choose Project Proposal

Due:
ArrayLists CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
Generics CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
Project 4 (Submit all (4+) .java files to codePost and rubric to CougarVIEW)

Before Class:
Chapter 10: Exceptions: When Things Go Wrong (29 pages) (Can skip 10.7: From the Java Library: JOptionPane)
Exception Handling (15:02)
Exception Handling Quiz
Make a copy of Module 7 Exercises Worksheet

Class:
Exception Handling (exercises)

Lab:
Generics CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
You Choose Project Proposal

Lab:
Exception Handling CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
You Choose Project Proposal

Before Class:
Review You Choose Project Proposal Feedback
Checked and Unchecked Exceptions (9:50)
Checked and Unchecked Exceptions Quiz

Class:
Exception Handling (exercises)

Lab:
Exception Handling CodeWorkout Practice Assignments

Due:
You Choose Project Proposal
Exception Handling CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
Project 4 Exam

Before Class:
Section 4.6 (4 pages)
File Input (using a Scanner Object) (13:21)
Using a Scanner Object to Read from a File (11:16)
File Input (using a Scanner object) Quiz
Make a copy of Module 8 Exercises Worksheet

Class:
File Input (using a Scanner object) (exercises)

Lab:
Exception Handling CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
You Choose Project
FileIO codePost Practice Assignments

Before Class:
Chapter 11: Files and Streams: Input/Output Techniques (37 pages)
File IO: Streams (3:17)
File IO: Input (13:29) (AddressParserSimple.java, AddressParser.java)
File IO: Output (17:01) (FileWriterExample.java, MathPractice.java)
File IO Quiz

Class:
File Input (exercises)
File Output (exercises)

Lab:
Exception Handling CodeWorkout Practice Assignments
You Choose Project
FileIO codePost Practice Assignments

Class:
Student Evaluations Bonus Credit Explanation
File Input (exercises)
File Output (exercises)

Lab:
FileIO codePost Practice Assignments

Before Class:
Chapter 12: Recursive Problem Solving (27 pages) (Can skip 12.4.3 and 12.9)
Recursion Introduction (8:03)
Recursion Example: Factorial (9:50) (Factorial.java)
Recursion Example: GCD (14:51) (GCD.java, GCDTrace.java)
Recursion Pre Quiz

Class:
Recursion (exercises, exercises answers)

Lab:
Recursion CodeWorkout Practice Assignments

Class:
Recursion (exercises, TowerOfHanoi.java, exercises answers)

Lab:
Recursion CodeWorkout Practice Assignments

Due:
FileIO codePost Practice Assignments
Recursion CodeWorkout Practice Assignments

Before Class:
Recursion Post Quiz

Class:
Recursion (exercises, TowerOfHanoi.java, exercises answers)

Lab:
Recursion CodeWorkout Practice Assignments

Class:
Exam 2 Preparation Game (on Teams) (topics)

Lab:
Exam 2 Preparation Game (on Teams) (topics)

Exam 2 (topics)

Lab:
You Choose Project

Exam 2 (topics)

Thanksgiving Break
Exam 2 (topics)

Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving Break

Course Evaluation Survey Closes

Class:
You Choose Project

Lab:
You Choose Project

Due:
Course Evaluation Surveys
You Choose Project Code (and any input files)
You Choose Project Advertisement (submission)
You Choose Project Individual Reflection (CougarVIEW Quiz with unlimited attempts)