CPSC6119 - Object-Oriented Development

A course on the development of Software with Components

Instructor | Description | Topics | Texts | Policies

INSTRUCTOR:	Dr. Rodrigo A. Obando
OFFICE:	Center for Commerce and Technology, Room 453
OFFICE HOURS:	MWF 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; TR 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; and by appointment;
PHONE:	(706) 568-5374
E-MAIL:	Obando_Rodrigo@columbusstate.edu

CATALOG DESCRIPTION OF COURSE

This course teaches object-oriented developing techniques and how to create advanced applications using classes, components, and objects. Fundamentals of developing client applications that include database access using server-level components. Topics include creating and managing objects, creating data services, testing, deploying and maintaining a component based solution.

ACADEMIC OBJECTIVES

At the completion of this course, you will be able to:

Make use of Object-Oriented Design principles to build applications;
Use Advanced Java language features in the design of your applications; and
apply these principles to the building of user interfaces.

Within these two main course objectives, you will be able to:

Understand and apply a simple design methodology;
Understand and use CRC cards and UML diagrams;
Apply design patterns;
Use Interface types, polymorphism and inheritance;
Use Inner classes;
Use reflection;
Use Generic types;
Understand and apply multithreading;
Make use of the Collections framework;
Be able to build Swing applications; and
Be able to program event handling.

TEXTBOOKS

Required Text

Cay Horstmann, Object-Oriented Design & Patterns, Second Edition, Wiley, 2006, ISBN 0-471-74487-5.

Supplementary Books and Materials

If you intend to use Java as your application language, you will need the Java Software Development Kit (J2SDK) to complete programming assignments and your final project. The J2SDK is part of the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE), which is available from:

http://java.sun.com

The J2SE will run on just about any platform including Windows and Linux. If you work on your programs in the CSU labs, the J2SE is installed.

You will also need an editor to compose your Java source code. Although you can use Notepad or any Java editor, TextPad, JBuilder, or Eclipse are the recommended editors. The CSU labs are equipped with these particular editors.

How to Access this Course

This course is being offered through WebCT. You can access WebCT at:

http://webct.columbusstate.edu/

At this page, click on the "Log on to" link to activate the WebCT logon dialog box, which will ask for your WebCT username and password. Your WebCT username and password are:

Username: lastname_firstname

Password: XXXXXX

where "XXXXXX" is the day, month and year of your birthday ddmmyy.

If you try the above and WebCT will not let you in, please use the "Comments/Problems" link at the bottom of the WebCT home page to request help. If you are still having problems gaining access a day or so after the class begins, please e-mail me.

Once you've entered WebCT, you will see a list of courses you have access to. The CPSC 6119 course is listed as "Object-Oriented Development." Below this, you should see my name as the instructor. You may also see new discussion postings, new calendar postings, and new mail messages. Clicking on the name of the course will take you to the course's home page. If you don't see the "Object-Oriented Development" course in the list, please e-mail me directly since I control that part of the WebCT environment.

POLICIES

Student Responsibilities

As a student in this course, you are responsible to:

manage your time and maintain the discipline required to meet the course requirements,
complete all readings,
complete all assignments,
decide on and develop a final project, and
read any e-mail sent by the instructor and respond accordingly.

How This Course Will Work

This course will consist of readings, programming assignments, and a final project. On a weekly basis, you will need to:

review the week's lesson;
complete the weekly readings;
complete the programming assignments.
decide on and complete a final project.

Grading Policy

Programming assignments - 60%
Final Project Proposal - 10%
Final Project Implementation and Documentation - 30%

Grades may be determined according to this scale:

A	90% - 100%	B	80% - 89%
C	70% - 79%	D	60% - 69%

General Policies

You are responsible for all class work missed, regardless of the reason for the absence(s). Late assignments will not be accepted. No makeup exams or quizzes will be given, so please make sure you are present for all exams/quizzes. Refer to the CSU Catalog (http://aa.columbusstate.edu/advising/a.htm#Absence Policy) for more information on class attendance and withdrawal.

Academic dishonesty

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, activities such as cheating and plagiarism (http://aa.columbusstate.edu/advising/a.htm#Academic Dishonesty/Academic Misconduct). It is a basis for disciplinary action. Any work turned in for individual credit must be entirely the work of the student submitting the work. All work must be your own. [For group projects, the work must be done only by members of the group.] You may share ideas but submitting identical assignments (for example) will be considered cheating. You may discuss the material in the course and help one another with debugging; however, any work you hand in for a grade must be your own. A simple way to avoid inadvertent plagiarism is to talk about the assignments, but don't read each other's work or write solutions together unless otherwise directed by your instructor. For your own protection, keep scratch paper and old versions of assignments to establish ownership, until after the assignment has been graded and returned to you. If you have any questions about this, please see your instructor immediately. For assignments, access to notes, the course textbooks, books and other publications is allowed. All work that is not your own, MUST be properly cited. This includes any material found on the Internet. Stealing or giving or receiving any code, diagrams, drawings, text or designs from another person (CSU or non-CSU, including the Internet) is not allowed. Having access to another person’s work on the computer system or giving access to your work to another person is not allowed. It is your responsibility to prevent others from having unauthorized access to your work.

No cheating in any form will be tolerated. Penalties for academic dishonesty may include a zero grade on the assignment or exam/quiz, a failing grade for the course, suspension from the Computer Science program, and dismissal from the program. All instances of cheating will be documented in writing with a copy placed in the Department’s files. Students will be expected to discuss the academic misconduct with the faculty member and the chairperson. For more details see the Faculty Handbook: http://aa.columbusstate.edu/faculty/FacHandbook0203/sec100.htm#109.14 and the Student Handbook: http://sa.columbusstate.edu/handbook/handbook2003.pdf

You are expected to review the TSYS Department of Computer Science’s Academic Dishonesty Policy - (http://csc.columbusstate.edu/policy/Academic-Dishonesty-Policy.html)

Getting help

You can always contact me during my posted office hours, by e-mail, or by appointment.

CSU ADA statement

If you have a documented disability as described by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 933-112 Section 504) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and would like to request academic and/or physical accommodations please contact Joy Norman at the Office of Disability Services in the Center for Academic Support and Student Retention, Tucker Hall (706) 568-2330, as soon as possible. Course requirements will not be waived but reasonable accommodations may be provided as appropriate.