CSci 101 Syllabus

Spring, 2002

We'll cover the first six chapters of the text and parts of the rest of the text. The text is intended for a one-year course, so many of the topics in the last half of the book will be abbreviated. Topics include

An introduction and history of programming.
The "primitive" types of variables, including integer, various real (floating-point) types, boolean (true or false), and character. Also, strings (sequences of characters).
Flow of control: branching statements (if/then), and loops (while, for).
Classes and objects, primarily how to use them. Creating new classes comes later.
Arrays. Most programs require arrays.
Windows, frames, mice, exceptions, files, applets, html. These will be introduced early as the course progresses, but covered in detail later in the course.