CS 240 Computer  Science I
  Spring 2009
Instructor: Qi Li

Office	TCCW 135, x6225, Qi.Li@wku.edu
Homepage	http://www.wku.edu/~qi.li
Office Hours	MW: 10:00—12:00, 13:30—16:00
	TR: 13:30—14:00
	and by appointments
Prerequities	Previous programming experience & CS placement exam
Corequisites	Math 118 or a math ACT of at least 26
Text	Small Java: How to Program by Deitel and Deitel, Prentice-Hall
	2005 (Sixth Edition) ISBN-10:0131486608
Grading	Test I and II 15%
	Final 30%
	Homeworks 40%
Grading scale	90-100 A
	80-89 B
	70-79 C
	60-69 D
	< 60 F
Exam dates	Dates for the first two exams will be announced at least one week in advances.
	The final exam is scheduled for Tuesday May 12, 10:30-12:30.

Course Description:

• A study of  the algorithmic approach to the analysis of problems and their computational solutions using a high level structured language Java.

Course Policy:

1. Submit your homeworks on time. If you have to submit homeworks after the due day, you must get the permission from the instructors Two days before the due day.

2. Students are responsible for attending the exams on time. If you cannot attend the exam, you must get permission from the instructor, and present documented excuse.

3. If the instructor is late, students should remain in the class orderly working (studying) until the instructor arrive or until the class is dismissed officially by a person of authority.

4. No food or drink is permitted in the classroom, and no mobile phone usage in the classroom.

5. Homeworks must be done by individual effort. Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty will result in F for the course. Copying code from other students or the Internet is not allowed.

Student Disability Services:

      In compliance with university policy, students with disabilities who require academic and/or auxiliary accommodations for this course must contact the Office for Student Disability Services in Downing University Center, A-200. The phone number is 270 745 5004.
      Please DO NOT request accommodations directly from the professor or instructor without a letter of accommodation from the Office for Student Disability Services.

Course Content: We will cover all chapters in our text book. The following is a list of topics:

• Identifier, constant, statement, variable, function, class, object
• Branching statements: if, if-else, switch, break
• Loop statements: while, do-while, for
• Class members, object members
• Method signature, method overloading
• Scope
• String
• Array
• Linear searching
• Simple sorting
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Modular design
• Program design, development and testing
• File I/O and exception