Vancouver Island University

CSc 331: Object-Oriented Programming
Spring 2018

Instructor

Bill Hohman
Office: 315-210a
Office Hours: MW: 1:30 - 2:30 pm, TR: 2:30- 3:30 pm
(and other prearranged times)
E-mail: bill.hohman@viu.ca
Web homepage: http://csci.viu.ca/~hohman/ or just csci.viu.ca/~hohman

Textbooks and References

Evaluation

Please note:

Note: Assignments will be submitted electronically. Late assignments will typically not be accepted.
You must pass (50% minimum) both the assignment and test/exam parts of the course in order to pass the course.

Final percentages will be converted to letter grades using the VIU grade scale:

Examination Dates

Description	Date
Midterm Test	February 22 or March 8
Final Exam	Exam "week"

Note: No student will be allowed to write an exam early.

Topics (Subject to small changes as the semester progresses):

Topic
The Object-Oriented Paradigm
Java Basics
Object-oriented Programming Basics: instantiation, overloading, visibility, polymorphism, abstract classes
Object-oriented Analysis and Design
Basic UML: class diagrams, sequence diagrams, use cases
Object Cloning and Equality
GRASP Principles
Introduction to Swing
Object-oriented Design Patterns: Observer, Strategy, Decorator, Composite, and Factory