This schedule is subject to change throughout the course.
This schedule was developed from materials developed by Chris Mayfield and others in the JMU Computer Science Department.

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Date	Preparation	Activity / Lab	Homework
Aug 29 Aug 31	Chapter 1: Computer programming Video 1: Tour of JGrasp (~10 min)	Act01 Introduction Lab01 Building a Java program Lab02 Unix tutorial for beginners	Installing JGrasp
Sep 05 Sep 07	Chapter 2: Variables and operators Video 2: Using the Scanner class	Act02 Arithmetic Lab03 Concatenation and types Lab04 Style guide and Checkstyle	PA1: Input and Output (quiz due 09/08 at 11:00pm) (code due 09/15 at 11:00pm)
Sep 12 Sep 14	Chapter 3: Input and output Video 3: Command line review	Act03 Data Types Lab05 Formatting output in Java Lab06 Testing via command line
Sep 19 Sep 21	Conditionals and logic Video 4: Introduction to decisions	Act04 Boolean Logic Lab07 Web-CAT submission system Lab08 CodingBat	PA2: Decisions (quiz due 09/25 at 11:00pm) (code due 09/29 at 11:00pm)
Sep 26 Sep 28	Chapter 5: Methods and testing Video 5: Introduction to methods	Act05 Methods Lab09 Writing and calling methods Lab10 Practice Coding Exam
Oct 03 Oct 05	Review Chapters 1–5 See also 1.1 and 1.2 of Princeton	Exam logistics and preparation Written Exam #1 (classroom) Coding Exam #1 (in the lab)
Oct 10 Oct 12	Chapter 6: Loops and strings Video 6: Tracing code by hand	Act06 Loops Lab11 Validation using do-while Lab12 Practice with nested loops	PA3: Methods and Testing (quiz due 10/13 at 11:00pm) (code due 10/20 at 11:00pm)
Oct 17 Oct 19	Chapter 7: Arrays and references Video 7: Introduction to arrays	Act07 Arrays Lab13 Processing array elements Lab14 Computing basic statistics
Oct 24 Oct 26	Chapter 8: Recursive methods Video 8: How recursion works	Act08 Recursion Lab15 Tracing Code Lab16 Recursive 2D graphics	PA4: Loops and Arrays (quiz due 10/27 at 11:00pm) (code due 11/03 at 11:00pm) Tutorial: Numbers and Strings
Oct 31 Nov 02	Chapter 9: Immutable objects Video 9: Java substring v2	Act09 Object-Oriented Lab17 Getting started with Eclipse Lab18 Final round of CodingBat
Nov 07 Nov 09	Review Chapters 6–9 Tutorial: Language Basics	Exam logistics and preparation Written Exam #2 (classroom) Coding Exam #2 (in the lab)
Nov 14 Nov 16	Chapter 10: Mutable objects Video 10: Intro to objects in Java	Act10 Classes and UML Lab19 Passing and returning objects Lab20 Game design with Greenfoot	PA5: Classes and Objects (quiz due 11/17 at 11:00pm) (code due 12/01 at 11:00pm) Tutorial: Classes and Objects
Nov 28 Nov 30	Chapter 11: Designing classes Video 11: Memory Diagrams	Act11 Designing Classes Lab21 Simulation of mutable objects Lab22 Class variables vs attributes
Dec 05 Dec 07	Chapter 12: Arrays of objects Video 12: Summary of CS 149	Act12 Arrays of Objects Lab23 Greenfoot media computation (optional) Lab24 Practice for the final exam - Coding	Prepare for the Final Practice for the final exam - Written
Dec 12 Dec 14	Review Chapters 10–12 Finish PA4/PA5 Tutorials	[Section 8] Final Exam: Tues. Dec. 12 10:30–12:30 [Section 9] Final Exam: Thurs. Dec. 14 10:30–12:30

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