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 27 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	PA1: Input and Output (quiz due 8/31 at 11:00pm) (code due 9/7 at 11:00pm)
Sept 03 Sept 05 Sept 07	Chapter 2: Variables and operators Video 2: Using the Scanner class	Act02 Arithmetic Lab03 Concatenation and types Lab04 Style guide and Checkstyle
Sept 10 Sept 12 Sept 14	Chapter 3: Input and output Video 3: Command line review	Act03 Data Types Lab05 Testing via command line Lab06 Formatting output in Java	PA2: Methods and Testing (quiz due 9/14 at 11:00pm) (code due 9/21 at 11:00pm)
Sept 17 Sept 19 Sept 21	Chapter 4: Methods and testing Video 4: Introduction to methods	Act04 Methods Lab07 Writing and Calling Methods Lab08 Program testing with JUnit
Sept 24 Sept 26 Sept 28	Review Chapters 1-4 See also 1.1 and 1.2 of Princeton	Exam logistics and preparation Written Exam #1 (classroom) Coding Exam #1 (in the lab)
Oct 1 Oct 3 Oct 5	Chapter 5: Conditionals and logic Video 5: Introduction to decisions	Act05 Boolean Logic Lab09 CodingBat practice problems Lab10 Submission system and JUnit Practice	PA3: Decisions and Logic (quiz due 10/5 at 11:00pm) (code due 10/12 at 11:00pm)
Oct 8 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
Oct 15 Oct 17 Oct 19	Chapter 7: Arrays and references Video 7: Introduction to arrays	Act07 Arrays Lab13 Processing array elements Lab14 Computing basic statistics	PA4: Loops and Arrays (tests due 10/19 at 11:00pm) (code due 10/26 at 11:00pm)
Oct 22 Oct 24 Oct 26	Chapter 8: Recursive methods Video 8: How recursion works	Act08 Recursion Lab15 Debugging and tracing Lab16 Houses (Method Review)
Oct 29 Oct 31 Nov 2	Review Chapters 5-8 Lesson: Language Basics	Exam logistics and preparation Written Exam #2 (classroom) Coding Exam #2 (in the lab)
Nov 5 Nov 7 Nov 9	Chapter 9: Immutable objects Video 9: Java substring v2	Act09 Object-Oriented Lab17 Getting started with Eclipse Lab18 Final round of CodingBat	PA5: Strings, Classes and Objects (Coming) (quiz due 11/16 at 11:00pm) (code due 11/30 at 11:00pm)   Lesson: Numbers and Strings
Nov 12 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
Nov 19 Nov 21 Nov 23	Thanksgiving Break	Thanksgiving Break
Nov 26 Nov 28 Nov 30	Chapter 11: Designing classes Video 11: Memory Diagrams (if available)	Act11 Designing Classes Lab21 Simulation of mutable objects Lab22 Class variables vs attributes
Dec 3 Dec 5 Dec 7	Chapter 12: Arrays of objects Video 12: Summary of CS 149 (if available)	Act12 Arrays of Objects Lab23 Greenfoot media computation FinalLab Final Exam Coding Practice Test
Dec 12 Dec 14 Dec 8-14	Review Chapters 9-12 Finish PA5 Tutorials	Exam logistics and preparation Practice for the final exam	2018 Fall Exam Schedule Sec 2: Fri. 12/14 10:30-12:30 Sec 3: Wed. 12/12 1:00-3:00

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