GWU

CS 1111

Introduction to Software Development

GWU Computer Science

Schedule

How to read:

The Schedule is divided into weeks
Topic indicates the main concepts and the link for the activity
Prep indicates the exercises that you must complete before this lecture or lab.
The schedule is tentative, and may need to be adjusted during the semester

Fall 2023

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 1
Thu 8/24 or Mon 8/28	Lab: Java installation, Blackboard and Ed overview Lab 1	Bring your laptop to lab
Thu 8/24	Lecture: Lecture Notes 00: Welcome to CSCI1111 Lecture Notes 01: Computational Thinking, Programming, and Design!	Bring your laptop to lecture

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 2
Tue 8/29	Lecture: Lecture Notes 02: Parts of a Program	study for in-class quiz today
Thu 8/31	Lecture: Lecture Notes 03: Introduction to Variables of Numeric types Begin Homework 1 -- Numeric types (due 11:59pm on 9/5)	study for in-class quiz today
Thu 8/31 or Mon 9/4	Thursday lab is office hours -- Monday lab is Labor Day (no lab)

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 3
Tue 9/5	Lecture: Lecture Notes 04: Conditional statements Work on Homework 2 -- Conditional statements (due 11:59pm on 9/7)	study for in-class quiz today Homework 1 -- Numeric types (due 11:59pm on 9/5)
Thu 9/7	Lecture: work on Quiz 2 examples	For extra credit: post to Ed (in "Debugging together" thread) your buggy code to share with class
Thu 9/7 or Mon 9/11	Lab: Command Line and Checkstyle tutorial (checkstyle video)

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 4
Tue 9/12	Lecture: work on Quiz 2 examples	For extra credit: post to Ed (in "Debugging together" thread) your buggy code to share with class
Thu 9/14	Lecture: writing test cases, debugging using print statements and the Java visualizer	For extra credit: post to Ed (in "Debugging together" thread) your buggy code to share with class
Thu 9/14 or Mon 9/18	Lab: work on Quiz 2 examples via pseudocode exercise

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 5
Tue 9/19	Lecture: work on Quiz 2 examples	study for in-class quiz today
Thu 9/21	Lecture: Lecture Notes 05: Looping and 1D Arrays	For extra credit: post to Ed (in "Debugging together" thread) your buggy code to share with class
Thu 9/21 or Mon 9/25	Lab: Quiz 2 -- GRADED: Conditional Statements Lab: begin Homework 3 -- Looping and 1D array exercises (due 11:59pm on 9/28)	Complete and study all Quiz 2 examples

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 6
Tue 9/26	Lecture: work on Homework 3 -- Looping and 1D array exercises (due 11:59pm on 9/28)
Thu 9/28	Lecture: work on Quiz 3 examples	Homework 3 -- Looping and 1D arrays (due 11:59pm on 9/28)
Thu 9/28 or Mon 10/2	Lab: Quiz 2 REPEAT: Conditional statements Lab: work on Quiz 3 examples	Complete and study all Quiz 2 examples

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 7
Tue 10/3	Lecture: finish working on Quiz 3 examples
Thu 10/5	Lecture: Lecture Notes 06: Nested loops and 2D Arrays work on Homework 4 -- Nested loops and 2D arrays (due 11:59pm on 10/16)	study for in-class quiz today
Thu 10/5 or Mon 10/9	Lab: Quiz 3 -- GRADED: Looping and 1D arrays work on Homework 4	Review Quiz 3 examples

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 8
Tue 10/10	Lecture: work on Quiz 4 examples	Homework 4 -- Nested loops and 2D arrays (due 11:59pm on 10/16)
Thu 10/12	no lecture -- fall break	None
Thu 10/12 or Mon 10/16	no Thursday lab -- fall break, Monday lab is office hours

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 9
Tue 10/17	Lecture: Strings and Chars. Lecture Notes 07 work on Homework 5 -- String exercises (due 11:59pm on 10/23)
Thu 10/19	Lecture: methods, scope, encapsulation. Lecture Notes 08	study for in-class quiz today
Thu 10/19 or Mon 10/23	Lab: Quiz 3 -- REPEAT: Looping and 1D arrays Lab: work on Quiz 4 examples in second half of lab	Review Quiz 3 examples as needed

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 10
Tue 10/24	Lecture: work on Quiz 5v1, Quiz 5v2 -- methods and scope homework exercises	Homework 5 -- Strings (due 11:59pm on 10/23)
Thu 10/26	Lecture: work on Quiz 5v1, Quiz 5v2 -- methods and scope homework exercises
Thu 10/26 or Mon 10/30	Lab: Quiz 4 -- GRADED: Nested loops and 2D arrays Lab: work on Quiz 5v3 -- methods and scope homework exercises	Complete and review Quiz 4 examples

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 11
Tue 10/31	Lecture: classes and objects. Lecture Notes 09	study for in-class quiz today
Thu 11/2	Lecture: work on classes and objects Homework 6 -- due 11:59pm on 11/6
Thu 11/2 or Mon 11/6	Lab: Quiz 4 REPEAT -- 2D arrays Lab: finish Homework 6 -- due 11:59pm on 11/6	Review Quiz 4 as needed

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 12
Tue 11/7	Lecture: Homework 7: writing your own classes exercises (due 11/13 at 11:59pm)	Homework 6 -- due 11:59pm on 11/6
Thu 11/9	Lecture: generics and data structures. Lecture Notes 10, work on Homework 8 -- Data structures (due 11/13 at 11:59pm)	study for in-class quiz today
Thu 11/9 or Mon 11/13	Lab: Quiz 5 -- GRADED: tracing methods Lab: work on Homework 7 or Homework 8	study versions of Quiz 5 -- methods and scope

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 13
Tue 11/14	Lecture: In-class project day 1
Thu 11/16	Lecture: In-class project day 2
Thu 11/16 or Mon 11/20	Thursday lab is office hours, no lab on Monday due to Thanksgiving break

Date	Topic	Prep
Thanksgiving break
Tue 11/21	no lecture
Thu 11/23	no lecture
Thu 11/23 or Mon 11/27	no lab on Thursday due to Thanksgiving break, Monday lab is office hours

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 14
Tue 11/28	Lecture: In-class project day 2 continued
Thu 11/30	Lecture: In-class project day 3
Thu 11/30 or Mon 12/4	Lab: In-class project day 4

Date	Topic	Prep
Week 15
Tue 12/5	Lecture: In-class project day 5
Thu 12/7	Lecture: Review for final exam sample final 1 sample final 2 sample final 3 sample final 4
Thu 12/7 or Mon 12/11	Lab: In-class project day 5 continued

Date	Topic	Prep
FINALS
See the official GWU schedule: final exam schedule