• Jim Skrentny
  5379 Computer Sciences, 262-0191, skrentny@cs.wisc.edu
  

• Large Lectures:
  • Lecture 1: Jim Skrentny, 1361 Chem, TR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Lecture 2: Jim Skrentny, 132 Noland, TR: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
• Small Lectures:
  • Lecture 3: Dalibor Zelený, 1207 CS, TR: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
  • Lecture 5: Caden Howell, 1111 Humanities, TR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Lecture 6: Finn Kuusisto, 1257 CS, MWF: 11:00 AM
  • Lecture 7: Alexander Cobian, 1207 CS, MWF: 1:20 PM

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Prereqs: Problem solving skills such as those acquired in a statistics, logic, or advanced high school algebra course; or consent of instructor. Open to Freshmen.

Undergraduate Catalog Description: Instruction and experience in the use of an object-oriented programming language. Program design; development of good programming style; preparation for other Computer Science courses. Our Description: This course introduces you to fundemental computer programming concepts as you learn to program in the Java language. Algorithm development, structured programming, methods, data organization (arrays), basic object-oriented programming, exception handling, and file access are covered.

Learning Objectives: Students successfully completing this course will be able to analyze problems and formulate algorithms; create robust, user-friendly, well-structured and well-documented Java programs; read basic Java programs to determine their purpose; and have a basic understanding of how computers work.