CS 326 Fall 2003 Syllabus

CS 326 (Object Oriented Design) Fall 2003 SYLLABUS

Instructor:      Jeffrey Horn, email:     jhorn@nmu.edu
                            office: 1119 New Science Building
                            phone: 227-1607
Office Hours:   Monday 12:00-1:00pm and Wednesday 12:00-2:00pm are OPEN OFFICE HOURS, no appt. necessary
                            I also have hours available BY APPOINTMENT ONLY (email me! and wait for my response!):

Tuesdays	Wednesdays	Thursdays
4:00-6:00pm	2:00-4:00pm	1:00-5:00pm

Classroom: WS 3607
Meeting Times: 11:00 - 11:50 am MWF
Prerequisites: CS 222, or consent of instructor
Textbook: Object-Oriented Programming in C++ (5th ed.), by Robert LaFore
Our web page: http://cs.nmu.edu/~jeffhorn/Classes/CS326/Fall2003

(I will use the web page EXTENSIVELY, posting everything I can up there as soon as possible. This includes all electronic forms of handouts, assignments, solutions, sample tests, etc. Also I will post announcements, links to interesting, topic-related sites, etc. So please check our page regularly! At the very least, twice a week. We will also have a WebCT page for posting grades, etc. I will also use your NMU email address for some urgent notices, etc.)

PURPOSE:

Learn advanced object-oriented techniques and concepts by DOING,
Design, test, and "market" your own class library,
Become familiar with a major class library,
Learn more advanced data structures and algorithms,
Complete a significant software task/project,
Work with others (in teams or in a producer-consumer relationship), and
In achieving all of the above, LEARN HOW TO DESIGN REUSABLE CODE!!!!

TOPICS: (tentative)

OOP methodology
Inheritance
Abstract classes and interfaces, virtual functions, etc.
Templates and the STL
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Windows DLL programming
OO Design Patterns
Deep copies and copy constructors
Operator overloading

GRADING:

Approximately half the grade will come from "individual" work,and the other half from "group" work. The following breakdown is tentative:

Individual homeworks (mostly, maybe all, programs) (20%)
Individual quizes (10%) and tests, including a big test or two (10%) and a FINAL (10%)
A team grade that is shared equally among all the members of your project team (20%).
A team grade that is divided among all the members of your project team with weighting determined by the team (10%).
A team grade that is determined by the audience (or users of your team's product) (10%).
Instructor's discretion (10%).

COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT:

Hardware: NMU ThinkyPads

Software:

3D Game Studio (from Conitec),

Visual Studio .NET (from Microsoft),

ArgoUML (from Tigris.org)

NOTE: If you have a need for disability-related accommodations or services, please inform the Coordinator of Disability Services in the Disability Services Office located in Room 1104 of the University Center (227-1700; TTY 227-1543). Reasonable and effective accommodations and services will be provided to students if requests are made in a timely manner, with appropriate documentation, in accordance with federal, state, and University guidelines.