- RUCats has 80 hours of tutoring available online and in-person. Check the tutoring tab in Canvas!
- Instructors and Lead TAs have a combined 10 hours of Office Hours, open to all sections. See times/locations here.
- Piazza (found in the Canvas sidebar) provides fast support from Course Staff and other Students. Be sure to search to see if someone has asked a similar question!
- If you need a computer to complete work on, iLab machines can be found in the CAVE (Hill 252) and surrounding rooms.
- Assignments are due at 11:00PM. The due dates are strictly followed.
- Assignments are graded automatically by AutoLab. Your program must compile without errors on Autolab – otherwise you will not receive any credit for the assignment. For each problem, your code will be tested using a suite of test cases, and you will receive credit for each case on which your code performs correctly. AutoLab will not display a score but it will give you feedback on your submitted program, which you can then update and submit again for grading. Always read the feedback!
- You have 3 submissions without deductions; 5% of the problem total points are deducted for every submission thereafter.
- Autolab uses the LAST SUBMISSION for the assignment grade.
- Plan to submit your work with at least one day in advance. Depending on the load AutoLab may take up to 1 day to give you feedback. Note that if the system is busy it may take some time before it gets to your submission request. If the deadline passes while you are waiting, your assignment will not be accepted. In other words, if you try to hand in your work close to the end of the deadline, you may be too late.
More information under the Syllabus – Assignments including:
Assignment
Description
Release
Due
Submit
Assignment 1
Pseudocode (40 points)
Write and evaluate algorithms, and count the number of operations executed.
January 26
February 2 at 11PM
Canvas → Gradescope
Assignment 2
Install VScode, write a few short Java programs and submit through our automated grader called Autolab.
February 2
February 9 at 11PM
Assignment 3
Conditionals and Loops (40 points)
Write Java programs to practice conditionals and loops.
February 9
February 23 at 11PM
Assignment 4
Write Java programs to practice 1D and 2D arrays.
February 23
March 6 at 11PM
Assignment 5
Write functions that traverse an array, and compute values to update an array.
March 6
March 27 at 11PM
Assignment 6
Write functions that provide some analysis of climate and economic justice data provided.
March 6
Coding: April 3 at 11PM
Reflection: April 8 at 11PM
Assignment 7
Write a simple recursive function to append strings and plot the Sierpinski square.
April 3
April 10 at 11PM
April 12 at 11PM
Assignment 8
DNA Profiling
April 10
Coding: April 19 at 11PM
Reflection: April 24 at 11PM
Assignment 9
Creating Data Types (80 points)
Analyze NYPD data.
April 17
Coding: April 27 at 11PM
Reflection: April 30 at 11PM
Assignment 10
Searching, sorting and performance (30 points)
April 21
April 29 at 11PM
Canvas → Gradescope