Introduction to Programming with JAVA - A Problem Solving Approach by John Dean and Raymond Dean

ISBN: 978-0-07-304702-7

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Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

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This course is an introduction to programming using Java. The course covers the fundamentals of object-oriented programming utilizing the Java programming language for general purpose business programs and interactive World Wide Web-based Internet programs. (FT). Associate Degree Credit & transfer to CSU and/or private colleges and universities. UC Transfer Course List.

3.00 Lecture Hours, 3.00 Lab Hours, 4.00 Units

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Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Design, compile, and test Java programs that display objects, patterns, and words.
• Create methods that carry out tasks using Java programming.
• Employ the use of blocks within a method to create Java programming codes.
• Diagram flowcharts for the purpose of constructing decision structures, accepting keyboard input, and nesting “if' statements for Java programs.
• Create and test Java programs that use arrays.
• Create and use an HTML document to host an applet.
• Use paint and repaint, drawString, setFont, and setColor methods to create graphics objects and draw lines, rectangles, and ovals in Java programs.
• Apply knowledge of general categories to more specific objects using the inheritance principle to create Java programs.
• Employ the abstract method to create arrays of subclass objects in Java programs.
• Apply inheritance concepts to create frames and applets with frames.
• Design Java programs using layout managers and event models to align program components.
• Create a Java program that employs exception handling.

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system.
4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!   Fees and Tuition Information.
5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.
6. After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
   
   Type your Blackboard Vista Username = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
   Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (your birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
   
   For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for the birthdate June 23, 1980 )
    
7. If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped.
Follow the login instructions at www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm