CMSC132 (Spring 2021, Sections 01*)
Object-Oriented Programming II

Syllabus

Object-Oriented Programming II is a second programming course for Computer Science majors with a focus on object-oriented programming. The goal of the course is to develop skills such as program design and testing as well as the implementation of programs using a graphical IDE. All programming will be done in Java.  

Prerequisite → C- or better in CMSC131 and MATH 140
Credits → 4

Nelson Padua-Perez, Office: IRB 2210

No required textbook. Information about a recommended textbook by Carrano and Henry, that you do not need to buy to be successful in the course, can be found below. Some online textbooks you could use can be found at Introduction to Programming Using Java, Eighth Edition and Think Java 2e (look for "Download Think Java in PDF").

This class is completely online. Lectures are pre-recorded, lab (discussion session) will be synchronous (live using Zoom) and office hours will be online. Attendance is not required, but you are responsible for any material covered in lecture/lab.

We may record Zoom lab/discussion sessions. If this represents a problem for you, please contact your instructor.

• Object-oriented software development
  • Software life cycle
  • Requirements & specifications
  • Designing objects & classes
  • Testing & code coverage
  • Programming paradigms
  • Design patterns
• Algorithms & data structures
  • Asymptotic efficiency
  • Lists, stacks, queues
  • Trees, heaps
  • Sets, maps, graphs
  • Recursion
• Programming skills
  • Inheritance in Java
  • Java collection framework
  • Threads, synchronization
  • Exceptions

It is your responsibility to submit regrade requests by a specified deadline; no regrade requests will be processed afterwards. Deadlines to address any grading concerns will be available at Grading Concerns.

• Deadlines - All assignments are due at 11:55 pm and you have until 11:55 pm of the next day to submit your work with a 12% penalty. You will not receive any credit for a submission after the late date, except the Good Faith Attempt credit (additional information below).
• Submit Server - All assignments must be submitted using the submit server. No work submitted otherwise will be accepted. It is your responsibility to verify the correct work has been submitted.
• Which Assignments Gets Graded - For programming assignments the one with public/release/secret tests that scores the highest after a late penalty (if any) has been applied. We only use public/release/secret tests scores to select the submission to grade. Other assignment requirements (e.g., style, methods you must implement, allowed classes, etc.) are not considered. We will evaluate those requirements on the selected submission.
• Good Faith Attempt (GFA) - You must satisfy a minimum set of requirements (Good Faith Attempt (GFA)) for most class work (usually programming assignments), otherwise you will fail the course (automatic grade of F). The Good Faith Attempt guarantees you have the skills necessary for upper-level courses. A good faith attempt for an assignment is worth 0.5 of your class grade. GFAs requirements and deadlines will be available at at GFAs. Additional information about good faith attempts is available at GFA.
• Closed Assignments - All programming assignments in this course are to be written individually (unless explicitly indicated otherwise).
• No Pop Quizzes/Pop Lab Work - There are no pop quizzes nor pop lab exercises. We will announce in advance (at least one day) if there is any work you need to submit for a grade.

• Posting of any assignment (even after the course is over) in a publicly available online location (e.g., github) is prohibited under the Code of Academic Integrity (facilitation of academic dishonesty). Any student responsible for this will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct and risks the sanction of an "XF" in the course.
• Posting of your assignments in a private repository where only selected people (e.g., potential employers) can access is OK.

Office hours get extremely busy the day before an assignment deadline and you may not get the help you need to do the large number of students looking for help. Please do not wait to start your assignments so you have an opportunity to address any concerns during office hours.

You need to keep backups of your assignments as you develop them. No extensions will be granted because you accidentally erased your assignment. Feel free to use the submit server as a backup tool by submitting often.

We will be using (Piazza) for class communication. Your instructor will register you using the e-mail address you have in the school system.

You are responsible for checking announcements we post in the announcements Piazza folder.

See the section titled "Attendance and Missed Assignments" available at Course Related Policies.

See the section titled "Accessibility" available at Course Related Policies.

Please read this information carefully. We take academic integrity matters seriously.

Academic dishonesty includes not only cheating, fabrication, and plagiarism, but also includes helping other students commit acts of academic dishonesty by allowing them to obtain copies of your work. All submitted work must be your own. Cases of academic dishonesty will be pursued to the fullest extent possible as stipulated by the Office of Student Conduct. You are responsible for reading the following information:

• Academic Integrity
• The section titled "Academic Integrity" available at Course Related Policies

The following are situations that often lead to academic integrity violations:

• A student's friend or roommate asks for help and the students shares code or provides assistance.
• Students use online resources (github, Chegg, etc.) to find answers to assignments. Several students end up with the same answer.

If you or your parents have any class concerns, feel free to contact the instructor. If an issue arises with the instructor, report it using the form available at https://www.cs.umd.edu/classconcern.

• At the end of the semester visit (www.courseevalum.umd.edu) to complete your course evaluations.
• Contact the Counseling Center if you are experiencing difficulties that affect your performance in your courses.
• UMD Course related policies is available at http://www.ugst.umd.edu/courserelatedpolicies.html.

All course materials are copyright UMCP, Department of Computer Science © 2021. All rights reserved. Students are permitted to use course materials for their own personal use only. Course materials may not be distributed publicly or provided to others (excepting other students in the course), in any way or format.

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