Course Info

Syllabus

Details on the policies, grading, expectations, etc. for this course can be found in the course syllabus.

Venue

Lecture

TR 11:00AM – 12:15PM, Henzlik 124

Labs Sessions

Section 154 W 8:30AM – 10:20PM, Avery 20 (Park)
Section 152 W 10:30AM – 12:20PM, Avery 20 (Harrison)
Section 151 W 12:30PM – 2:20PM, Avery 20 (Yavary)
Section 156 W 2:30PM – 4:20PM, Avery 20 (Yavary)
Section (H) W 4:30PM – 6:20PM, Avery 20 (Yavary)
Section 153 W 6:30PM – 8:20PM, Avery 20 (Abhee)

Instructor

Dr. Chris Bourke
cbourke@cse.unl.edu
Avery 363

Teaching Assistants

Full information is available on our Instructor Page

Resources

Course Resources

Course Documents

Department Resources

Technology Resources

Textbooks
- Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java by Bruno Preiss
- Relational Database Design
- The 3 Normal Forms: A Tutorial, Fred Coulson
- More!
Data Structures & Algorithms
SQL Resources
- MySQL Workbench
- SQL Tutorial
- Relational Database Design
- The 3 Normal Forms: A Tutorial, Fred Coulson
PHP Resources
- PHP Manual
- Practical PHP Programming
Java Resources
- Code Academy
- Practice-It interactive tutorials
- Oracle's Java Turtorial
- Oracle's Object-Oriented Programming Tutorial
- Java Debugging Video
- MIT OpenCourseWare Java Course

Schedule

Week	Dates	Topics	Topics - H	Lab	Materials	Assignments
Module 1 – Introduction
1	January 7 – 11	T: Course Introduction (Video failed) R: Java: Basics, Conditionals, Loops (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6774100&node=28971799&a=355049827)	T: Course Introduction R: PHP: Basics	Lab 1: Intro to Java/PHP Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub	Required Reading Quick Intro to Java Quick Intro to PHP (Honors)
2	January 14 – 18	T: Java: arrays, methods, strings, I/O (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6774906&node=28972732&a=1604322226) R: Java: File I/O & sorting, classes (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6774967&node=28972812&a=832204455)	T: PHP: arrays, functions, sorting R: PHP: classes, exercises	Lab 2: Java/PHP: Conditionals & Loops Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub
3	January 21 – 25	T: Live Coding Event (Link) R: Java and OOP: Creating Classes (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6775621&node=28973565&a=1541267733)	T: Old Man Winter R: HTTP/Security demo	Lab 3: Java/PHP: Strings & File I/O Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub		Assignment 1 due
Module 2 – Object Oriented Programming
4	January 28 – February 1	T: Technical Writing & Drafting (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6777380&node=28975615&a=351446654) R: OOP (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6776040&node=28974031&a=1979032274)	T: Technical Writing & Drafting R: OOP	Lab 4: Classes & Constructors Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub	Required Reading https://hackernoon.com/writing-good-code-is-like-writing-a-novel-33973645be01 https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-write-a-good-software-design-document-66fcf019569c	Assignment 2 Design Document (draft) due
5	February 4 – 8	T: OOP (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6777572&node=28975819&a=1060203447) R: OOP (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6777239&node=28975452&a=1378989460)	T: OOP R: OOP, Multithreaded Programming in Java	Lab 5: Inheritance Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub		Assignment 2 due
Module 3 – Databases & SQL
6	February 11 – 15	T: Finish OOP (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6777769&node=28976037&a=305572721) R: SQL (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6777864&node=28976138&a=1283452758)	T: Finished OOP R: SQL	Lab 6: Polymorphism Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub	Required Reading TBD Required Watching Parts 1 – 8	Assignment 3 Design Doc due
7	February 18 – 22	T: SQL (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6778381&node=28976723&a=1287262359) R: SQL (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6778596&node=28976960&a=846697259)	T: SQL R: SQL	Lab 7: Intro to SQL I Handout PDF Worksheet PDF SQL Cheat Sheet PDF Album Database SQL		Assignment 3 due
8	February 25 – March 1	T: Review (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6779222&node=28977695&a=358561632) R: Midterm	T: Review R: Midterm	Lab 8: Intro to SQL II Handout PDF Worksheet PDF		Assignment 4 Design Doc due
9	March 4 – 8	T: JDBC (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6780214&node=28978806&a=1418861980) R: JDBC, Multitier Architecture (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6781748&node=28980515&a=1945885377)	T: JDBC R: Multitier Architecture	Lab 9: JDBC in a Webapp I Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub		Assignment 4 due
Module 4 – List Data Structures
10	March 11 – 15	T: Lists (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6781433&node=28980161&a=259153443) R: Lists (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6781482&node=28980215&a=1691798952)	T: Lists R: Lists	Lab 10: JDBC in a Webapp II Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub	Required Reading Chapter 4 of Computer Science II Required Watching Parts 1 - 4	Assignment 5/6 Design Doc due
11	March 18 – 22	No Class – Spring Break	No Class – Spring Break	Lab 10.5: JPA (optional) HandoutPDF Starter Code GitHub
12	March 25 – 29	T: Stacks & Queues (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6782028&node=28980823&a=1677807241) R: Algorithms (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6784016&node=28983111&a=1690740043)	T: Stacks R: Queues	Lab 11: Linked Lists Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub		Assignment 5 due
Module 5 – Algorithms & Algorithm Analysis
13	April 1 – 5	T: Algorithms & Algorithm Analysis (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6784374&node=28983571&a=794843227) R: Algorithms & Algorithm Analysis (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6784032&node=28983138&a=1851485432)	T: Algorithms & Algorithm Analysis R: Algorithms & Algorithm Analysis	Lab 12: Recursion Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub	Required Reading Chapter 5 of Computer Science II Required Watching Parts 1 – 4.3	Last Design Document draft opportunity
14	April 8 – 12	T: Trees (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6785085&node=28984503&a=1178668959) R: Trees, BSTs (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6784942&node=28984302&a=1438065749)	T: Trees R: Trees, BSTs	Lab 13: Sorting Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub		Assignment 6 due
Module 6 – Trees & Tree-based Data Structures
15	April 15 – 19	T: Binary Search Trees, Heaps (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6785550&node=28985130&a=480401606) R: Heaps (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6785627&node=28985224&a=908286917)	T: BSTs, Heaps R: Heaps	Lab 14: Stacks & Queues Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub	Required Reading Chapter 6 of Computer Science II Required Watching Parts 1 – 4	Assignment 7 due Final Design Document due
16	April 22 – 26	T: Wrap Up & Review (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6786180&node=28985963&a=1975767420) R: Review, Survey (https://unl.yuja.com/V/Video?v=6786341&node=28986181&a=436582714)	T: RSA R: No Class (Awards Ceremony)	Lab 15: Binary Search Trees Handout PDF Worksheet PDF Starter Code GitHub		Assignment 8 due Assignment 9 (bonus) due
17	April 29 – May 3	CSCE 156 Final Exam; Thursday, May 2nd 3:30PM - 5:30PM	CSCE 156H Final Exam; Monday, April 29th 1:00 - 3:00PM