Welcome to ICS 211, Introduction to Computer Science II

Lecture: Friday 12:00pm - 2:30pm in POST 319

Lab: Monday and Wednesday 1:30pm - 2:45pm in POST 319

FINAL EXAM: Monday, May 7th 12:00pm in POST 319

Jan Stelovsky

Office Hours: Friday 10:00am - 11:00am in POST 305C

janst@hawaii.edu

TA: Paul Snieder

Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 12:15pm - 1:15pm and Thursday 3:30pm - 5:30pm in POST 303-1

psnieder@hawaii.edu

Department of Information and Computer Sciences

The University of Hawaii, Manoa Course Catalog describes ICS 211 as “Algorithms and their complexity, introduction to software engineering, data structures, searching and sorting algorithms, numerical errors.” This course explores Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and software engineering techniques using Java.

The primary focus of this course is problem solving using Abstract Data Structures in programs.

Prerequisites: A grade of “B” or higher in 111 or instructor’s consent.

All students wishing to enroll in ICS courses above 211 except ICS 241 must meet the prerequisite grade requirement of B or higher in ICS 111 and 211 prior to registering for the course.

Goals

The primary goal of ICS 211: Introduction to Computer Science II is to teach you how to solve problems using standard data structures, including lists, stacks, queues, hash tables, and binary trees.

A second goal is to advance your Java programming skills. We will be writing a wide variety of Java code this semester.

Remember, nothing about ICS 211 makes any sense, except in the light of learning more tools for solving problems with computers

The Course Syllabus has more information about the course.

Pedagogy

ICS 211 is structured as a sequential series of modules, each taking approximately one to two weeks to complete. Each module has the following structure:

Next step

Head on over to the Introduction module to get an introduction to ICS 211.