ICS 111 Spring 2024 | Learning Outcomes

Understand variables

The student will:

Define variables.
Describe the differences between types.
Initialize and assign variable values.

Referencing modules: Names and Things, Midterm

Understand Java expressions

The student will:

Correctly evaluate Java expressions.
Understand Java precedence rules.

Referencing modules: Names and Things, Subroutines, Midterm

Understand how looping works in Java

The student will:

Describe the different looping statements, for, while, do-while.
Use the correct looping construct for the situation in their code.

Referencing modules: Control, Midterm

Understand how branching works in Java

The student will:

Describe the different branching statements, if, if-else, if-else-if, and switch.
Use the correct branching construct, if, if-else, if-else-if, and switch in their code.

Referencing modules: Control, Midterm

Understand Java Exceptions

The student will:

Describe what exceptions are in Java.
Handle exceptions in their programs.
Correctly generate exceptions in their programs.

Referencing modules: Control, Midterm

Understand how methods/subroutines/functions work in Java

The student will:

Describe the components of a method declaration, modifiers, return type, name, and parameters.
Describe the difference between declarations and uses of methods.
Use methods/subroutines/functions in their code.
Document their methods.

Referencing modules: Subroutines

Understand Object-Oriented Programming in Java

The student will:

Describe the features of classes and interfaces in Java.
Develop programs using classes and object-oriented programming.
Document their classes.

Referencing modules: Names and Things, Objects and Classes, Introduction to GUI programming, Arrays and ArrayLists

Understand the basics of Graphical User Interface programming

The student will:

Describe how a computer draws GUIs.
Describe different ways of creating GUIs.
Use Java AWT and Swing classes to build GUIs.

Referencing modules: Introduction to GUI programming

Learn how to take a problem, figure out the algorithm to solve it, then write the code

The student will:

Be able to deconstruct problems to develop algorithms and eventually program code.

Referencing modules: Names and Things, Control, Subroutines, Midterm, Objects and Classes, Introduction to GUI programming, Arrays and ArrayLists, Recursion

Learn basics of programming with a modern programming language, Java

The student will:

Design, develop and test Java programs using classes, methods, conditionals, loops, etc.
Be able to develop simple data structures in object oriented form.

Referencing modules: Midterm, Recursion

Learn how to produce robust programs in Java

The student will:

Develop substantial Java programs, when appropriate reusing previously created classes, writing programs requiring three or more classes.

Referencing modules: Java Environment

Understand the fundamentals of how a computer works

The student will:

Understand the fetch - decode - execute cycle.
Know and be able to describe the difference between Machine Language and High-level Programming Languages.
Know the difference between compiled and interpreted code.

Referencing modules: Computer Fundamentals, Names and Things, Midterm

Employ a good Java development environment

The student will:

Install the Java Development Kit on their laptop/computer.
Install an IDE on their laptop/computer.
Demonstrate developing a simple Java application.

Referencing modules: Java Environment

Understand the goals, structures, and procedures for learning in ICS 111

The student will:

Know the flow of the course.
Know how the grades will be calculated.
Know where to get information about the course.

Referencing modules: Introduction to ICS 111, Midterm

Learning Outcomes What you will know

Understand variables

Understand Java expressions

Understand how looping works in Java

Understand how branching works in Java

Understand Java Exceptions

Understand how methods/subroutines/functions work in Java

Understand Object-Oriented Programming in Java

Understand the basics of Graphical User Interface programming

Learn how to take a problem, figure out the algorithm to solve it, then write the code

Learn basics of programming with a modern programming language, Java

Learn how to produce robust programs in Java

Understand the fundamentals of how a computer works

Employ a good Java development environment

Understand the goals, structures, and procedures for learning in ICS 111