COMP 2300 Java

Course Information

Pre/Corequisites

Prerequisite: Successful completion of COMP1130 Programming Fundamentals (with a C grade or higher), or a working knowledge of another programming language.<br /><br />Note: Prerequisites ensure that you are at the correct learning level for the course. Please feel free to contact the instructor to help you determine your expertise level if you have not completed the prerequisite courses.

Institutional Core Competencies

• Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
• Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.

Course Competencies

1. Install Java.
2. Create a simple Java program that utilizes primitive data typs and operations.
3. Use I/O techniques in a Java program.
4. Utilize control statements in a Java program.
5. Write custom methods.
6. Actively debug programs using print statements, break points, and stepping.
7. Demonstrate the relationship between objects and classes.
8. Use arrays and arrayLists to handle simple data structures.
9. Utilize basic data structure techniques to sort and search through data.
10. Add a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to your program.
11. Utilize event-driven programming concepts
12. Write a program that uses inheritance to create new classes
13. Incorporate exception handling in your program design
14. Use streams and other I/O techniques to communicate with your Java programs
15. Use data structures in a Java program (linked lists, hash tables, and sets)
16. Use recursion to solve certain programming problems.
17. Develop a programming style usign the XP program development process.