Research Guides: COSC 1337 Course Guide: Getting Started

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Writing & Citing
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APA Citation Style
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Avoiding Plagiarism
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Choosing a Research Topic
Learn the steps to choosing a good research topic.
Online Library Orientation
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There are also several how-tos from the Purdue Online Writing Lab, and several tools for generating proper citation/bibliographies.

Course Description

Course Description

This course focuses on the object-oriented programming paradigm, emphasizing the definition and use of classes along with fundamentals of object-oriented design. The course includes basic analysis of algorithms, searching and sorting techniques, and an introduction to software engineering processes. Students will apply techniques for testing and debugging software.

Required Textbook & Resources

Textbook: Starting out with C++: Early Objects 10th edition (9th edition is also valid)

Author: Tony Gaddis
Publisher: Pearson
ISBN-13: 978-0135235003 (9th edition: 978-0134400242)

Software: Visual Studio 2017 or equivalent.

Visual Studio 2017 is available for download here

Hardware: USB drive or cloud storage access (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc) is recommended.

Course Calendar

Course Calendar for COSC 1337
Class Schedule	Due Dates
Week 1	Review (Chapter 5, 6 & 8)
Week 2	Programming in Linux
Week 3	Read Chapter 7 (Introduction to Classes and Objects), Program for Chapter 7
Week 4	Read Chapter 7 (Introduction to Classes and Objects), Program for Chapter 7
Week 5	Read second half of Chapter 8 (Arrays of Objects), Programs for second half of Chapter 8
Week 6	Read Chapter 9 (Searching, Sorting, and Algorithm Analysis), Programs for Chapter 9
Week 7	Test 1 (Chapter 7 - 9), Read Chapter 10
Week 8	Programs for Chapter 10
Week 9	Read Chapter 11 (More about Classes), some Programs for Chapter 11
Week 10	Finish Reading Chapter 11 (More about Classes), some Programs for Chapter 11
Week 11	Read Chapter 12 (String and String Class), some Programs for Chapter 12
Week 12	Finish Reading Chapter 12 (String and String Class), some Programs for Chapter 12
Week 13	Test 2: (Chapter 10, 11 & 12)
Week 14	Review Concepts Covered Chapters 9 -12 - Finish last set of Programs
Week 15	Review Concepts Covered Chapters 9 -12 - Finish last set of Programs
Week 16	Final Exam Week