CMSC 341Spring 20088/3/2007UMBC CMSC 341 Intro2Course Websitewww.cs.umbc.edu/courses/undergraduate/341/spring08 Instructors office hours TA names and office hours TAs grade projects Syllabus Class schedule including project and exam dates Grading Lecture slides Projects Practice Exercises8/3/2007UMBC CMSC 341 Intro3Student Honor CodeUMBC Student Honor CodeBy enrolling in this course, each student assumes the responsibilities of an active participant in UMBC's scholarly community in which everyone's academic work and behavior are held to the highest standards of honesty. Cheating, fabrication,plagiarism, and helping others to commit these acts are all forms of academic dishonesty, and they are wrong. Academic misconduct could result in disciplinary action that may include,but is not limited to, suspension or dismissal. To read the full Student Academic Conduct Policy, consult the UMBC Student Handbook, the Faculty Handbook, or the UMBC Policies section of the UMBC Directory.http://www.umbc.edu/provost/integrity/index.html8/3/2007UMBC CMSC 341 Intro4Textbook Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java, 2/E Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University ISBN: 0-321-37013-9 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Copyright: 20078/3/2007UMBC CMSC 341 Intro5Prerequisites CMSC 202 – C++ programming Class design Operator overloading Pointers and dynamic memory management CMSC 203 Proof by induction Permutations and combinations8/3/2007UMBC CMSC 341 Intro6Data Structure What is a “data structure”? How are they implemented?8/3/2007UMBC CMSC 341 Intro7Abstract Data Type What is an ADT?8/3/2007UMBC CMSC 341 Intro8Why Java? Java contains a Collections framework that consists of system classes that emulate many of the data structures that you will learn about in this course. Easier to program in Java than C++ Popular industry standard More similar to C# than C++ Platform Independent Easy to do GUI
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