An introduction to procedural and object-oriented programming methodology. Topics include program structure, conditional and iterative programming, procedures, arrays and records, object classes, encapsulation, information hiding, inheritance, polymorphism, file I/O, and exceptions. Includes required laboratory. This course has been designated as a High Demand/Controlled Access (HD/CA) course. Students registering for HD/CA courses for the first time will have priority to do so. (https://www.cs.stonybrook.edu/students/Undergraduate-Studies/courses/CSE114)
See Syllabus here (or in the above menu).
Instructor: Dr. Paul Fodor
New Computer Science Department, room 214, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Rd, NY 11733
Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 11am-12:30pm in my office in the New Computer Science Building, room 214 and on Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/xyu-jhqc-bdx
Email: paul.fodor@stonybrook.edu
Phone: (631) 632-9820
| Week | Date | Lecture Topics/Notes | Readings |
| 1 | Tu. 8/26 | Administrative (course information) | n/a |
| Th. 8/28 | Introduction to Computers, Programs, and Java | Read Liang ch. 1 | |
| 2 | Tu. 9/2 | Introduction to Computers, Programs, and Java (cont.) | n/a |
| Th. 9/4 | Elementary Programming | Read Liang ch. 2 | |
| 3 | Tu. 9/9 | Elementary Programming (cont.) | n/a |
| Th. 9/11 | Selections | Read Liang ch. 3 | |
| 4 | Tu. 9/16 | Mathematical Functions, Characters, and Strings | Read Liang ch. 4 |
| Th. 9/18 | Loops | Read Liang ch.5 | |
| 5 | Tu. 9/23 | Methods | Read Liang ch. 6 |
| Th. 9/25 | Arrays | Read Liang ch. 7 | |
| 6 | Tu. 9/30 | Arrays (cont.) | n/a |
| Th. 10/2 | Multidimensional Arrays | Read Liang ch. 8 | |
| 7 | Tu. 10/7 | Midterm 1 review | n/a |
| Th. 10/9 | MIDTERM EXAM 1: closed book in-person exam, in classroom, during class time (80 minutes) | n/a | |
| 8 | Tu. 10/14 | Fall Break (no class) | n/a |
| Th. 10/16 | Objects and Classes | Read Liang ch. 9 | |
| 9 | Tu. 10/21 | Object and Classes (cont.) | n/a |
| Th. 10/23 | Object and Classes (cont.) | n/a | |
| 10 | Tu. 10/28 | Object-Oriented Thinking | Read Liang ch. 10 |
| Th. 10/30 | Inheritance and Polymorphism | Read Liang ch. 11 | |
| 11 | Tu. 11/4 | Inheritance and Polymorphism (cont.) | n/a |
| Th. 11/6 | Exception Handling and Text I/O | Read Liang ch. 12 | |
| 12 | Tu. 11/11 | Abstract Classes and Interfaces | Read Liang ch. 13 |
| Th. 11/13 | Midterm 2 review | n/a | |
| 13 | Tu. 11/18 | MIDTERM EXAM 2: closed book in-person exam, in classroom, during class time (80 minutes) | n/a |
| Th. 11/20 | Abstract Classes and Interfaces (cont.) | n/a | |
| 14 | Tu. 11/25 | Recursion | Read Liang ch. 18 |
| Th. 11/27 | Thanksgiving Break | n/a | |
| 15 | Tu. 12/2 | Recursion (cont.) | n/a |
| Th. 12/4 | Final review. Optional (if time permits): JavaFX Basics, Event-Driven Programming, JavaFX UI Controls and Multimedia, Binary IO | Read Liang chs. 14, 15, 16 and 17 | |
| Final exam | FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 11:15am-1:15pm (120 minutes), closed book in-person exam, in classroom | n/a |