Programming II: Object-Oriented Design.

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A gateway to the computer science major, introducing a range of themes in the field of computer science. Object-oriented programming in Java or a similar programming language: code reuse with composition and inheritance; generic types; design patterns. Software development: development tools, attributes of good design. Algorithmic analysis; searching and sorting algorithms. Abstract data types: stacks, queues, trees, hashing; linked vs array-based implementation. Systems programming in C; pointers and dynamic allocation; model of machine memory, organization, and execution. Prerequisite: CSCI 235 or departmental approval.