COM 200 COMPUTER SCIENCE : AN OVERVIEW

Fall 2009

Text: Schneider, M. and Gersting, J., An Invitation to Computer Science, JAVA Version,

Third Edition, Course Technology, Boston, MA, 2007.

Lambert, K. and Whaley, T. Invitation to Computer Science Laboratory Manual, (C++ and Java) Second Edition, Course Technology, Boston, MA, 2007.

TOPIC	LABS	Links
Introduction to Computer Science Brief history of Computing	Lab1 Glossary (DEMO)	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/DefinitionofCS.ppt http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/History.ppt http://www.computer.org/computer/timeline/timeline.pdf http://www.computer.org/history/development/index.html http://www.patchwire.com/ComputerHistory/tabid/61/Default.aspx http://www.cbi.umn.edu
Algorithm Discovery and Design	Lab2 Algorithm Animation Lab3 Find the Largest	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/AlgorithmDiscovery.ppt
Efficiency of Algorithms	Lab4 Sort Animations Lab5 Data Cleanup Lab6 Sort Timings	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter3.ppt
The Hardware World: Building Blocks, Binary Numbers, Boolean logic and Gates	Lab7 Logic Circuit Simulator Lab8* Logic Circuits	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter4.ppt
Computer System Organization	Lab9 Von Neumann Machines	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter5.ppt
System Software and Virtual Machines	Lab10 Assembly Language Programming	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter6.ppt http://www.computer.org/history/development/index.html
Computer Networks, the Internet and WWW	Lab 11 Networks*	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter7.ppt
High Level Language Programming	Lab12 Java Programs Lab13 Functions & Arrays* Lab14 Graphics	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter8.ppt
Programming Languages: Tower of Babel	Lab 15 HTML and ftp Lab 16* Functional Programming ( LISP)	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter9.ppt
Compilers and Language Translation	Lab 17 Language Translation*	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter10.ppt
Models of Computation * ( Turing Machines)	Labs 18-19 Turing Machines (optional)	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter11.ppt
Simulation and Modeling	Lab 20 Discrete Event Simulation	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter12.ppt
Electronic Commerce and Security	Lab21 Database Lab22 Data Encryption	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter13.ppt
Artificial Intelligence	Lab23* Neural Networks	http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter14.ppt
Social and Legal Issues		http://faculty.sjcny.edu/~fritz/COM200/Chapter15.ppt
Security
Gaming
	*if time permits