COSC 1020 Introduction to Computer Science

Recommended Readings

• Week 1 - Computer Hardware
  Horstmann: Ch. 1 Sec. 1 to 3, and Ch. 3 Sec. 1, 3, 7, 9
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 1 Sec. 0 to 2, and Ch. 2 Sec. 0 to 4

• Week 2 - Computer Software
  Horstmann: Ch. 1 Sec. 4 to 10, and Ch. 3 Sec. 2, 4, 6, and Ch. 16 Sec. 1
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 1 Sec. 3 and 4, Ch. 10 Sec. 0, and Ch. 2 Sec. 3 to 5

• Week 3 - API & Static Features
  Horstmann: Ch. 7 Sec. 6 and 7, and Ch. 5 Sec. 2 and 4
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 2 Sec. 6 and 7, and Ch. 3 Sec. 2 and 4
  Note: Lewis & Loftus is much closer to the course's approach than Horstmann. So Lewis & Loftus should be much easier for you to follow at this point.

• Week 4 - The Object Abstraction
  Horstmann: Ch. 2 Sec. 1, 2, and 6 (the rest of Ch. 2 is optional)
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 2 Sec. 0, 6, and 7

• Week 5 - Control Structures
  Horstmann: Ch. 5 and 6
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 3
  

• Week 6 - Java Strings
  Horstmann: Ch. 3 Sec. 7 and Ch. 5 Sec. 2.3
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 2 Sec. 6 and Ch. 3 Sec. 4
  

• Week 7 - Testing & File I/O
  Horstmann: Ch. 8 Sec. 1 to 3 and Sec. 6.4.2
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 10 Sec. 1 and Ch. 4 Sec. 6
  

• Week 8 - Composition & Collections
  Horstmann: Ch. 16 Sec. 3
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 4 Sec. 6 and Ch. 10 Sec. 3

• Week 9 - Inheritance & Polymorphism
  Horstmann: Ch. 9 Sec. 1 to 3 and Ch. 11
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 7 Sec. 0 to 4

• Week 10 - Exception Handling
  Horstmann: Ch. 14
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 8 Sec. 0

• Week 11 - Implementing Classes I
  Horstmann: Ch. 2
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 4 Sec. 0 to 6

• Week 12 - Implementing Classes II
  Horstmann: Ch. 7 and Ch. 2 Sec. 8
  Lewis & Loftus: Ch. 5 Sec. 0 to 2