ICT-1201: Object Oriented Programming in Java

Description
The course will present concepts of object oriented programming using Java including object-oriented design, encapsulation and information hiding, separation of behavior and implementation, classes and subclasses, inheritance (overriding, dynamic dispatch), polymorphism (subtype polymorphism vs. inheritance) and class hierarchies. Topics include methods, Arrays, Array Lists, String, and String Manipulation, Objects, classes, basic of GUI, Event Handling, GUI components, collection classes and iteration. Moreover, an introduction to programming practice using an IDE (modularity, testing, and documentation) will be presented. Consequently, students will be able to write a complete Java program, compile, debug and run. Lecture: 2 hrs/week; tutorial: 1 hr/week; Lab: 2 hrs/week