AP Computer Science

Assignment Schedule

TJHSST, 2009-2010

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Curriculum:  Algorithms and data structures in an object-oriented environment in preparation for the College Board's Advanced Placement Exam in Computer Science.

Assignments:  TJ students can access all handouts and program files through TJ's intranet.  Other assigned readings and assignments are from:

• Lambert, Kenneth and Osborne, Martin.  Fundamentals of Java:  AP Computer Science Essentials for A and AB Exams. 3rd Edition, Thompson Course Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006.  ISBN  0-619-26723-2.   FCPS replacement cost:  $52.00
• Litvin, Maria and Litvin, Gary.  Java Methods AB:  Data Structures.  Skylight Publishing, Andover, Massachusetts, 2003.  ISBN:  0-9654853-1-5.  FCPS replacement cost:  $30.00

Teachers:  Mr. Billington, Mr. Rose

Assignment Schedule with topics, by month:

September:  arrays, strings, files, recursion
 

October:   sorts, Big-O notation
 

November:  ListNode linked lists, ArrayList, LinkedList
 

December:  Gridworld Case Study
 

January:  stacks, queues, priority queues
 

February:  trees, sets, maps
 

March:  hashcode, heaps, heap sort

 

April:  Sort Detective, Design Question, mock AP exam

 

May:  AP Syllabus A Exam on Tuesday, May 4.  After that we study graphs

 

June:  individual projects

Java and jGrasp

Installing at Home

Sun's Java Tutorial

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