CompSci 308 : Spring 2026

Computer Science is a science of abstraction - creating the right model for a problem and devising the appropriate mechanizable techniques to solve it. — A. Aho and J. Ullman

The exact order and details of topics is subject to change during the semester based on the pace needed, but we will try to set them at least two weeks in advance.
Materials discussed in class and lecture recordings will be posted here.

Date	Topics	Examples/Videos	Lab	Readings	Due
Week 1 Jan 8	Course Overview GIT in Practice	Example: Conditionals Example: Bounce	GITing Started Making Classes	Clean Code OO in One Sentence JavaFX Basics (sections 1-3) GIT Basics	Sun 1/11: Journal - CompSci Autobiography
Week 2 Jan 13/15	Refactoring and Code Smells	Example: Bins	Refactoring	Single Responsibility Principle Code Smells Everything is an Object Refactoring: Extract Class	Tue 1/13: Breakout - Plan and Basic Start Fri 1/16: Journal - Habits and Failure
Week 3 Jan 20/22	Abstraction	Example: Roulette	Team Meeting	Access Control (Encapsulation) Inheritance and Polymorphism Refactoring: Replace Conditional How to Work Well on Teams	Tue 1/20: Breakout - Complete Fri 1/23: Journal - Project Analysis
Week 4 Jan 27/29	Separating Model from Views			Open Closed Principle Model-View Separation Principle JUnit Test Infected JavaFX GUIs (sections 4-5)
Week 5 Feb 3/5	APIs and Interfaces
Week 6 Feb 10/12	Encapsulation
Week 7 Feb 17/19	Design Patterns
Week 8 Feb 24/26	SOLID Design
Week 9 Mar 3/5	Ethics
10 - Mar 10/12	*SPRING BREAK*
Week 11 Mar 17/19	Agile Project Management		Team Meeting
Week 12 Mar 24/26	Agile Project Design
Week 13 Mar 31/Apr 2	TBD
Week 14 Apr 7/9	TBD
Week 15 Apr 14/16	TBD
Week 16 Apr 21	Wrap-Up		*NO Lab Meeting*
Fri, May 1	Final Project Demos, in person 7-10pm