Richard G Baldwin (512) 223-4758, NRG Room 4238, Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com, http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/

ITSE2321 Object-Oriented Programming

This material applies to classroom sections and Distance Learning sections taught by Professor Baldwin.

Who Should Enroll

Fall 2018

Revised 07/08/18

The official web page for this course is ITSE2321.htm

Question: Should you enroll in Professor Baldwin's section of this Object-Oriented Programming course?

Answer: The answer to the question depends on your programming background, on your willingness to open your mind to new and exciting programming concepts, and your willingness to work very hard at mastering those concepts.

This is not a beginning programming course

The prerequisites for this course are listed in the course catalog. Unless you understand everything normally covered in the prerequisite courses, you may have difficulty succeeding in this course.

If you

you should be able to succeed in this Introductory OOP course.

You must open your mind

Even if you have many years of procedural programming experience using languages such as C, C++. Pascal, Basic, or COBOL, you may still have difficulty succeeding in this course unless you are willing to open your mind and embrace new programming concepts and also work very hard.

Advanced programming concepts

To succeed in this course, you will be required to master several advanced programming concepts that you probably didn't encounter in the prerequisite courses and also probably haven't encountered in your years of procedural programming experience using C, C++. Pascal, Basic, or COBOL.

A giant step is required

In order to successfully program in Java OOP, you must immediately make the mental transition into Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). It is not possible to write the simplest program in Java without using OOP.

The bottom line

The bottom line is, unless you

you may have difficulty succeeding in this course.

Make your choice

If you really want to learn OOP using Java, enroll in the course and be prepared to work very hard.

If you are looking for an "easy A" to put on your transcript, enroll in some other course.

Please review the instructional material for this course that is available in my e-book titled ITSE 2321 - Object-Oriented Programming (Java) before registering for this course.

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