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CS 3100: Program Design and Implementation II

Spring 2026 | 2025-2026

Duration: Jan 7, 2026 - Apr 20, 2026

Lecture section

Lab section

Course Schedule

Loosely, the course is organized as follows:

Module 1 (weeks 1 - 4): Design in the small — Java fundamentals, design principles, changeability
Module 2 (weeks 5 - 10): Design in the large — testing, teams, architecture, distributed systems
Module 3 (weeks 11 - 15): Design for users — UCD, accessibility, GUIs, concurrency

Modules 1 and 2 are each followed by an exam, and Module 3 is followed by a cumulative final exam.

Section 01 + Lab Section 01

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu
Due to registrar scheduling that gives different numbers of class meetings to different sections, Lab 1 lab will be completed asynchronously (on students' own time). TAs will organize workshops for troubleshooting and co-working as needed.
1	No class	No class	Jan 7 Course Overview and Introduction to Java Lab 1: Java Tooling and Setup	Jan 8 Inheritance and Polymorphism in Java RELEASED: Assignment 1: Recipe Domain Model
2	Jan 12 Inheritance and Polymorphism in Java II	Jan 13 Lab 2: Java Abstraction and Data Types	Jan 14 Specifications and Common Contracts	Jan 15 Functional Programming and Readability DUE: Assignment 1: Recipe Domain Model at 23:59
3	Jan 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day No Class	Jan 20 Lab 3: Readabiltiy and Modularity RELEASED: Assignment 2: Unit Conversion, Recipe and Instruction Classes	Jan 21 Changeability I: Modularity and Information Hiding	Jan 22 Changeability II: Coupling and Cohesion
4	Jan 26 Changeability III: Principles for inheritance	Jan 27 Lab 4: Changeability	Jan 28 Interpreting Requirements	Jan 29 Review 1 DUE: Assignment 2: Unit Conversion, Recipe and Instruction Classes at 23:59
5	Feb 2 Exam 1	Feb 3 Lab 5: Domain Modeling	Feb 4 Domain Modeling	Feb 5 Introduction to AI Coding Agents RELEASED: Assignment 3: JSON Serialization Layer
6	Feb 9 Program Understanding & Debugging	Feb 10 Lab 6: AI Coding Agents	Feb 11 Test Doubles and Isolation	Feb 12 Designing for Testability DUE: Assignment 3: JSON Serialization Layer at 23:59
7	Feb 16 Presidents' Day No Class	Feb 17 Lab 7: Debugging RELEASED: Assignment 4: Cookbook and Library Model, Comprehensive Test Suite	Feb 18 Teams and Collaboration	Feb 19 From Code Patterns to Architecture Patterns
8	Feb 23 Thinking Architecturally RELEASED: Team Forming	Feb 24 Lab 8: Architecture	Feb 25 Architectural Qualities	Feb 26 Distributed Architecture, Networks, and Security DUE: Team Forming at 23:59 DUE: Assignment 4: Cookbook and Library Model, Comprehensive Test Suite at 23:59
9	Mar 2 Spring Break No Class	Mar 3 Spring Break No Class	Mar 4 Spring Break No Class	Mar 5 Spring Break No Class
10	Mar 9 Serverless Architecture RELEASED: Assignment 5: Service Layer Architecture, CLI Interface	Mar 10 Lab 9: Serverless	Mar 11 Open Source, Libraries, and Frameworks	Mar 12 Usability
11	Mar 16 Review 2	Mar 17 Lab 10: Usability	Mar 18 Exam 2	Mar 19 User-Centered Design DUE: Assignment 5: Service Layer Architecture, CLI Interface at 23:59
12	Mar 23 Accessibility and Inclusivity RELEASED: Group Assignment 1: GUI	Mar 24 Lab 11: User-Centered Design	Mar 25 GUIs in Java	Mar 26 GUI Patterns and Testing
13	Mar 30 Concurrency I	Mar 31 Lab 12: GUI	Apr 1 Concurrency II: Asynchronous Programming	Apr 2 Event-Driven Architecture DUE: Group Assignment 1: GUI at 23:59 RELEASED: Group Assignment 2: OCR Service Integration
14	Apr 6 Performance	Apr 7 Lab 13: Asynchronous Programming	Apr 8 Safety and Reliability	Apr 9 Sustainability DUE: Group Assignment 2: OCR Service Integration at 23:59 RELEASED: Group Assignment 3: Final Integration and Polish
15	Apr 13 Design case-study: Map-Reduce	Apr 14 Lab 14: Prep for Future of Programming	Apr 15 The Future of Programming	Apr 16 Review DUE: Group Assignment 3: Final Integration and Polish at 23:59
16	Apr 20 Patriots' Day No Class	No class	No class	No class

Assignments

Assignment	Type	Assigned	Due	Points
Assignment 1: Recipe Domain Model	homework	Jan 8, 2026	Jan 15, 2026 23:59	40
Assignment 2: Unit Conversion, Recipe and Instruction Classes	homework	Jan 20, 2026	Jan 29, 2026 23:59	60
Assignment 3: JSON Serialization Layer	homework	Feb 5, 2026	Feb 12, 2026 23:59	60
Team Forming	homework	Feb 23, 2026	Feb 26, 2026 23:59	-
Assignment 4: Cookbook and Library Model, Comprehensive Test Suite	homework	Feb 17, 2026	Feb 26, 2026 23:59	70
Assignment 5: Service Layer Architecture, CLI Interface	homework	Mar 9, 2026	Mar 19, 2026 23:59	70
Group Assignment 1: GUI	homework	Mar 23, 2026	Apr 2, 2026 23:59	60
Group Assignment 2: OCR Service Integration	homework	Apr 2, 2026	Apr 9, 2026 23:59	70
Group Assignment 3: Final Integration and Polish	homework	Apr 9, 2026	Apr 16, 2026 23:59	70