Advanced Object-Oriented Programming Syllabus for 2025-2026
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Course

ITSE-2357-001 Advanced Object-Oriented Programming

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: INEW 2334, ITSE 2321   

Course Description

Advanced object-oriented programming techniques emphasizing abstract data structures, class inheritance, polymorphism, and exception handling. 

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Department Expectations

Occupational License Disclaimer

Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:

Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:

Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me

You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.

Hours

(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 4 lab)

Class Type

Online Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

An Amarillo Public Library Card is required 

Supplemental text material may come from a variety of available media on the Internet, from in-class examples and from posted notes to BlackBoard and any other supplemental LMS.

Supplies

• Mandatory materials

  • Access to PC
  • drawio, visio, or StarUML
  • Reliable Access to Internet
  • USB Flash Drive (2GB or larger) (optional)
  • Your Amarillo College Student ID (printed since 2015)

Student Performance

STUDENT PERFORMANCE LEARNING OUTCOMES:  (minimum competencies)

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Review and apply core object-oriented programming concepts.

• Compare and contrast Waterfall and Agile approaches to software development.

• Design a software system using Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD).

• Create a complete software design specification using UML, including requirements, user stories, mock-ups, use cases, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and state diagrams.

• Translate UML design specifications into well-structured program designs that reflect object-oriented principles.

• Produce a comprehensive software design document that is understandable to stakeholders and detailed enough for developers to implement.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Log in using the AC Connect Portal

In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

• Students are expected to maintain a high standard of individual honor in their scholastic work. Students who are guilty of cheating, plagiarism, copying, or dishonesty may receive a 0 on an assignment; may be excluded from class with a grade of F; or, in flagrant cases, may be suspended from the College (see Student Rights and Responsibilities).
• The Faculty of the CIS Program reserve the right to ask a student to verify any portion of a test or assignment by reproducing any specific section or the entire test/assignment in question.
• Any action that compromises the computer systems at Amarillo College, including but not limited to hacking or cracking, can result in a grade of "F" in this course and possible further disciplinary action.
• Communicating regularly with your instructor, reading course announcements, reading email, responding to email, informing your instructor in advance of missing assignment due dates, etc. are important to successful completion of this course.

Grading Criteria

• The final average consists of the following categories:

  Course videos and quizzes                                        30%

  Comprehensive software design document               70%

• The course letter grade is assigned, after rounding to the nearest tenth decimal place, using the following scale:

  A 89.5 to 100

  B 79.5 to less than 89.5

  C 69.5 to less than 79.5

  D 59.5 to less than 69.5

  F Less than 59.5

Attendance

• This is an Enhanced Online course.  We will meet only 4 times throughout the 8 week period.  

• The dates are set in your schedule; however, there will be flexibility in meeting times.  This will be discussed the first class meeting which will be on Thursday 1/22 @ 3:00pm in Byrd 211.
• Attendance for these 4 meetings  is required to be successful in this course.  Please make it a priority.

• The CIS Program Attendance policy is as follows:

  • If you miss a lecture or lab period, it is your responsibility to determine what you have missed and take appropriate measures. DO NOT assume that the instructor will have materials handed out in your absence with him/her at the next class meeting. It is your responsibility to check with the instructor after class to correct an "absence" to a "late" if you enter the class after role has been taken and you were less than 10 minutes late. It is also your responsibility to drop the course if you cannot meet course expectations.
  • Students are expected to attend every class.
  • Roll will be taken at the beginning of class.
  • Makeup exams will not be given unless arrangements have been made before the test.
  • If you stop attending class and your average drops below a 60 and you do not officially drop the course by the drop deadline, you will receive an F for the course.
  • This course requires work outside of class.The primary teaching approach for this course is that of a "Flipped Classroom": you will be required to read and practice the material before class, and during class, we will work on applying the material.

Calendar

Additional Information

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

January 19:                         Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (AC Closed)
January 20:                         Spring Classes Begin
January 27:                         Census Day (Administrative Drop for Non-Attendance
March 3:                              Last Day to Withdraw from Course
March 12:                            Last Day of Course
March 13 - March 18:          Spring Break (AC offices open regular hours Monday-Wednesday)
March 19 - March 22:          Spring Break (all AC offices closed)
March 23:                            Spring-2 Courses Begin

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• • Center for Teaching and Learning Student and Faculty Help Center - www.actx.edu/ctl/helpcenter
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