U = Understanding Computers Book
J = Java Book
I = Instructors Notes
| Week # | Date 2008 | Topic |
| 1 | 9/ 8 | Course Overview U01 Introduction to the World of Computers J01 Introduction to Computers & Java |
| 2 | 9/15 | U02 The System Unit: Processing & Memory J02 Java Fundamentals |
| 3 | 9/22 | U03 Storage J02 Java Fundamentals (contd) |
| 4 | 9/29 | U04 Input and Output J03 Decision Structures |
| 5 | 10/ 6 | QUIZ 1 (Concepts chapters 1-4) U05 System Software: Operating Systems and Utility Programs J04 Loops and Files |
| 6 | 10/13 | U06 Application Software U07 Computer Networks J04 Loops and Files (contd) |
| 7 | 10/20 | EXAM 1 (Concepts chapters 1-7) I Excel J05 - Methods |
| 8 | 10/27 | U08 The Internet and the World Wide Web U09 Network and Internet Security J06 A First Look at Classes |
| 9 | 11/ 3 | U10 Multimedia and the Web U11 E-Commerce J06 A First Look at Classes (contd) |
| 10 | 11/10 | QUIZ 2 (Java) U12 Information Systems and Systems Development I HTML |
| 11 | 11/17 | U13 Program Development and Programming Languages U14 Databases and Database Management I Access J08 Arrays and the Array List Class |
| 12 | 11/24 | U15 Computer Security and Privacy U16 Intellectual Property Rights, Ethics, Health, Access and the Environment J08 Arrays and the Array List Class (contd) |
| 13 | 12/ 1 | EXAM 2 (Java - chapters 1-6 and 8) |
| 14 | 12/ 8 | Final Exam Review |
| 15 | TBA FINAL EXAM (Concepts chapters 1-16, Java will indicate in class) |