Algorithms and Programming II

CS 102 is where you stop writing scripts and start thinking like a software engineer: the focus shifts from "can I make this run" to "how do I structure code so it scales, handles edge cases, and someone else can read it." You'll spend the semester working in Java, building up from inheritance and interfaces through recursion, basic data structures, and GUIs, with weekly labs and a group project that forces you to design, document, and present real software rather than just submit a single file. It's the bridge between CS 101 and everything later (CS 201 Data Structures especially) — by the end you should be comfortable reading a spec, picking the right abstraction, and shipping something a teammate can build on.