Use the tabs to view previous classes I have taken at Ohio State, organized by semester. To see more information for each course, simply click on the dropdown for the corresponding course.
This non-major class, used as a prerequisite for CSE 2221, contains an introduction to basic procedural and object-oriented programming concepts using Java. Topics taught include:
int, double, char, boolean, Stringsif - else if - else statements, compound and nested if statementswhile loops, for loopsList, ArrayListScanner, PrintWriter, exception handling, try - catch statementsWeekly lab assignments and projects provided opportunities to practice the concepts taught from the previous week. Representative projects included:
This is the first course for the CSE/CIS major, the first of two courses in the Software Sequence. For more information, you can access the course website here.
In this course, we were re-introduced to the Java language, and additionally used the
OSU CSE Components API to assist with
learning about the mathematical model and use of various data structures, such as XMLTree,
NaturalNumber, Queue, Stack, Set, Sequence, and Map. In addition, we delved further into prodecural
and object-oriented programming concepts, such as reference types, relationships between interfaces and classes
(i.e. implements and extends), inheritance, polymorphism, overloading, overriding, object type vs. declared type,
class type vs. interface type, static vs. instance methods, recursion, unit testing, generics,
simple graphical user interfaces using Swing, and loop invariants.
Software development best practices were also discussed, such as design-by-contract
principles, avoiding the use of "magic numbers", and eliminating redunancies in our code.
Representative project and lab assignments included:
This is the second of two courses in the Software Sequence. For more information, you can access the course website here.
This course further embellished on the Object-Oriented Programming concepts taught in CSE 2221, including abstract classes, kernel class implementations, representations, layering, client vs. implementer view, concrete vs. abstract state space, representation invariants, and abstraction functions. Fundamental topics of searching, sorting, hashing, binary search trees, heaps, and linked-lists were introduced as techniques used in class implementations as well.
In addition, the basics of programming languages and compilation were discussed, including context-free grammars, abstract syntax/parse trees, recursive-descent parsing, and code generation, along with other various loose ends, such as interface design and using the Standard Java Library in place of the OSU Software Components.
Representative project and lab assignments included:
NaturalNumber on StringMap on a hash tableSet on a binary search treeSortingMachine on a heapThis is the first of two courses in the Foundations Sequence.
This course introduced fundamental mathematics topics used in Computer Science, including propositional and predicate calculus, proofs by implication and contradiction, set theory, proofs by mathematical induction, relations, functions, and introductory graph theory. Introductory algorithm analysis was also discussed, with a focus on asymptotic notation and calculating the time complexity of basic algorithms containing branching, while loops, for loops, and simple recursion.
Algorithms of focus included:
Introduced statistics and probability concepts used in engineering.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all courses taken in the Spring 2020 semester were transtioned from in-person to online delivery midway through the semester.
This is the second of two courses in the Foundations Sequence.
This course embellished on previous topics taught in CSE 2221, and explored the theory and uses of various data structures and algorithms. In addition, probablistic algorithms and linear programming topics were discussed.
Algorithms of focus included:
Introduced topics concerning low-level digital logic systems.
An in-person lab component was originally used to create a "Simon Says"-styled game using digital logic, however the COVID-19 online transition caused the project to be abandoned midway through development.
Introduced some topics in higher-level mathematics, and used proof techniques to prove the correctness of lemmas and theorems utilizing these topics.
Topics of discussion included:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all courses taken in the Autumn 2020 semester were delivered in an online format, with the exception of CSE 2501, which was delivered in-person at the beginning of the semester, but transitioned online halfway through.
Introduced surface-level ethical theories and used them in discussion of various current topics in computing.
Introduced to the basics of the C# programming languages, with an emphasis on Object-Oriented Programming.
Representative projects included:
Introduced topics in linear algebra, and used MATLAB to assist in the learning of these topics and solving of various problems.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all courses taken in the Spring 2021 semester were delivered in an online format.