We'll use the same two textbooks as we did last semester: Introduction to Programming Using Java: an Object-Oriented Approach, by David Arnow and Gerald Weiss, published by Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-31184-4, and A Little Java, A Few Patterns by Matthias Felleisen and Daniel P. Friedman, MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-56115-8.
You'll need to read an average of about 40 pages a week. You are responsible for everything in the reading assignments, whether or not I discuss it in a lecture. You are also responsible for checking my class Web page at least once a week or so; I often post assignments, corrections to assignments, solutions to assignments, etc. there.
As an experiment in Web-assisted teaching, this course is being put on the TopClass system, which allows an instructor to post not only readings, homework assignments, announcements, etc. but quizzes: students can take quizzes on the Web whenever it's convenient for them, see immediately how they did, and get back suggestions on what to study to fill in the areas in which they did poorly. TopClass also makes it extremely easy to email the instructor (which should reduce problems with turning in homework by email) or other class members, and to hold BBS-style or chat-room-style discussions of class subjects. I have no idea how this will work, as I've never used TopClass before, but it has the potential to make life easier for student and instructor alike. Point your Web browser to http://topclass.adelphi.edu and let's find out.