Laboratory work required. Design issues arising in software systems and Java programming techniques aiding in their solution. This course provides the conceptual basis for programming techniques and program design with object and classes. Topics include the software life cycle, methods of functional decomposition, abstract data types and classes, inheritance, references, common data structures, algorithmic patterns, and testing and debugging techniques. Prerequisites: MATH 163 and a grade of C or better in any one of: CS 150, CS 151, CS 153, ENGN 150.