About the Academy

This is an introductory course to the programming language Java. We will focus on the use of Java to make interesting displays on web pages. Students can expect to learn basic programming language and graphics constructs, and to use examples of more advanced language concepts such as object-oriented programming and threads.

The Java Academy runs for ten consecutive Saturdays, 2:30 to 4:30pm, beginning February 6th, 1999.

The format of the course will be approximately 25 minutes of lecture, 15 minutes to discuss the day's programming assignment, 1 hour for programming, and 15 minutes to discuss results.

Classes will be held on the Syracuse University campus at the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Room 3-201. Classes will also be held at other sites such as Boston, MA and Houston, TX. These classes will listen to the presentations from Syracuse and then do the assignments in their own lab.

This course is not for University credit. The successful student will receive a certificate upon successful completion of this course.

This first offering of the Java Academy is free and open to middle school and high school students meeting the prerequisites (see below). The Northeast Parallel Architectures Center will provide a web site for the students to present their results.

Prerequisites

A student wishing to attend the Academy should be thoroughly familiar with the World Wide Web, including web page construction and HTML markup. Some programming background is helpful, but not required. Please fill out the Java Academy Application Form to be considered for admittance into the program.

To complete the exercises, a student needs access to a PC running Windows 95 or Windows NT, and a reasonably good network or dialup connection. (Unfortunately, Java development on the Macintosh is not possible at this time.)

To view the online lectures, all that's needed is a Java-enabled browser such as Netscape Communicator 4.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. Note: Your browser must fully support Java version 1.1, which is the version supported in Internet Explorer 4.0 and Communicator 4.07 and above.

Staff

Director:	Geoffrey Fox	gcf@npac.syr.edu
Instructor:	Nancy McCracken	njm@npac.syr.edu
Assistant:	Meryem Ispirli	mispirli@npac.syr.edu
Information Services Manager:	Roman Markowski	roman@npac.syr.edu