CPE 101:
Fundamentals of Computer Science 1

While it is expected that you will attend all the remaining Lab session (especially the last one, when the programming portion of your final exam will be held!), there will be no more graded lab activities. Instead, you will be able to do your last programming assignment during lab time, when your instructor (and classmates) will be available to help answer some of your questions.

Even more of a change, for your last programming assignment, you will have a choice -- you may do either one (and only one) of the following two activities: (I think the first one is way cool.)

• Game of Life Applet: One advantage to this one is that it one does have a preliminary lab-like part, in which several classes that will prove useful to both the lab and the actual programming task are provided for you. Another one is that, if you want, you may work with a partner to complete it (handin just one copy, logging the names of both partners). During the first lab session for these activities, all students are expected (i.e., required) to at least try the lab segment (and briefly demo to your instructor your progress on it): this will both give you a chance to do something else interesting using an Applet and provide some practice with skills you'll need to know for the remaining tests in this course and in early activities in 102. If you like the lab, then continue on to the actual programming task. If the program does not interest you, or if the lab makes you too frustrated to even think about doing more on this project, then go on to the alternate task.

  Go to the Life Background Lab.

  Go to the Life Program Description.

• Election Reporting Application: The advantage to this one is that the task itself is just a little bit simpler than the Life one. The main disadvantage is that, with this one, you are expected to do it all on your own (there are no support classes provided and you may not team up with a partner to submit a combined solution).

  Go to the Election Program Description.

Proceed as you see fit. Ask your instructor for advice if you're not sure which route to take.