Alyce Brady Professor of Computer Science Dean of the Sophomore Class Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Kalamazoo College 1200 Academy Street, Kalamazoo, MI Office: Olds/Upton 203G Phone: (269) 337-7065 E-mail: abrady@kzoo.edu Weekly Schedule

Sophomores: See the Sophomore Year page, focusing on the themes of the sophomore year.

Courses:

2007-2008:
	First Year Seminar: Around the World in 80 Days -- Fall 2007   Introduction to Programming in Java (CS 110) -- Winter 2008   Introduction to Programming in Java (CS 110) -- Spring 2008 Introduction to Multimedia Programming (CS 107) (lab instructor, assisting Dr. Pamela Cutter) -- Spring 2008
2006-2007:
	Data Structures (CS 210) -- Fall 2006 Principles of Programming Languages (CS 320) -- Fall 2006   Winter and Spring 2007: I will not be teaching, as I will be serving as the Acting Registrar while the College searches for a new Registrar.
2005-2006:
	Introduction to Multimedia Programming (CS 107) (assisting Dr. Pamela Cutter) -- Fall 2005 Principles of Programming Languages (CS 320) -- Fall 2005   Computer Architecture (CS 230) -- Winter 2006 Special Topics: Software Development (CS 487) -- Winter 2006   Introduction to Multimedia Programming (CS 107) (with Dr. Pamela Cutter) -- Spring 2006 Introduction to Programming in Java (CS 110) -- Spring 2006

Research Interests:

• Computers in Education: computer science education, use of computers in a liberal arts education, including the following specific projects:
  • Aquarium Lab Series, a series of mixed-length laboratory exercises that provide students with an opportunity to put introductory programming concepts to work immediately (meant to be used very early in an introductory course on programming in Java)
  • Marine Biology Simulation case study for the Advanced Placement Program (see my web pages for Teaching Resources for AP Teachers and Teaching Resources related to the MBS case study)
  • Grid Package, a library of Java classes for modeling objects in a two-dimensional grid, as well as accompanying classes that make it easy to create graphical user interfaces to display and interact with such models
• Object-Oriented Programming: object-oriented languages, object-oriented design and specification methods, inheritance semantics
• Software Engineering: software design, algebraic axiomatic specifications, testing, software maintenance
• Academic Computing Applications: algorithms and applications to help place students into the courses they want, monitor their progress towards graduation, etc.
• Human-Computer Interfaces: hypertext and hypermedia, graphical user interfaces, programming interfaces