Calendar for CS101 - Fall 2004

Sept 10

Reading Due - None

• Introduction and course overview
• Components of a computer
• What is computer programming?

Lab Assignment - None

Homework Due - None

Homework Assigned - Homework 0

Sept 13

• Software development method
• Writing algorithms
• Program structure

Reading Due - Chapter 1

Lab Assignment 1 - Getting Started

Homework Due - Homework 0

Homework Due - Lab 1

Sept 15

• Variable declarations
• Data types
• Input and output

Reading Due - Chapter 2 - Sections 2.1-2.4

Homework Due -

Sept 20

• Arithmetic Expressions
• I/O
• Errors

Reading Due - Chapter 2 - Section 2.5-2.8

Lab Assignment 2 - I/O and Basic Computation

Sept 22

• Functions without arguments

Reading Due - Chapter 3 - Section 3.1-3.4

Homework Due -

Sept 27

• Functions with input arguments/results

Reading Due - Chapter 3 - Section 3.5

Lab Assignment 3 - Performing Computation Using Functions

Homework Due - Lab 2

Sept 29

• Conditions and decisions
• if statements

Reading Due - Chapter 4 - Section 4.1-4.4

Homework Due -

Oct 4

• if/else
• switch statements

Reading Due - Chapter 4 - Section 4.5-4.8

Lab Assignment 4 - Using if/else

Homework Due - Lab 3

Homework Assigned - Study for your quiz!

Oct 6 - Quiz 1

Covers chapters 1-4

Homework Due - None

Oct 11 - No Class - Fall Break

Reading Due -

Lab Assignment - None

Homework Due - None

Oct 13

• Repetition
• while loops

Reading Due - Chapter 5 - Section 5.1-5.3

Homework Due -

Oct 18

• for loops
• Nesting loops
• do/while loops

Reading Due - Chapter 5 - Sections 5.4-5.11

Project Assignment 1 - Project 1

Homework Due -

Oct 20

• Pointers
• Input/output parameters

Reading Due - Chapter 6 - Section 6.1-6.2

Homework Due -

Oct 25

• Scope
• Casting

Reading Due - Chapter 6 - Section 6.3-6.5/ Chapter 7 - Section 7.1-7.2

Lab Assignment 5 - Loops

Homework Due - Project 1

Oct 27 - Catch up

Reading Due -

Homework Due -

Nov 1

• Arrays
• Arrays and loops
• Strings

Reading Due - Chapter 8 - Section 8.1-8.5

Lab Assignment 6 - Pointers as Arguments

Homework Due - Lab 5

Nov 3

• Multidimensional Arrays

Reading Due - Chapter 8 - Section 8.7-8.9

Homework Due -

Nov 8

• Searching and Sorting

Reading Due - Chapter 8 - Section 8.6

Lab Assignment 7 - Using Arrays

Homework Due - Lab 6

Homework Assigned - Study for your quiz!

Nov 10 - Quiz 2

Covers chapters 5-8

Homework Due - None

Nov 15

• Strings
• File I/O
• Getting started with Project 2

Reading Due - Chapter 9 - Section 9.1-9.5/ Chapter 12 - Section 12.1

Project Assignment 2 - Project 2

Homework Due - Lab 7

Nov 17

• Structures
• Pointers

Reading Due - Chapter 11 - Section 11.1-11.5

Homework Due -

Nov 22

• Structures
• Pointers

Reading Due - No new reading

Project Assignment 2 - Continue working...

Homework Due -

Nov 24 - No Class

Reading Due -

Lab Assignment -

Homework Due - None

Nov 29

• Dynamic memory allocation

Reading Due - Chapter 14 - Section 14.1-14.2

Lab Assignment 8 - Structures and Pointers

Homework Due - Project 2

Dec 1

• Linked lists

Reading Due - Chapter 14 - Section 14.3-14.4

Homework Due -

Dec 6 - Quiz 3

Covers chapters 9-11, 14

Project Assignment 3 - A Bookstore

Homework Due - Lab 8

Homework Assigned -

Dec 8

• Recursion

Reading Due - Chapter 10 - Section 10.1-10.4, 10.6

Homework Due -

Dec 13

• Catch-up and Project questions

Reading Due - None

Project Assignment 3 - Continue working...

Homework Due - None

Homework Assigned - None

Final Project Due Date -- TBA