Calendar for CS101 - Spring 2004

This is a tentative calendar for the semester. It is subject to change.

Jan 28

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

Feb 2

Software development method
Writing algorithms
Program structure

Reading Due - Chapter 1

Lab Assignment 1 - Getting Started

Homework Due - Homework 0

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Feb 4

Variable declarations
Data types
Input and output

Reading Due - Chapter 2 - Sections 2.1-2.4

Homework Due - Homework 1

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Feb 9

Arithmetic Expressions
I/O
Errors

Reading Due - Chapter 2 - Section 2.5-2.8

Lab Assignment 2 - I/O and Basic Computation

Homework Due - Homework 2 and Lab 1

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Feb 11

Functions without arguments

Reading Due - Chapter 3 - Section 3.1-3.4

Homework Due - Homework 3

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Feb 16

Functions with input arguments/results

Reading Due - Chapter 3 - Section 3.5

Lab Assignment 3 - Performing Computation Using Functions

Homework Due - Homework 4 and Lab 2

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Feb 18

Conditions and decisions
if statements

Reading Due - Chapter 4 - Section 4.1-4.4

Homework Due - Homework 5

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Feb 23

if/else
switch statements

Reading Due - Chapter 4 - Section 4.5-4.8

Lab Assignment 4 - A Bank Account

Homework Due - Homework 6 and Lab 3

Homework Assigned - Study for your quiz!

Feb 25 - Quiz 1

Covers chapters 1-4

Homework Due - None

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Mar 1

Repetition
while loops

Reading Due - Chapter 5 - Section 5.1-5.3

Project Assignment 1 - A Card Comparison Program

Homework Due - Homework 7 and Lab 4

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Mar 3

for loops
Nesting loops
do/while loops

Reading Due - Chapter 5 - Sections 5.4-5.11

Homework Due - Homework 8

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Mar 8

Pointers
Input/output parameters

Reading Due - Chapter 6 - Section 6.1-6.2

Lab Assignment 5 - Practice with Loops

Homework Due - Homework 9 and Project 1

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Mar 10

Scope
Casting

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

Homework Due - Homework 10 and Lab 5

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Mar 15 - No Class

Reading Due -

Lab Assignment -

Homework Due - None

Mar 17 - No Class

Reading Due -

Lab Assignment -

Homework Due - None

Mar 22

Arrays
Arrays and loops
Strings

Reading Due - Chapter 8 - Section 8.1-8.5

Lab Assignment 6 - Pointers as Arguments

Homework Due - Homework 11

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Mar 24

Multidimensional Arrays

Reading Due - Chapter 8 - Section 8.7-8.9

Homework Due - Homework 12

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Mar 29

Searching and Sorting
Getting started with Project 2

Reading Due - Chapter 8 - Section 8.6

Lab Assignment 7 - Using Arrays

Homework Due - Homework 13 and Lab 6

Homework Assigned - Study for your quiz!

Mar 31 - Quiz 2

Covers chapters 5-8

Homework Due - None

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Apr 5

Strings
File I/O

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

Project Assignment 2 - A Guessing Game

Homework Due - Homework 14 and Lab 7

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Apr 7

Structures
Pointers

Reading Due - Chapter 11 - Section 11.1-11.5

Homework Due - Homework 15

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Apr 12

Structures
Pointers

Reading Due - No new reading

Project Assignment 2 - Continue working...

Homework Due - Homework 16

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Apr 14

Dynamic memory allocation

Reading Due - Chapter 14 - Section 14.1-14.2

Homework Due - Homework 17

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Apr 19

Linked lists

Reading Due - Chapter 14 - Section 14.3-14.4

Lab Assignment 8 - Structures and Pointers

Homework Due - Homework 18 and Project 2

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Apr 21

Recursion

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

Homework Due - Homework 19

Homework Assigned - Warmup

Apr 26 - Quiz 3

Covers chapters 9-11, 14

Project Assignment 3 - A CD Database

Homework Due - Homework 20 and Lab 8

Homework Assigned - None

Apr 28

Catch-up and Project questions

Reading Due - None

Homework Due - None

Homework Assigned - None

May 3

Catch-up and Project questions

Reading Due - None

Project Assignment 3 - Continue working...

Homework Due - None

Homework Assigned - None

Final Project Due Date -- TBA