COURSE SCHEDULE

COURSE SCHEDULE

DATE�� TOPICS�� Assignments & Quizzes

Aug. 24, 26�� Course administration; laboratory procedures; introduction �� A1 - Aug. 24

(Ch. 1)�� to computer organization, programming languages & the

�� translation process; C++ example. Problem-solving

�� techniques, algorithms & their representation.

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Aug. 31, Sept. 2 �� C++ program structure; C++ syntax & semantics; data and �� A1, due Sept. 2

(Ch. 2,3)�� data types, variables & constants, arithmetic expressions & �� Q1, A2 - Sept. 2

�� operators, assignment statements, arithmetic operator

�� precedence, type coercion & casting; standard output.

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Sept. 7, 9�� Program construction compilation & execution, preprocessor.�� A2 due Sept. 9

(Ch. 3)�� Library functions, C++ standard library; formatting output.�� A3, Q2 � Sept. 9

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Sept. 14, 16�� Programmer-defined functions, void functions, value-returning A3 due Sept. 16

(Ch. 3,4)�� functions, Standard I/O streams, interactive I/O, file I/O�� A4, Q3 - Sept.16

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Sept. 21�� Top-down design, pseudocode, Object-oriented design

(Ch. 4)

Sept. 23�� Exam 1

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Sept. 28�� Exam 1 solutions & discussion�� A4 due Sept. 28

Sept. 30�� Logical expressions, relational operators, logical operators,�� A5 � Sept. 28

(Ch. 5)�� operator precedence, typedef statement�� Q4 � Sept. 30

�� Selections - if�else.

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Oct. 5, 7�� Nested if�else, Looping � while statement.�� A5 due Oct. 7

(Ch. 5, 6)�� Stream input failure, EOF test�� A6, Q5 � Oct. 7

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Oct. 12, 14�� Functions � void functions, call by value & call by reference�� Q6 � Oct. 14

(Ch. 7)�� parameters, function prototypes.

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Oct. 19,21�� Scope & lifetime, local & global variables�� A6 due Oct. 19

(Ch. 8)�� automatic & static variables. Typedef statement. Value-returning�� A7 � Oct. 19

�� functions, Boolean functions�� Q7 � Oct. 21

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Oct. 26�� Switch statement, do�while statement

Oct. 28�� Exam 2

(Ch. 9)

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Nov. 2�� Exam2 solutions & discussion.�� A7 due Nov. 2

Nov. 4�� For statement.�� A8 � Nov. 2

(Ch. 9)�� Q8 � Nov. 2

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Nov. 9�� Built-in types, assignment operators, cast operator,�� A8 due Nov. 9

(Ch. 10)�� increment & decrement operators. Enumeration type; �� A9 � Nov. 9

�� limited precision and round-off errors. C++ operator precedence,

�� character data. Strings and character manipulation.

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Nov. 16, 18�� Assertions as comments, pre-conditions and post-conditions,�� Q9 � Nov. 18

(Ch. 11,12)�� increment & decrement operators. Enumeration type; �� A9 due Nov. 18��

�� One-dimensional arrays, passing arrays as parameters.��

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Nov. 23�� Multi-dimensional array, arrays of character strings�� A9 due Nov. 23

(Ch. 13)�� Extra Credit Ass.

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Nov. 30 �� Algorithm complexity, sequential search, binary search �� Q10 � Nov. 30

(Handout)�� binary search, selection sort.

Dec. 2�� Review for final

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Dec. 10�� Fri.�� Final Exam 8:00 AM � 10:00 AM

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