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Date
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Topic
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Preparation
(due on
date assigned) |
Projects
(listed on date to be started)
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Homework
(listed on
date to be started)
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Tuesday,
01.08.2008 |
Syllabus
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Important: Click to play
lectures
Watch: General Information
Watch: Orientation
Read:
Setting
up SSH
Read:
Unix Primer
Read:
Unix Basics
Read:
Emacs Tutorial
Read:
Emacs Cheat Sheet
Read:
Emacs Ref Card
Read:
Email
FAQ |
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Thursday, 01.10.2008 |
Introduction to Computers
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Watch:
Hardware
(1a)
Read:
Deitel Ch 1 (PPT)
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Try:
How to compile your first program
under Microsoft Visual Studio, or
Try:
How to compile your first program under Linux |
Computer Science in the Real World
DUE: 05.03.2008
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Tuesday,
01.15.2008 |
Introduction to Computers
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Watch:
Languages
(1b)
Watch:
The Machine That Changed the World
Read:
Virginia Tech TMTCTW
Read:
IEEE History of Computing
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Thursday, 01.17.2008 |
Introduction to C Programming |
Watch:
A First C Program
(2a)
Watch:
Mixing Data Types
(2b)
Read: Deitel Ch 2 (PPT) |
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Homework 1: Chapters 1 and 2
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Tuesday,
01.22.2008 |
C Formatted
Input/Output |
Watch:
Basic I/O Printf
(3a)
Watch:
Basic I/O Scanf
(3b)
Read: Deitel Ch 9
(PPT) |
Project 1: Change
Maker
Blackbelt Project 1
DUE:
02.01.2008
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Thursday, 01.24.2008 |
Variable Declarations,
Data Types, Expressions |
Watch:
Variables &
Operators
(4a)
Watch:
Assignments
(4b) |
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Tuesday, 01.29.2008 |
Structured Program Development and Program Control |
Watch:
Problem Solving using
STAIR
(5a)
Watch:
Algorithms
(5b)
Read: Deitel Ch 3 (PPT)
Read: Deitel
Ch 4 (PPT) |
Project 2:
Find-A-Bank
Blackbelt Project 2
DUE: 02.12.2008
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Homework 2: Chapter 4 Program
Control
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Thursday, 01.31.2008 |
Structured Program Development and Program Control |
Watch:
Standard C
Statements
(5c) |
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Tuesday, 02.05.2008 |
Structured Program
Development and Program Control |
Watch:
Add'l C
Statements
(5d) |
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Thursday, 02.07.2008 |
EXAM 1
(via oncourse, no lecture this day)
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Tuesday, 02.12.2008 |
Functions
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Watch:
Declarations
(6a)
Watch:
Examples
(6b)
Read:
Numerical
Representations
Read: Deitel Ch 5 (PPT)
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Project 3:
Math Calculator
Blackbelt Project 3
DUE:
02.22.2008
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Homework 3: Chapter 5 Functions
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Thursday, 02.14.2008 |
Functions |
Watch:
Scope, Parameter Passing, Storage Specifiers
(6c)
Watch:
Recursion
(6d) |
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Tuesday, 02.19.2008 |
Information
Representation: Number Systems: Positive
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Watch:
Integers
(7)
Read: Deitel
Appendix D.
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Homework 4: Appendix D Number
Systems
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Thursday, 02.21.2008 |
Information
Representation: Number Systems
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Watch:
Negative
Integers
(8a) |
Project 4: Function Lab
Blackbelt Project 4
DUE: 03.07.2008
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Tuesday, 02.26.2008 |
Information Representation
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Watch:
Floating Point
(8b) |
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Thursday, 02.28.2008 |
Information Representation
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Watch:
Characters and Images
(9) |
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Tuesday, 03.04.2008 |
EXAM 2 (via oncourse, no lecture this day) |
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Thursday, 03.06.2008 |
Information
Representation |
Watch:
Machine Instructions
(10a)
Watch:
xComputer Demonstration
(10b) |
Project 5: xComputer
Blackbelt Project 5
Resource:
xComputer
Applet
xComputer
OpCodes
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Tuesday, 03.11.2008 |
Spring Break (no classes this week) |
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Thursday, 03.13.2008 |
Spring Break (no classes this week) |
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Tuesday, 03.18.2008 |
Arrays
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Watch:
Declarations
(11a)
Watch:
Strings and Parameter
Passing
(11b)
Read: Deitel Ch 6 (PPT) |
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Thursday, 03.20.2008 |
Arrays |
Watch:
Multidimensional Arrays
(11c)
Watch:
Case Study
(11d) |
Project 6: Trip Driving
Distance
Blackbelt Project 6
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Tuesday, 03.25.2008 |
Pointers
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Watch:
Introduction
(13a)
Watch:
Call-by-Reference
(13b)
Read: Deitel Ch 7(PPT) |
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Thursday, 03.27.2008 |
Pointers |
Watch:
Pointer Arithmetic
(13c) |
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Tuesday, 04.01.2008 |
EXAM 3
(via oncourse, no lecture this day) |
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Thursday, 04.03.2008 |
Characters and Strings |
Watch:
Literals and Variables
(14a)
Watch:
Functions
(14b)
Read: Deitel Ch 8 (PPT) |
Project 7: Name Game
Blackbelt Project 7
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Homework 5: Chapter
6 Arrays amd Chapter 8 Strings
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Tuesday, 04.08.2008 |
Structures |
Declarations
(15a)
Functions and Arrays
(15b)
Read: Deitel Ch 10 (PPT) |
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Thursday, 04.10.2008 |
File Processing |
Read: Deitel Ch 11 (PPT) |
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Tuesday, 04.15.2008 |
Ethics
Discussion Topics:
Course Evaluation
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Watch:
Ethics in Computer Science
(12)
Ethics
Prereading: (with emphasis on sections 2 and 3)
1.
Ethics Quiz
2.
Hacking
3.
Computer
Ethics
4.
Privacy
5.
Snooper
Bowl
6.
Whistle
blowing
7.
Piracy
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Optional materials: Not included in lecture:
Employment Outlook
Review from Data Structures
Sample Make File
Data Structures
Make
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Thursday, 04.17.2008 |
Project Work Day |
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Tuesday, 04.22.2008 |
Project Work Day |
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Thursday, 04.24.2008 |
Project Work Day |
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Tuesday, 04.29.2008 |
EXAM
4
(via oncourse, no lecture this day)
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Friday, 05.02.2008 |
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Final Project and CSIRW Paper Due, uploaded
into Drop Box, by 11:55 PM. |
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