syllabus

unit: topic date course materials reading
unit I:

Fundamentals
Feb 2
  • lecture I.1: unix fundamentals
    ---- lecture notes
  • lab1.1: intro to unix
    ---- unix excercise
    		• Pohl, ch 1-2;
    unix handout
    emacs handout

    Feb 9

    & 16
  • lecture I.2: review of c++
    ---- lecture notes
  • labI.2: c++ review
    ---- Assignment I part 1
  • lab I.3
    ---- Assignment I part 2
    ---- Assignment I part 3
    		•
    unit II:

    Classes
    		Feb 23
  • lecture II.1: objects and class design, command-line arguments
    ---- lecture notes
  • lab II
    ---- Assignment II
    		•  Pohl, ch 4-5
    Mar 2
  • lecture II.2: constructors and destructors
    ---- lecture notes
    ---- class examples .cpp
    		•
    unit III:

    Specifications
    and Testing
    		Mar 9
  • lecture III.1: I/O and c-style strings
    ---- lecture notes
    ---- class examples .cpp
    		•  Pohl, ch 9-10
    Mar 16
  • lecture III.2: Exception handling
    ---- lecture notes
  • lab III.2
    ---- Assignment III part 1
    ---- Assignment III part 2
    		•
      Apr 13
  • MIDTERM EXAM (15% of term grade)
    ---- Study guide
    		•
    unit IV:

    Object-Oriented
    Programming
    (OOP)
    		Apr 20
  • lecture IV.1: operator overloading; static data; inheritance; composition
    of classes
    ---- lecture notes
    ---- patrol.cpp
    ---- patrol2.cpp
    ---- patrol3.cpp
    ---- patrol4.cpp
    		•  Pohl, ch 8 and 11

  • lab IV.1
    ---- Assignment IV
    		•
    unit V:

    Pointers
    and Arrays
    		Apr 27
  • lecture V.1: pointers and arrays
    • ---- lecture notes
  • lecture V.2: dynamic memory allocation
    • ---- lecture notes
    ---- examples (.cpp)
    		 Pohl, ch 3;
    Apr 17
    May 4
  • lab V.1
    ---- Assignment V
    		•
    unit VI:

    Recursion
    		May 4
    May 11
  • lecture VI.1: Recursion
    • ---- lecture notes
    ---- examples (.cpp)
  • lab VI.1
    ---- Assignment VI
    		•   
    unit VII:

    Templates
    		May 18
  • lecture VII.1: Templates, STL
    • ---- lecture notes
    ---- examples (.cpp)
    		 Pohl, ch 6-7
    May 18
  • lab VII.1
    • ---- Assignment VII
      May 25
  • FINAL EXAM (25% of term grade)
    ---- Study guide
    		•