Introduction to Programming

CSC 160.01 — Fall 2014
Class: T/Th 11am–12:15pm, LSB 312
Lab: T/Th 9–11am, LSB 312
Instructor: Henry Feild, Ph.D.

Office Hours: Wed. 10am–12pm, 1–2pm in LSB 113; Other times by appointment.

Schedule

Non-class days appear in italics; portfolio deadlines appear in boxes.

Date	Topic	Readings
Sep. 4	Design and pseudo coding	Ch. 1
Sep. 9, 11	Displaying data	Ch. 2; Also see: Basics, CLI, Planning
Sep. 16	Interacting with users	Ch. 3; Also see: Input/Output, Variables
Sep. 18	Quiz 1
Sep. 21	Portfolio Review 1 due
Sep. 23, 25	Branching	Ch. 4; Also see: Conditionals
Sep. 30	Loops	Ch. 5; Also see: Loops
Oct. 2	Exam 1
Oct. 7, 9	More loops
Oct. 12	Portfolio Review 2 due
Oct. 14, 16	Functions	Ch. 6; Also see: Functions
Oct. 21	More functions
Oct. 23	Quiz 2
Oct. 28, 30	Classes/Structs	Ch. 7; Also see: Object Oriented Programming
Nov. 4, 6	Faux GUIs (in the terminal!)
Nov. 6	Portfolio Review 3 due
Nov. 11	Exam 2
Nov. 12	Last day to withdraw
Nov. 13	Arrays	Ch. 8; Also see: Arrays
Nov. 18, 20	More arrays
Nov. 25, 27	No class—Thanksgiving break
Dec. 2	Pointers; Portfolio Review 4 due	Ch. 10; Also see: Pointers
Dec. 4	Pointers
Dec. 9	Quiz 3
Nov. 11	Review
Dec. 14	Final Portfolio due
Dec. 16	Final Exam (10:15am–12:15pm in LSB 312)

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Assignments

Portfolio Reviews

See this page for more information about the portfolio for this class.

PR1 (due: Sunday, Sep. 21)
PR2 (due: Sunday, Oct. 12)
PR3 (due: Thursday, Nov. 6)
PR4 (due: Tuesday, Dec. 2)
Final Portfolio (due: Sunday, Dec. 14)

Labs and exercises

Some labs meetings will be used to work on stand-alone lab assignments, while others will be used to work on projects. Some class time will be used to work on lab assignments in pairs.

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Resources

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