C Programming

C Programming

Week	Topic	Preparation (due on date assigned)	Projects (listed on date to be started)	Homework (listed on date to be started)
Wednesday, 08.26.2009	Syllabus	Important: Clickto play lectures Watch: General Information Watch: Orientation Read: Setting up PuTTY and WinSCP Read: Unix Primer Read: Unix Basics Read: Emacs Tutorial Read: Emacs Cheat Sheet Read: Emacs Ref Card Read: Email FAQ
Monday, 08.31.2009	Introduction to Computers	Watch: Hardware (1a) Read: Deitel Ch 1 (PPT)	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: 12.11.2009
	Introduction to Computers	Watch: Languages (1b) Watch: The Machine That Changed the World Read: Virginia Tech TMTCTW Read: IEEE History of Computing
Monday, 09.07.2009	Introduction to C Programming	Watch: A First C Program (2a) Watch: Mixing Data Types (2b) Read: Deitel Ch 2 (PPT)		Homework 1: Chapters 1 and 2 DUE: 09.14.2009
	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: 09.21.2009
Monday, 09.14.2009	Variable Declarations, Data Types, Expressions	Watch: Variables & Operators (4a) Watch: Assignments (4b)
	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: 09.28.2009	Homework 2: Chapter 4 Program Control DUE: 09.21.2009
Monday, 09.21.2009	Structured Program Development and Program Control	Watch: Standard C Statements (5c)
	Structured Program Development and Program Control	Watch: Add'l C Statements (5d)
Monday, 09.28.2009	EXAM 1 (via oncourse)
	Functions	Watch: Declarations (6a) Watch: Examples (6b) Read: Numerical Representations Read: Deitel Ch 5 (PPT)	Project 3: Math Calculator Blackbelt Project 3 DUE: 10.12.2009	Homework 3: Chapter 5 Functions DUE: 10.05.2009
Monday, 10.05.2009	Functions	Watch: Scope, Parameter Passing, Storage Specifiers (6c) Watch: Recursion (6d)
	Information Representation: Number Systems: Positive	Watch: Integers (7) Read: Deitel Appendix D.		Homework 4: Appendix D Number Systems DUE: 10.12.2009
Monday, 10.12.2009	Information Representation: Number Systems	Watch: Negative Integers (8a)	Project 4: Function Lab Blackbelt Project 4 Resource: Sample character shapes(You are still free to make your own shapes.) DUE: 10.26.2009
	Information Representation	Watch: Floating Point (8b)
Monday, 10.19.2009	Information Representation	Watch: Characters and Images (9)
	EXAM 2 (via oncourse)
Monday, 10.26.2009	Information Representation	Watch: Machine Instructions (10a) Watch: xComputer Demonstration (10b)	Project 5: xComputer Blackbelt Project 5 DUE: 11.09.2009 Resource:xComputer Applet xComputer OpCodes
	Arrays	Watch: Declarations (11a) Watch: Strings and Parameter Passing (11b) Read: Deitel Ch 6 (PPT)
Monday, 11.02.2009	Arrays	Watch: Multidimensional Arrays (11c) Watch: Case Study (11d)	Project 6: Trip Driving Distance Blackbelt Project 6 DUE: 11.16.2009
	Pointers	Watch: Introduction (13a) Watch: Call-by-Reference (13b) Read: Deitel Ch 7(PPT)
Monday, 11.09.2009	Pointers	Watch: Pointer Arithmetic (13c)
	EXAM 3 (via oncourse)
Monday, 11.16.2009	Characters and Strings	Watch: Literals and Variables (14a) Watch: Functions (14b) Read: Deitel Ch 8 (PPT)	Project 7: Name Game Blackbelt Project 7 DUE: 11.30.2009	Homework 5: Chapter 6 Arrays and Chapter 8 Strings DUE: 11.23.2009
	Structures	Declarations (15a) Functions and Arrays (15b) Read: Deitel Ch 10 (PPT)
Monday, 11.23.2009	Thanksgiving Week
Monday, 11.30.2009	File Processing