ECE/CS 151 Calendar

ECE/CS 151 - Introduction to Programming I w/ Embedded Control Lab
Spring 2012 Section 001

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Meeting Date	Class Description
	WEEK 1 - Introduction to Programming
April 03	Introduction, Syllabus, What is Programming?
April 05	Printing Output, Constants, & Variables - Chap. 1.1, Chap. 2.1-2.4
	WEEK 2 - Expressions, User Input, and Selection - Assignment #1 DUE
April 10	Arithmetic Expressions & User Input- Chap. 2.5-2.10
April 12	Selection Control Structures (if-else vs. switch) - Chap. 2.11-2.12, Chap. 3.1-3.4
	WEEK 3 - Error Handling, Decomposition, and Repetition - Assignment #2 DUE
April 17	Error Handling, Debugging, & Decomposition - Chap. 4.1-4.2
April 19	Repetition Control Structures (for vs. while loops) - Chap. 3.5-3.8
	WEEK 4 - Functions and Exam I - Assignment #3 DUE
April 24	Pass by Value/Scope & Exam Review - Chap. 4.3-4.4
April 26	Midterm I Exam
	WEEK 5 - Scope, Recursion, and Pass by Reference - Assignment #4 DUE
May 01	Scope, Separate Files, & Recursion - Chap. 4.4-4.10
May 03	Pass by Reference & Pointers - Chap. 5.1-5.2
	WEEK 6 - Arrays, Strings, and Command Line Arguments - Assignment #5 DUE
May 08	1-D Arrays, Strings, & Command Line Arguments - Chap. 5.3, 5.5, 5.7
May 10	Dynamic & Multi-dimensional Arrays - Chap. 5.6-5.9
	WEEK 7 - Complex Data Structures
May 15	C Structs & Array of Structs - Chap. 6.1-6.3
May 17	User Defined Types (typedef) & Unions - Chap. 6.7-6.8
	WEEK 8 - Function Pointers and Exam II - Assignment #6 DUE
May 22	Function Pointers & Exam Review - Chap. 5.11
May 24	Midterm II Exam
	WEEK 9 - Reading & Writing to Files - Assignment #7 DUE
May 29	File I/O - Chap. 7.1-7.7
May 31	More File I/O - Chap. 8.1-8.4
	WEEK 10 - IDE's and Final Review - Assingment #8 DUE
June 05	IDEs & Graphical Debugger
June 07	Review - Last Class!!!
	WEEK 11 - Final Exam Week
June 14, 9:30am	Cummulative Final Exam - 9:30am (COVL 216)

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