Schedule for 16.216: ECE Application Programming, Fall 2011

16.216: ECE Application Programming

Instructor: Dr. Michael Geiger

Fall 2011

Course Schedule

This schedule contains a tentative schedule of topics we will cover throughout the term; this schedule is subject to change. As the semester progresses, I will update the schedule to show the actual dates on which we cover material, as well as provide links to the lecture slides and programming assignments. Note that most lectures are associated with some section(s) of the textbook, which I suggest you read prior to class.

Please note that several days are denoted as "PE#"—in these classes, we will do an in-class programming exercise. While students will be able to participate even if they do not have a computer, I suggest anyone with a laptop bring it to class on these days.

Please note that the exam dates are fixed—the first exam will be held on Wednesday, October 5 in class, the second exam will be held on Wednesday, November 9 in class, and the third exam will be held Tuesday, December 20, from 6:30-9:30 PM in Ball 210.

Week	Date (Mon.)	Lecture Topics	Handouts	Echo360 Recordings	Reading	Assignments
1	9/2 (F)	1. Course introduction/overview; C programming cycle			F: None	Program 1 (due 9/9)
2	9/5	No Monday lecture--Labor Day 2. Basic C program structure 3. Data in C: Number systems, data types, constants	Lec. 2 questions Lec. 3 questions		W: 2.1-2.3, 2.8 F: 2.6-2.7, 7.1-7.3
3	9/12	4. Variables; basic numeric output 5. Input/output: printf() and scanf() 6. Operators	Lec. 4 questions Lec. 5 questions Lec. 6 questions		M: 2.4-2.5 W: 3.1-3.2 F: 4.1-4.5, 20.1	Program 2 (due 9/19)
4	9/19	7. Bitwise operator examples 8. Output formatting 9. PE1 (Formatting and debugging)	Lec. 7 questions Lec. 8 questions	Lec. 8 Lec. 9	M: None W: 3.1, 5.1-5.2 F: None	Program 3 (due 9/26)
5	9/26	10. Conditional statements: if 11. Conditional statements: switch 12. PE2 (Conditional statements) (lecture slides)	Lec. 10 questions Lec. 11 questions Lec. 12 questions	Lec. 10 Lec. 11 Lec. 12	M: 5.1-5.2 W: 5.3 F: None	Program 4 (due 10/7)
6	10/3	13. Exam 1 Preview Wednesday, 10/5: EXAM 1 (Solution) 14. Exam 1 Review		Lec. 13 Lec. 14	None
7	10/10	No Monday lecture--Columbus Day 15. Loops: while 16. Loops: do-while; break	Lec. 15 questions Lec. 16 questions	Lec. 15 Lec. 16	W: 6.1-6.2 F: None
8	10/17	17. Loops: for, continue 18. PE3 (Loops) 19. PE3 continued	Lec. 17 questions	Lec. 17 Lec. 18 Lec. 19	M: 6.3-6.5 W: None F: None	Program 5 (due date 10/25)
9	10/24	20. Functions: arguments, return values 21. Function examples 22. Pointers; pointer arguments	Lec. 20 questions Lec. 21 questions	Lec. 20 Lec. 21 Lec. 22	M: 9.1-9.4 W: None F: 11.1-11.5
10	10/31	No Monday lecture--Classes cancelled 23. Pointer argument examples; PE4 (Functions) (slides) 24. PE4 continued		Lec. 23 Lec. 24	M: None W: None F: None
11	11/7	25. Exam 2 Preview Wednesday 11/9: EXAM 2 (Solution) No Friday lecture--Veterans Day	Extra problems: > loops (solution, stars.c) > functions/ pointers (solution)	Lec. 25	None
12	11/14	26. Exam 2 Review Tuesday, 11/15: Last day to withdraw 27. One dimensional arrays 28. Working with arrays--functions, pointers	Lec. 27 questions Lec. 28 questions	Lec. 26 Lec. 27 Lec. 28	M: None W: 8.1 F: None	Program 6 (due 11/21)
13	11/21	29. Character arrays and strings No Wednesday, Friday lecture--Thanksgiving	Lec. 29 questions	Lec. 29	M: 13.1-13.6 W: None	Program 7 (due 12/2)
14	11/28	30. PE5 (Arrays and strings) (slides) 31. Two-dimensional arrays 32. File I/O	Lec. 30 questions Lec. 31 questions Lec. 32 questions	Lec. 30 Lec. 31 Lec. 32	M: None W: 8.2, 12.4 F: 22.1-22.3	Program 8 (due 12/9)
15	12/5	33. Structures 34. Structures (cont.) 35. General review/in-class "office hours"	Lec. 33 questions Lec. 34 questions	Lec. 33 Lec. 34	M: 16.1-16.3 W: None F: None
16	12/12	36. Exam 3 Preview Classes end Monday, 12/12		Lec. 36	None
	12/20	Tuesday 12/20, 6:30-9:30 PM, Ball 210: EXAM 3 (Solution) *Q&A session Monday, 12/19, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Ball 326* Practice problems: 1-D arrays/pointer arithmetic/strings (solution), 2-D arrays (solution)