Schedule for EECE.2160: ECE Application Programming, Fall 2017

EECE.2160: ECE Application Programming

Instructor: Dr. Michael Geiger

Fall 2017

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 the exam dates are fixed--the first exam will be held on Wednesday, October 4 in class, the second exam will be held on Wednesday, November 8 in class, and the third exam will be held Saturday, December 16, from 3-6 PM in Ball 214.

Lecture Recordings: Echo360 recordings are available from https://echo360.org/. Select "Log in via Institution," choose "University of Massachusetts-Lowell" from the drop-down list, then log in with your UML e-mail address and password. You will then be able to view lecture recordings from all courses in which you are enrolled, including this one.

Week	Date (Mon.)	Lecture Topics	Handouts	Reading	Assignments
1	9/4	No Monday lecture--classes start 9/6 1. Course introduction/overview 2. Basic C program structure; Visual Studio demo	Syllabus Program grading guidelines TA office hour poll Lec. 2 questions	W: None F: 2.1-2.4, 2.8	Program 1 (due 9/11) Program 1 grading
2	9/11	3. Data types; variables 4. Operators; output with printf() 5. Input with scanf()	Lec. 3 questions Lec. 4 questions Lec. 5 questions	M: 2.4, 2.6-2.7, 7.1-7.3 W: 3.1, 4.1-4.2 F: 2.5, 3.2	Program 2 (due 9/20) Program 2 grading
3	9/18	6. PE1 (Flowcharts, debugging) 7. If statements 8. Range checking	Lec. 6 questions Lec. 7 questions Lec. 8 questions	M: None W: 5.1-5.2 F: None	Program 3 (due 9/29) Program 3 grading
4	9/25	9. Switch statements; debugger demonstration 10. While and do-while loops 11. While/do-while examples	Lec. 9 questions Lec. 10 questions while2.c, while3.c Lec. 11 questions	M: 5.3 W: 6.1-6.2 F: None
5	10/2	12. Exam 1 Preview Wednesday, 10/4: EXAM 1 13. PE2 (Conditionals, while loops)	Lec. 13 questions PE2 skeleton code	No new reading	Program 4 (due 10/16) rand() example Program 4 grading
6	10/9	No Monday lecture--Columbus Day 14. For loops 15. Exam 1 Review	Lec. 14 questions	W: 6.3-6.4 F: None
7	10/16	16. Functions 17. Function examples 18. Pointers; pointer arguments	Lec. 16 questions Lec. 17 questions Lec. 18 questions	M: 9.1-9.5 W: None F: 11.1-11.4	Program 5 (due 10/25) Program 5 files Program 5 grading
8	10/23	19. PE3 (Functions) 20. Arrays (1-D and 2-D) 21. Arrays and functions	Lec. 19 questions PE3 solution Lec. 20 questions Lec. 21 questions	M: None W: 8.1-8.2, 12.1-12.4 F: None	Program 6 (due 11/6) Program 6 grading
9	10/30	No Monday lecture--university closed 22. Program 6 overview; basic string intro 23. Character arrays and strings; string functions	Lec. 23 questions	W: None F: 13.1-13.6
10	11/6	24. Exam 2 Preview Wednesday, 11/8: EXAM 2 25. Structures	Lec. 25 questions	No new reading	Program 7 (due 11/20) Program 7 files Program 7 grading
11	11/13	26. Exam 2 Review 27. Nested structures Wednesday, 11/15: Last day to withdraw 28. PE4: Structures	Lec. 27 questions Lec. 28 questions PE4 starter files: Main program Name.h, Name.c SINew.h, SINew.c PE4 solutions: Name.c, SINew.c	M: 16.1-16.3 W: None F: None
12	11/20	29. File I/O No Wednesday, Friday lecture--Thanksgiving Break	Lec. 29 questions	M: 22.1-22.3	Program 8 (due 12/4) Program 8 files Program 8 grading
13	11/27	30. P8 demo; character I/O 31. Line I/O 32. Dynamic memory allocation	Lec. 31 questions Lec. 32 questions	M: 22.4-22.5 W: None F: 17.1-17.4
14	12/4	33. Linked lists: intro, adding data 34. Linked lists: finding data 35. Linked lists: deleting data, ordered lists	Lec. 33-36 questions Linked list code: Main program LLnode.h, LLnode.c L34 code: LLnode.c	M: 17.5-17.6 W: None F: None	Program 9 (due 12/11) Program 9 files Program 9 grading
15	12/11	36. Finish ordered lists; Exam 3 outline 37. Exam 3 Q & A session Classes end Wednesday, 12/13	LLnode.c solution	No new reading	Program 10 (due 12/18) Program 10 files
	12/16	EXAM 3: Saturday, December 16, 3-6 PM, Ball 214 Course evaluation form--must be completed before exam

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