EECE.2160: ECE Application Programming
Instructor: Dr. Michael Geiger
Summer 2018
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 handouts. Note that most lectures are associated with some section(s) of the textbook, which I suggest you read prior to class.
NOTE: This summer, I am piloting a new electronic textbook from zyBooks. This text is reconfigurable, which means I will likely reorder the sections of the text throughout the term. Each time I change the text, I will post a note to the course discussion group, but those of you working ahead should be advised that the presentation of material in the text likely will change as the summer progresses.
While assignments are listed in the right column of the table below, there are no direct assignment links on this page. All assignments can be found in the "Assignments" tab of your textbook. Each program is a section of the text, while participation and challenge activities are associated with each chapter.
The exams are currently scheduled as shown below. The first exam will be held on Monday, June 4 in class, the second exam will be held on Monday, June 18 in class, and the third exam will be held Monday, July 2 in class.
Lecture Recordings: Echo360 recordings are available from https://echo360.org/. Enter your UML e-mail address on the Echo360 home page, then enter that e-mail address and password in the pop-up that appears. You will then be able to view lecture recordings from all courses in which you are enrolled, including this one.
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1 |
M, 5/21 |
Course introduction/overview Basic C program structure Data in C: constants, variables |
1.1-1.9, 2.1-2.3 |
Program 1 (Sec. 1.10) (due 5/24)
Ch. 1 activities (due 5/25) |
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2 |
W, 5/23 |
Operators Output with printf() Input with scanf() |
2.4-2.16 |
Ch. 2 activities (due 5/25) |
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| 3 | Th, 5/24 |
PE1 (Flowcharts) Conditional statements |
3.1-3.14 |
Ch. 3 activities (due 5/28) Program 2 (Sec. 2.17) (due 5/29) |
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| M, 5/28 |
No lecture--Memorial Day |
Ch. 4 activities (due 5/30) |
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| 4 | W, 5/30 |
Loops (while, do/while, for) |
4.1-4.9 |
Program 3 (Sec. 3.15) (due 6/1) |
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| 5 | Th, 5/31 |
PE2 (Loops and conditionals) Exam 1 Preview |
PE2 code: |
No new reading |
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| M, 6/4 |
EXAM 1 |
Ch. 5 activities (due 6/7) |
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| 6 | W, 6/6 |
Functions Pointers; pointer arguments |
5.1-5.13 |
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| 7 | Th, 6/7 |
Pointers (continued) PE3 (Functions) |
Ch. 6 activities (due 6/12) Program 4 (Sec. 4.10) (due 6/12) |
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| 8 | M, 6/11 |
Arrays |
6.1-6.13 |
Ch. 7 activities (due 6/14) Program 5 (Sec. 5.14) (due 6/21) |
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| 9 | W, 6/13 |
Character arrays and strings |
7.1-7.12 |
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| 10 | Th, 6/14 |
Structures Exam 2 Preview |
8.1-8.5 |
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| M, 6/18 |
EXAM 2 |
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| 11 | W, 6/20 |
Nested structures PE4 (Structures) |
PE4 starter files: PE4 solutions: |
Program 6 (Sec. 6.14) (due 6/27) |
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| 12 | Th, 6/21 |
File I/O |
9.1-9.4 |
Ch. 9 activities (due 6/28) |
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| 13 | M, 6/25 |
Character and line I/O Bitwise operators |
fgets() covered in 7.3; other material not in text |
Program 7 (Sec. 8.6) (due 7/3) Summer P7 based on Spring P8 |
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| 14 | W, 6/27 |
Uses of bitwise operators |
Ch. 10 activities (due 6/29) |
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| 15 | Th, 6/28 |
Dynamic memory allocation Exam 3 Preview |
10.1-10.6 |
Program 8 (Sec. 6.16) (XC, due 7/3) Summer P8 based on Spring P7 Program 9 (Sec. 9.5) (XC, due 7/3) |
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| M, 7/2 |
EXAM 3 |
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