Schedule for 16.216: ECE Application Programming, Spring 2012

16.216: ECE Application Programming

Instructor: Dr. Michael Geiger

Spring 2012

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 Friday, 2/24 in class, the second exam will be held on Wednesday, April 4 in class, and the third exam will be held Tuesday, 5/15, 8:00-11:00 AM.

Week	Date (Mon.)	Lecture Topics	Handouts	Echo360 Recordings	Reading	Assignments
1	1/23	1. Course introduction/overview 2. Basic C program structure 3. Data in C: Number systems, data types, constants, variables	Lec. 2 questions Lec. 3 questions	Lec. 3	M: None W: 2.1-2.3, 2.8 F: 2.4, 2.6-2.7, 7.1-7.3	Program 1 (due 1/30)
2	1/30	4. More on variables; using printf() with variables 5. Input and output: printf() and scanf() 6. PE1 (Flowcharts, debugging basics) (Solution)	Lec. 4 questions Lec. 5 questions Lec. 6 questions	Lec. 4 Lec. 5 Lec. 6	M: 2.5, 3.1 W: 3.1-3.2 F: None	Program 2 (due 2/6)
3	2/6	7. Operators 8. Bitwise operator examples 9. Output formatting	Lec. 7 questions Lec. 8 questions Lec. 9 questions	Lec. 7 Lec. 8 Lec. 9	M: 4.1-4.5, 20.1 W: None F: 3.1	Program 3 (due 2/15)
4	2/13	10. Output formatting (cont.) 11. Conditional statements: if 12. PE2 (Conditionals, formatting) (Solution)	Lec. 10 questions Lec. 11 questions Lec. 12 questions	Lec. 10 Lec. 11 Lec. 12	M: 3.1 W: 5.1-5.3 F: None	Program 4 (due 2/27)
5	2/20	No Monday lecture--Presidents Day 13. Exam 1 Preview Friday, 2/24: EXAM 1 (Solution)		Lec. 13	No new reading
6	2/27	14. Conditional statements: switch 15. Exam 1 Review 16. Loops: while	Lec. 14 questions Lec. 16 questions	Lec. 14 Lec. 15 Lec. 16	M: None W: None F: 6.1
7	3/5	17. Loops: do-while 18. Loops: for, break and continue 19. PE3 (Loops) (Solution)	Lec. 17 questions Lec. 18 questions Lec. 19 questions	Lec. 17 Lec. 18 Lec. 19	M: 6.2-6.4 W: None F: None
8	3/12	Spring Break--no classes
9	3/19	20. PE3 continued 21. Functions: arguments, return statements 22. Pointers; pointer arguments	Lec. 21 questions Lec. 22 questions	Lec. 20 Lec. 21 Lec. 22	M: None W: 9.1-9.4 F: 11.1-11.5	Program 5 (due 3/26) Extra credit guidelines
10	3/26	23. More on pointers 24. PE4 (Functions and pointers) 25. Finish PE4	Lec. 23 questions Lec. 24 questions Lec. 25 questions	Lec. 23 Lec. 24 Lec. 25	No new reading
11	4/2	26. Exam 2 Preview Wednesday, 4/4: EXAM 2 (Solution) 27. Exam 2 Review	*Practice probs:* *Loops (soln, stars.c)* *Functions/pointers (soln)*	Lec. 26 Lec. 27	No new reading	Program 6 (due 4/11)
12	4/9	28. One-dimensional arrays Tuesday, 4/10: Last day to withdraw 29. Arrays, pointers, and functions 30. Character arrays and strings	Lec. 28 questions Lec. 29 questions Lec. 30 questions	Lec. 28 Lec. 29 Lec. 30	M: 8.1 W: None F: 13.1-13.6	Program 7 (due 4/20)
13	4/16	No Monday lecture--Patriots' Day 31. PE5 (1D arrays, strings) 32. Two-dimensional arrays	Lec. 31 questions Lec. 32 questions	Lec. 31 Lec. 32	W: None F: 8.2
14	4/23	33. File I/O 34. Unformatted I/O No Friday lecture--University Day	Lec. 33 questions Lec. 34 questions	Lec. 33 Lec. 34	M: 22.1-22.3 W: TBD	Program 8 (due 4/30) Starter file
15	4/30	35. I/O examples 36. Structures 37. Structures (cont.)	Lec. 35/36 questions Lec. 37 questions	Lec. 35 Lec. 36 Lec. 37	M: None W: 16.1-16.3 F: None	Program 9 (due 5/7) schedule.txt
16	5/7	38. Exam 3 Preview Classes end Monday, 5/7		Lec. 38	None
	5/14	Monday, 5/14: Exam review session 11:30-1:30, Ball 314 Tuesday, 5/15, 8:00-11:00 AM: EXAM 3 Practice problems: 1-D arrays/pointer arithmetic/strings (solution), 2-D arrays (solution) *Course evaluation--must be completed before the start of the exam*