Spring 2003 Course Schedule - 12-Week Semester

The purpose of this schedule is to help you pace yourself during the semester. My Late Policy for programming assignments (all sections) and tests (open campus sections only) is included in the course syllabus. Absolute deadlines are also listed in this schedule.

Week of

Reading Assignment/Activity

2/10
1

Chapter 1 - Overview of Computers and Programming Languages
Chapter 2 - Basic Elements of C++
Chapter 3 - Input/Output

2/17
2

Chapter 4 - Control Structures I (Selection)
Chapter 5 - Control Structures II (Repetition)
Complete Program 1 - Due 2/23 (try to finish early & start on 2)

2/24
3

Chapter 6 - Functions I
Chapter 7 - Functions II
Complete Program 2 - Due 3/2 (try to finish early & start on 3)

3/3
4

Chapter 8 - User-Defined Simple Data Types, Namespaces, & string Type
Complete Program 3 - Due 3/9
Exam 1 - Chapters 1-7. Due 3/9

3/10

*** Spring Break - ACC closed 3/10 - 3/16***

3/17
5

Chapter 9 - Arrays and Strings

3/24
6

Chapter 10 - Arrays II
Chapter 11 - Recursion
Complete Program 4 - Due 3/30

3/31
7

Chapter 12 - Records (Structs)

4/7
8

Chapter 13 - Classes
Complete Program 5 - Due 4/13
Exam 2 - Chapters 8 - 11. Due 4/13

4/14
9

Chapter 14 - Inheritance and Composition (selected topics)
pages 636 - 637 Overview of Inheritance
pages 654 - 655 C++ Stream Classes
pages 660 - 665 Composition
pages 666 - 667 Overview of OOP

4/21
10

Last day to withdraw is Monday, April 21.
Chapter 15 - Pointers (pages 703 - 729) See Exam 3 Review for more details.
Complete Program 6 - Due 4/27

4/28
11

Chapter 17 - Linked Lists (pages 843 - 853) - See Exam 3 Review for more details.
Programs 1 - 5 will not be accepted after Sunday, May 4.
Exams 1 & 2 will not be accepted after Sunday, May 4.

5/5
12

Program 6 & 7 will not be accepted after Friday, May 9.
Exam 3 will be available at all Testing Centers through Wednesday, May 7. Exam 3 will be available at the RVS Testing Center through Friday, May 9.

 


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