Fall 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 and tests is included in the course syllabus. Absolute deadlines are also listed in this schedule.

Week of

Reading Assignment/Activity

2/9
1

Chapter 1 - Overview of Computers and Programming Languages
Chapter 2 - Basic Elements of C++
Chapter 3 - Input/Output
Complete Program 1 - Due 2/15

2/16
2

Chapter 4 - Control Structures I (Selection)
Chapter 5 - Control Structures II (Repetition)

2/23
3

Chapter 6 - Functions I
Chapter 7 - Functions II
Complete Program 2 - Due 2/26 (try to finish early & start on program 3)

3/1
4

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

3/8
5

Chapter 9 - Arrays and Strings
Chapter 10 - Arrays II

3/15

*** Spring Break - All ACC campuses closed Monday, Mar. 15 through Sunday, March 21 ***

3/22
6

Chapter 11 - Recursion
Complete Program 4 - Due 3/28

3/29
7

Chapter 12 - Records (Structs)

4/5
8

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

4/12
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

4/19
10

Last day to withdraw is Monday, April 19.
Chapter 15 - Pointers
Complete Program 6 - Due 4/25

4/26
11

Chapter 17 - Linked Lists
Complete programming assignments/review for final exam.
Programs 1 - 5 will not be accepted after Sunday, May 2.
Exams 1 & 2 will not be accepted after Sunday, May 2.

5/3
12

Program 6 & 7 will not be accepted after Friday, May 7.
Exam 3 will be available at
all Testing Centers through Wednesday, May 5. Exam 3 will be available at the RVS Testing Center through Friday, May 7. There is no grace period for Exam 3.

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Last updated: Feb. 7, 2004