Summer 2003 Course Schedule - 9-Week Semester

The purpose of this schedule is to help you pace yourself during the semester. Note that the program and exam due dates are target completion dates. See the Course Syllabus for more information on deadlines and my late policy.

Week of

Reading Assignment/Activity

5/26
1

*** Mon, 5/26 Memorial Day - all ACC campuses closed ***
Chapter 1 - Overview of Computers and Programming Languages
Chapter 2 - Basic Elements of C++
Chapter 3 - Input/Output
Chapter 4 - Control Structures I (Selection)
Complete Program 1 - Due 6/1

6/2
2

Chapter 5 - Control Structures II (Repetition)
Chapter 6 - Functions I
Chapter 7 - Functions II
Complete Program 2 - Due 6/8

6/9
3

Chapter 8 - User-Defined Simple Data Types, Namespaces, & string Type
Complete Program 3 - Due 6/15
Exam 1 - Chapters 1-7. Due 6/15 (you will probably want to take this exam in week 4)

6/16
4

Chapter 9 - Arrays and Strings
Chapter 10 - Arrays II

6/23
5

Chapter 11 - Recursion
Chapter 12 - Records (Structs)
Complete Program 4 - Due Thursday, 6/26

6/30
6

*** Fri, 7/4 July 4th Holiday - all ACC campuses closed ***
Chapter 13 - Classes
Supplemental notes on classes
Complete Program 5 - Due 7/6
Exam 2 - Chapters 8 - 11. Due 7/6 (you will probably want to take this exam in week 7)

7/7
7

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
Chapter 15 - Pointers (pages 703 - 729)

7/14
8

Last day to withdraw or reinstate is Monday, July 7.
Supplemental notes on pointers
Chapter 17 - Linked Lists (pages 843 - 853)
Complete Program 6 - Due 7/20
Programs 1 - 5 will not be accepted after Sunday, July 20.
Exams 1 & 2 will not be accepted after Sunday, July 20.

7/21
9

Program 6 & 7 will not be accepted after Friday, July 25.
Exam 3 will be available at all Testing Centers through Wednesday, July 23. Exam 3 will be available at the RVS Testing Center through Friday, July 25.

 


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