CSci 102 Syllabus

CSci 102 Course Objectives

Give students the skills they need to write complex programs using an object-oriented approach and utilizing appropriate data structures.
Provide valuable programming experience in appropriate laboratory assignments, homework and projects.
Ensure a fair and accurate measurement of student performance by using a variety of scores.

CSci 102 Course Texts

There are two required text books for this course: Data Structures and Other Objects Using C++, by Main and Savitch (ISBN 0-8053-7470-1) and C++ How to Program, second edition, by Deitel and Deitel. Additional materials will be available via the Web or handed out in class.

Students are expected to have read the assigned chapters before the indicated class sessions. Readings from Deitel and Deitel are prefixed with DD and readings from Main and Savitch are prefixed with MS.

CSci 102 Schedule

Lectures and events will follow this weekly schedule:

Week  Monday/Tuesday                                  Wednesday/Thursday

1     Jan 10/11: Introduction; MS 1                   Jan 12/13: Introduction (cont.) DD 1, 2.22

2     Jan 17/18: Abstract Data Types: MS 2.1-2.3      Jan 19/20: Classes and Data Abstraction: DD 6.1-6.9

3     Jan 24/25: ADTs (cont.): MS 2.4-2.5             Jan 26/27: Classes (cont.): DD 6.10-6.18
                                                      
4     Jan 31/Feb 1: Container Classes: MS 3           Feb 2/3: Classes Part II: DD 7.1-7.5

5     Feb 7/8: Classes Part II (cont): DD 7.6-7.11    Feb 9/10: Pointers and Dynamic Arrays: MS 4.1-4.2
                                                      Programming project 1 due

6     Feb 14/15: Operator Overloading: DD 8           Feb 16/17: Pointers and Dynamic Arrays (cont.): MS 4.3-4.4

7     Feb 21/22: Linked Lists: MS 5.1-5.2             Feb 23/24: Linked Lists (cont.): MS 5.3-5.5
 
8     Feb 28/29: Templates: MS 6.1-6.2                Mar 1/2: Templates (cont.): MS 6.3-6.5
                                                      Programming project 2 due

9     Mar 6/7: Review                                 Mar 8/9: Mid-term Exam

10    Mar 13-18: Spring recess

11    Mar 20/21: Stacks: MS 7.1-7.2                   Mar 22/23: Stacks (cont.): MS 7.3-7.4

12    Mar 27/28: Queues: MS 8.1-8.2                   Mar 29/30: Queues (cont.): MS 8.3-8.4

13    Apr 3/4: Recursive Thinking: MS 9.1-9.2         Apr 5/6: Recursive Thinking (cont.): MS 9.3
                                                      Programming project 3 due

14    Apr 10/11: Trees: MS 10.1-10.3                  Apr 12/13: Data Structures: DD 15

15    Apr 17/18: Trees (cont.): MS 10.4-10.5          Apr 19/20: Searching: MS 12.1
                                                      Programming project 4 due

16    Apr 24/25: Sorting: MS 13.1-13.2                Apr 26/27: Review

17    May 3: Final examination, Wednesday, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM or 

18    May 9: Final examination, Tuesday, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

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