EECS 280: Programming and Intro Data Structures

Computer science fundamentals, with programming in C++. Build a statistical analysis tool, an image processing program, a Euchre card game, a machine learning algorithm, and a text editor. Analyze and implement foundational data structures. Syllabus

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Day	Lecture Topic	Lab Topic	Deadline
Week 1Mon Aug 25	1. Course Introduction, Intro to C++	No Lab
Tue Aug 26			Setup Walkthrough Sessions Tue Aug 26 at 3-4:30pm Details and Links Mac Windows
Wed Aug 27	2. Types, Control Structures, and Procedural Abstraction
Thu Aug 28
Fri Aug 29
Week 2Mon Sep 1	No Class - Labor Day	1. Intro to Lab, C++ Fundamentals, Pragmatics
Tue Sep 2
Wed Sep 3	2.5. Catch Up Lecture (participation credit counts toward lecture 7)
Thu Sep 4
Fri Sep 5
Week 3Mon Sep 8	3. Machine Model, Part 1	2. Machine Model, Pointers/References, UTF Tutorial Quiz 1. Low-stakes practice taking online quiz.
Tue Sep 9
Wed Sep 10	4. Machine Model, Part 2
Thu Sep 11
Fri Sep 12			Project 1 Due Fri Sep 12 at 8pm Setup Tutorial Spec Autograder FAQ
Week 4Mon Sep 15	5. const, Structs, and C-Style ADTs	3. Call Stack, Const, C-style ADTs, Assertions+UB Tutorial Quiz 2. Lectures 1-4, labs 1-2, project 1, C++ setup.	Add/Drop Deadline Mon Sep 15
Tue Sep 16
Wed Sep 17	6. Streams and I/O		Entry Survey Due Wed Sep 17 at 8pm Take the Survey
Thu Sep 18
Fri Sep 19
Week 5Mon Sep 22	8. Abstract Data Types in C++	4. Classes, C++ ADTs, Mini-Project Part 1
Tue Sep 23
Wed Sep 24	9. Derived Classes and Inheritance
Thu Sep 25
Fri Sep 26			Project 2 Due Fri Sep 26 at 8pm Spec Overview Autograder FAQ
Week 6Mon Sep 29	10. Polymorphism	5. Inheritance, Polymorphism, Mini Project Part 2 Quiz 3. Lectures 5-8, labs 3-4, project 2.
Tue Sep 30
Wed Oct 1	11. Arrays, Pointer Arithmetic, C-Style Strings
Thu Oct 2
Fri Oct 3
Week 7Mon Oct 6	12. Array-Based Data Structures, Time Complexity	6. Array-Based Data Structures, Time Complexity, Debugging Tutorial
Tue Oct 7
Wed Oct 8	13. Sorted Data Structures, Templates		Project 3 Checkpoint Due Wed Oct 8 at 8pm Spec Overview Autograder FAQ
Thu Oct 9
Fri Oct 10
Week 8Mon Oct 13	No Class - Fall Break	No Lab
Tue Oct 14
Wed Oct 15	14. Containers and Iterators
Thu Oct 16
Fri Oct 17
Week 9Mon Oct 20	15. Memory Models and Dynamic Memory	7. Containers, Iterators Quiz 4. Lectures 9-13, labs 5-6, project 3 checkpoint.
Tue Oct 21
Wed Oct 22	16. Managing Dynamic Memory		Project 3 Due Wed Oct 22 at 8pm Spec Overview Autograder FAQ
Thu Oct 23
Fri Oct 24
Week 10Mon Oct 27	No Class - Midterm Exam	No Lab	Midterm Exam Mon Oct 27, 7-9pm
Tue Oct 28			Alternate Midterm Exam Tue Oct 28, 7-9pm
Wed Oct 29	17. Deep Copies and The Big Three
Thu Oct 30
Fri Oct 31			Withdraw Deadline Fri Oct 31
Week 11Mon Nov 3	18. Linked Lists	8. Dynamic Memory, Deep Copies
Tue Nov 4
Wed Nov 5	19. Iterators
Thu Nov 6
Fri Nov 7
Week 12Mon Nov 10	20. Functors and Impostor Syndrome	9. Linked Lists, Functors Quiz 5. Lectures 14-17, labs 7-8, project 4.
Tue Nov 11			Project 4 Due Tue Nov 11 at 8pm
Wed Nov 12	21. Recursion and Tail Recursion
Thu Nov 13
Fri Nov 14
Week 13Mon Nov 17	22. Structural Recursion	10. Recursion, Trees
Tue Nov 18
Wed Nov 19	23. Binary Search trees, Sets, and Maps
Thu Nov 20
Fri Nov 21
Week 14Mon Nov 24	24. Error Handling and Exceptions	No Lab
Tue Nov 25			Project 5 Due Tue Nov 25 at 8pm
Wed Nov 26	No Class - Thanksgiving Break
Thu Nov 27
Fri Nov 28
Week 15Mon Dec 1	No Class	11. Exceptions and Review Quiz 6. Lectures 18-23, labs 9-10, project 5.
Tue Dec 2
Wed Dec 3	No Class
Thu Dec 4
Fri Dec 5
Week 16Mon Dec 8	No Class	No Lab	Project 6 Due Mon Dec 8 at 8pm
Tue Dec 9			Exit Survey Due Tue Dec 9 at 8pm Take the Survey
Wed Dec 10
Thu Dec 11
Fri Dec 12			Final Exam Fri Dec 12, 10:30am-12:30pm Alternate Final Exam Fri Dec 12, 1:30pm-3:30pm

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