EECS 280: Programming and Intro Data Structures

The University of Michigan

Winter 2026

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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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You may attend any standard lecture section (flex policy). If you are registered for an ARR lecture section, pick any of the standard lecture times that work for you. The standard lecture sections are:
- 001: MW 11:00AM-12:30PM, TBD
- 003: MW 12:00-1:30PM, STAMPS
- 004: MW 3:00-4:30PM, 1013 DOW
- 005: MW 4:30-6:00PM, 1013 DOW
Attendance is required at your registered lab section.
No lab first week of class.
If you're on the waitlist, don't worry, we'll add more seats.
Please direct questions on prerequisites, overrides, or the diagnostic project to CSE UG Advising (ugadmin@eecs.umich.edu).

Schedule

Tentative

Day	Lecture	Lab	Deadline
Week 1 Jan 7 - 9	01 Introduction to C++	No Lab
Week 2 Jan 12 - 16	02 Types and Control Structures 03 Procedural Abstraction and Modularization	Lab 1
Week 3 Jan 19 - 23	No lecture - MLK Day 04 Machine Model, Part 1	Lab 2	Project 1 Fri 8pm
Week 4 Jan 26 - 30	05 Machine Model, Part 2 06 const, Structs, and C-Style ADTs	Lab 3	Entry Survey Fri 8pm
Week 5 Feb 2 - 6	07 Streams and I/O 08 Abstract Data Types in C++	Lab 4	Project 2 Fri 8pm
Week 6 Feb 9 - 13	09 Derived Classes and Inheritance 10 Polymorphism	Lab 5
Week 7 Feb 16 - 20	11 Arrays, Pointer Arithmetic, C-Style Strings 12 Array-Based Data Structures, Time Complexity	Lab 6	Project 3 Checkpoint Thu 8pm
Week 8 Feb 23 - 27	13 Sorted Data Structures, Templates 14 Containers and Iterators	Lab 7	Project 3 Thu 8pm
Mar 2 - 6	Spring Break
Week 9 Mar 9 - 13	No lecture No lecture	No Lab	Midterm Wed Mar 11 7pm Alternate Thu Mar 12 7pm
Week 10 Mar 16 - 20	15 Memory Models and Dynamic Memory 16 Managing Dynamic Memory	Lab 8	Withdraw deadline Fri Mar 20
Week 11 Mar 23 - 27	17 Deep Copies and The Big Three 18 Linked Lists	Lab 9	Project 4 Tue 8pm
Week 12 Mar 30 - Apr 3	19 Iterators 20 Functors and Impostor Syndrome	Lab 10
Week 13 Apr 6 - 10	21 Recursion and Tail Recursion 22 Structural Recursion	Lab 11	Project 5 Tue 8pm
Week 14 Apr 13 - 17	23 Binary Search trees, Sets, and Maps 24 Error Handling and Exceptions	Lab 12
Week 15 Apr 20 - 21	TBD	No Lab	Project 6 Tue 8pm Exit Survey Tue 8pm
Exam Week			Final Exam Mon Apr 27 10:30am Alternate Mon Apr 27 1:30pm

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awdeorio@umich.edu

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tdoom@umich.edu

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jklooste@umich.edu

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