EECS 280: Programming and Intro Data Structures

The University of Michigan

Winter 2027

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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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Attend any lecture section or watch the recordings, regardless of your registered section (flex policy).
- Exception: Section 002, designed for transfer students, requires attendance at the MW 1:30pm lecture (details).
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 additional seats as needed.
Please direct questions on prerequisites or overrides to CSE UG Advising (ugadmin@eecs.umich.edu).

Schedule

Day	Lecture	Lab	Deadline
Week 1 Jan 13 - 15	01 Course Introduction, Intro to C++	No lab
Week 2 Jan 18 - 22	No lecture - MLK Day 02 Types and Control Structures	00 Computer Setup
Week 3 Jan 25 - 29	03 Procedural Abstraction 04 Machine Model, Part 1	01 Intro to Lab, C++ Fundamentals, Pragmatics
Week 4 Feb 1 - 5	05 Machine Model, Part 2 06 const, Structs, and C-Style ADTs	02 Machine Model, Pointers/References, Call Stack, UTF Tutorial	Project 1 Mon 8pm P1 spec Entry Survey Wed 8pm Add/Drop deadline Tue Feb 2
Week 5 Feb 8 - 12	07 Streams and I/O 08 Abstract Data Types in C++	03 C-style ADTs, Streams and I/O, Assertions+UB Tutorial
Week 6 Feb 15 - 19	09 Derived Classes and Inheritance 10 Polymorphism	04 Classes, C++ ADTs, Mini-Project	Project 2 Mon 8pm P2 spec
Week 7 Feb 22 - 26	11 Arrays, Pointer Arithmetic, C-Style Strings 12 Array-Based Data Structures, Time Complexity	05 Inheritance, Polymorphism, Debugging Tutorial	Project 3 Checkpoint Mon 8pm
Week 8 Mar 1 - 5	13 Sorted Data Structures, Templates 14 Containers and Iterators	06 Array-Based Data Structures	Project 3 Fri 8pm P3 spec
Mar 8 - 12	Spring Break
Week 9 Mar 15 - 19	No lecture 15 Memory Models and Dynamic Memory	No lab	Midterm Tue Mar 16 7pm Alternate Wed Mar 17 7pm
Week 10 Mar 22 - 26	16 RAII and Growable Containers 17 Deep Copies and The Big Three	07 Containers, Iterators	Withdraw and Pass/Fail deadline Fri Mar 26
Week 11 Mar 29 - Apr 2	18 Linked Lists 19 Iterators	08 Dynamic Memory, Deep Copies	Project 4 Fri 8pm P4 spec
Week 12 Apr 5 - 9	20 Functors and Impostor Syndrome 21 Recursion and Tail Recursion	09 Linked Lists, Functors
Week 13 Apr 12 - 16	22 Structural Recursion 23 Binary Search Trees, Sets, and Maps	10 Recursion, Trees	Project 5 Fri 8pm P5 spec
Week 14 Apr 19 - 23	24 Error Handling and Exceptions No lecture	11 Exceptions and Review	Project 6 Fri 8pm P6 spec
Week 15 Apr 26 - 27	No lecture	No lab	Exit Survey Tue 8pm
Exam Week			Final Exam Fri Apr 30 10:30am Alternate Fri Apr 30 1:30pm

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Instructors

awdeorio@umich.edu | he/him

jklooste@umich.edu | he/him

wswang@umich.edu | he/him