| Date | Topic | Text Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Aug 27 | Introduction | Preface, Ch. 1.1, 1.3 |
| Thu, Aug 29 | History of Computing | Ch. 1.2 |
| Tue, Sep 3 | Number Systems and Arithmetic | Ch. 2, 3.1 |
| Thu, Sep 5 | ||
| Tue, Sep 10 | Data Representation | Ch. 3.3-3.6 |
| Thu, Sep 12 | Compression, Huffman Encoding | pp. 69-70 and notes |
| Tue, Sep 17 | Gates and
Circuits Guest Lecturer: Prof. Ron Greenberg |
Ch. 4 |
| Thu, Sep 19 | Gates and Circuits
(continued)
Room Change: DH 342 |
Ch. 4 |
| Tue, Sep 24 | Computing Architecture | |
| Thu, Sep 26 | First Exam (does not include Sep 24 material) | |
| Tue, Oct 1 | Low-Level Programming | Ch. 7 |
| Thu, Oct 3 | High-Level Programming | Ch. 6.1, Ch. 8 |
| Tue, Oct 8 | ||
| Thu, Oct 10 | Algorithms: Iterative vs. Recursive Searching |
Ch. 6.1 Ch. 9.4 pp. 518-525 |
| Tue, Oct 15 | No Class: Mid-semester Break | |
| Thu, Oct 17 | Algorithms: Iterative vs. Recursive Sorting |
Ch. 9.5 |
| Tue, Oct 22 | Data Structures: Linked-Lists |
Ch. 9.1-9.2 and notes |
| Thu, Oct 24 | Data Structures: Trees and Graphs |
Ch. 9.7 |
| Tue, Oct 29 | Roles of an Operating System | Ch. 10.1 |
| Thu, Oct 31 | Second Exam (does not include Oct 29 material) | |
| Tue, Nov 5 | CPU Scheduling | Ch. 10.3-10.4 |
| Thu, Nov 7 | Memory Management | Ch. 10.2 |
| Tue, Nov 12 | Information Systems, Databases | Ch. 12 and notes |
| Thu, Nov 14 | Information Systems, Databases (continued)
Room Change: DH 342 |
Ch. 12 and notes |
| Tue, Nov 19 | Artificial Intelligence | Ch. 13 and notes (skip 13.2, 13.6) |
| Thu, Nov 21 | ||
| Tue, Nov 26 | Networks | Ch. 15 |
| Thu, Nov 28 | No Class: Thanksgiving Break | |
| Tue, Dec 3 | Networks (continued) Brief look at the World Wide Web |
Ch. 16 |
| Thu, Dec 5 |
No Class: Study Days Optional study session will be held for anyone interested (1:00-2:15pm, DH641) |
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| Tue, Dec 10 | Third Exam
(10:20am-12:20) Information on the final exam [pdf, ps] |
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