CSci 281 Lecture Schedule Spring 2004

Please note:  This is an estimate of the schedule we will follow.  Please check with the "this week / next week" files for the current schedule.  I intend to keep the exam dates as below, but will give you at least a week's warning if they have to change.  Please note that the last hour exam is in the final full week of the term.

University dates given below should be accurate, but please check the main university calendar for the final word.

Change History:

• 1/20/04:  Revised for Spring 2004

Notes:

• This should be considered very much a document in development. While I will try as much as possible to stick to the posted exam dates, the schedule of lectures and homework may change as the term progresses. Updates, and detailed weekly plans, will be posted on the This Week / Next Week pages.
• Please note that reading assignments for an individual lecture should be completed before the lecture. Readings may include handouts to be provided, and may also include readings in books on reserve.

Exam dates:

• Exam 1:  Friday, February 20
• Exam 2:  Friday, March 26
• Exam 3:  Friday, April 30.  Please note that this is in the last full week of class.
• Final exam:   The final exam for this class will be at 4:00 PM on Monday, May 10.  It will be a mandatory two-hour exam.  All students must take the exam at this date and time.

Week 1:  Monday, January 19

• Topic(s)
• Introduction
• Reading
• Paul, chapter 1
• Tanenbaum, chapter 1
• Other notes
• Monday is Martin Luther King day (no classes or office hours)

Week 2:  Monday, January 26

• Topic(s)
• Tools
• Reading
• Paul, chapter 2
• Tanenbaum, section 7.1 (skim the remainder of the chapter for now - we will return to it later)
• Other notes
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Week 3:  Monday, February 2

• Topic(s)
• Implementation of basic control structures
• Reading
• Tanenbaum chapter 2
• Paul, chapter 2
• Other notes
•  

Week 4:  Monday, February 9

• Topic(s)
• Basic control structures
• Binary arithmetic and basic data types
• Reading
• Tanenbaum, chapter 2
• Paul, chapters 2, 3
• Other notes
• Exam #1 will be next week

Week 5:  Monday, February 16

• Topic(s)
• Binary arithmetic
• Basic data types
• Reading
• Tanenbaum, chapter 3, appendices A and B
• Paul, chapter 3
• Paul 11.1 - 11.4
• Other notes
• The first hour exam will be Friday, February 20.
• Monday, Feburary 16 is the last day to withdraw with an automatic "W".

Week 6:  Monday, February 23

• Topic(s)
• Digital Circuits and a first look at architecture
• Reading
• Tanenbaum, chapter 3
• Paul, chapter 4
• Other notes
•  

Week 7:  Monday, March 1

• Topic(s)
• Bit and arithmetic operations
• Reading
• Paul, chapters 4, 5
• Other notes
• I may be attending a conference Friday, March 5.  More details later.

Week 8:  Monday, March 8

• Topic(s)
• The stack
• Basic data structures
• Reading
• Paul, chapters 5, 6
• Other notes
• Friday, March 12 is Mid-Term
• The second hour exam will be the Friday following Spring break.

Week 9:  Monday, March 15

• Topic:  Spring Break (no classes or office hours)
• Reading
• Other notes
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Week 10:  Monday, March 22

• Topic(s)
• Data Structures
• Subroutines
• Reading
• Paul, chapters 5, 6
• Other notes
• The second hour exam will be Friday, March 26

Week 11:  Monday, March 29

• Topic(s)
• Data structures
• subroutines
• More architecture:  clocks and memory
• Reading
• Tanenbaum chapters 1 - 3
• Paul, chapters 6, 7
• Other notes
•  

Week 12:  Monday, April 5

• Topic(s)
• Clocks and memory
• Reading
• Tanenbaum, chapters 1 - 3
• Paul, chapters 6, 7
• Other notes
• Registration for Fall Term begins Monday, April 5

Week 13:  Monday, April 12

• Topic(s)
• Clocks and memory
• Subroutines
• Reading
• Tanenbaum, chapters 1 - 3, 7
• Paul, chapters 7, 8
• Other notes
• Early registration for Summer begins Monday, April 12

Week 14:  Monday, April 19

• Topic(s)
• The assembler
• Instruction sets
• Reading
• Tanenbaum, chapters 5, 7
• Paul, chapters 7,8
• Other notes
• Exam #3 will be next Friday

Week 15:  Monday, April 26

• Topic(s)
• More on the assembler
• Floating point
• More architecture
• Reading
• Tanenbaum, chapter 5 (through 5.5), 7
• Paul, chapters 9,11
• Other notes
• Exam #3 will be Friday, April 30

Week 16:  Monday, May 3

• Topic(s)
•  
• Reading
•  
• Other notes
• Wednesday, May 5 is the last day of classes.  No late homework can be accepted past this date.

Week 17:  Monday, May 10

• The final exam for this class will be at 4:00 PM on Monday, May 10.  It will be a mandatory, comprehensive, in-class,  two-hour exam.