CSSE 132 Fall 2020-2021 Schedule
For meeting times, go see the syllabus.
Assignments are due at the beginning of class unless otherwise specified. Practice problems (PP) are pulled from the Bryant & O'Hallaron text. They are ungraded, but solutions are available in the book.
C Practice exercises are due weekly with homework and are available on the CloudCoder website.
Schedule
| Session | Topics | Read Before Class | What's Due | Extra | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 0 | Thu, Sep 3 | Course Overview | |||
| Fri, Sep 4 | Representing Numbers | BO 2.1.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3 | BO 2.1-2.3 PP 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 | ||
| Week 1 | Mon, Sep 7 | Boolean Logic | BO 2.1.6 | Homework 1, CloudCoder Exercises | BO 2.1 CODF 5 PP 2.8 Git Practice |
| Wed, Sep 9 | Lab 1 | Prelab 1 | |||
| Thu, Sep 10 | Combinational Logic | BO 4.2.1, 4.2.2 Logic Handout | BO 4.2 PH B.3 CODF 8 | ||
| Fri, Sep 11 | Adders and ALUs | BO 2.3.1-2.3.4 PH B.5 | |||
| Week 2 | Mon, Sep 14 | ALU Practice | Homework 2 CloudCoder Exercises | PH B.4 | |
| Wed, Sep 16 | Lab 2: Making an ALU | Prelab 2 | |||
| Thu, Sep 17 | Sequential Logic | BO 4.2.5 | PH B.8 CODF 10 | ||
| Fri, Sep 18 | Addressing | BO 2.1.3 | Lab 2 CloudCoder Exercises | ||
| Week 3 | Mon, Sep 21 | Memory Hierarchy | BO 6.1.1-6.1.3 | CloudCoder Exercises | BO 6.1-6.3 PP 6.2, 6.3 |
| Wed, Sep 23 | Lab 3: Linux | Bring your Pi An Ethernet Cable w/ adapter | Homework 3 | Linux Commands | |
| Thu, Sep 24 | Assembly | ARM handout ARM Examples | |||
| Fri, Sep 25 | Assembly (cont.) | Lab 3 | |||
| Week 4 | Mon, Sep 28 | C Programming | KR 1 C handout | ||
| Wed, Sep 30 | Exam 1 | Review Guide Sample Exam (Partial Solution) | |||
| Thu, Oct 1 | Pointers and Arrays | BO 3.8.1-3.8.3, 3.9.1, 3.10.1 | BO 3.10 KR 5, 6 PP 3.36, 3.41.A-B | ||
| Fri, Oct 2 | Pointers and Arrays (cont.) | ||||
| Week 5 | Mon, Oct 5 | Procedures and the Stack | BO 3.7.1 | Homework 4 | Stack Writeup |
| Wed, Oct 7 | Lab 4: Operating the Machine | ||||
| Thu, Oct 8 | Fall Break | ||||
| Fri, Oct 9 | Fall Break | ||||
| Week 6 | Mon, Oct 12 | Memory Allocation | BO 3.7.4, 9.9.0-9.9.2 | BO 3.7, 9.9 KR 8.7 | |
| Wed, Oct 14 | Lab 5: Managing Memory | Prelab 5 Lab 5 | Debugging Segfaults | ||
| Thu, Oct 15 | Data Representation | BO 2.4.1 | BO 2.4 KR 2.2 PP 2.45, 2.46 | ||
| Fri, Oct 16 | Stack and Heap Practice | Homework 5 | Stack/Heap Practice | ||
| Week 7 | Mon, Oct 19 | Processing Data | |||
| Wed, Oct 21 | Exam 2 | Review Guide Sample Exam (Partial Solution) | |||
| Thu, Oct 22 | Exam 2 wrapper | ||||
| Fri, Oct 23 | IO | BO 10.1-10.4 | |||
| Week 8 | Mon, Oct 26 | IO (cont.) | BO 10.8-10.11 | KR 7.5, 7.7, 8.1, 8.2 | |
| Wed, Oct 28 | Lab 6: IO | Lab 6 (11:59pm) | |||
| Thu, Oct 29 | The Internet | BO 11.0-11.2 | |||
| Fri, Oct 30 | Socket Programming | BO 11.3-11.4 | Homework 6 | ||
| Week 9 | Mon, Nov 2 | Socket Programming (cont.) | BO 11.3-11.4 | ||
| Wed, Nov 4 | Lab 7: Client/Server | ||||
| Thu, Nov 5 | Practice C | Find the code in your Git repo | |||
| Fri, Nov 6 | Concurrent Programming | BO 12.1-12.2 | Homework 7 | ||
| Week 10 | Mon, Nov 9 | Our Little Internet | |||
| Wed, Nov 11 | Lab 8 | Practice Problems | |||
| Thu, Nov 12 | Course Wrap-Up | ||||
| Fri, Nov 13 | TBD | ||||
| Finals Week | Review Guide | ||||