CS 4100, Spring 2007   Class Schedule, Lecture Notes
Note: Schedule is subject to change, please check frequently

WK

Class/Date

Topic

Book Chapter      

Events                                                               

Reading                                                

1

T 2/13

 Introduction
 0
 Assignment 1
 Syllabus
Th 2/15
 Introduction
 0,1,2
Read: 1.4

2

T 2/20

 Writing, Programming Languages as Tools
 1.4
 Handouts:
    Rooter paper from SCIgen
    Characteristics of Scientific Writing
    Assignment 2

Th 2/22

 Pseudo-code
 1
 Sections 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3

3

T 2/27

 Pseudo-code, themes, FORTRAN
 1,2

Th 3/1

 FORTRAN
 2
 Assignment 2 due: hard copy to class, electronic

4

T 3/6

 FORTRAN - Control Structures
 2.3

Th 3/8

 FORTRAN - Common Blocks
 2

5

T 3/13

 FORTRAN - Data Structures
 2.4

Th 3/15

 FORTRAN, GOTO writing exercise
 2.5
 Final Project Handout, Assignment 3
 Lecture notes

6

T 3/20

 Plagiarism discussion
GOTO Assignment Due
 More on GOTOs on Blackboard under "Course Documents"

Th 3/22

 Algol-60
 3
Algol-60 Report (on Blackboard)

7

T 3/27

 Algol-60, Project Topic Discussion, BNF
 3
 Topic Proposal Due
 Algol-60 Report

Th 3/29

 Algol-60 3, 4
Algol-60 Report

8

T 4/3

 Algol-60 3, 4
Algol-60 Report

Th 4/5

 Algol-60

Chapters 3 and 4


SPRING BREAK April 9-13


9

T 4/17

 Student Topic Presentations
Present Topic Overview

Th 4/19

 Algol-60
 3, 4
 Assignment 3 Due Chapters 3 and 4

10

T 4/24

 Algol-60 and review
 3, 4
 Assignment 4
 Chapters 3 and 4

Th 4/26

 MIDTERM


11

T 5/1

 Elegance and Languages 4, extra

Th 5/3

 BNF and grammars extra

12

T 5/8

 Pascal Hightlights, Implementing Block Structured Languages
 5, 6

Th 5/10

 Peer Reviews
Draft Due and Peer Reviews, Hand out Midterm 2

13

T 5/15

 Lisp
 9, 10, 11

Th 5/17

Lisp


14

T 5/22

 Reading Day



T 5/29

 FINAL EXAM
11:15 AM - 1:15 PM
Assignment 4 Due
Midterm 2 Due
Final Project Due
Hand in Supplemental Evaluations
(See "Announcements" on main couse page for more details)