Bryn Mawr College
CS 246: Programming Paradigms (C and Unix Programming)
Fall 2014
| General Information | Group Projects | Syllabus and Schedule | Text and
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Course
Policies |
Reference Links |
| Instructor: | Jia Tao |
| E-Mail: |
jtao@cs.brynmawr.edu
When you e-mail me, make sure you put "CS246" at the start of the subject line to ensure a quicker response. |
| Website: | http://cs.brynmawr.edu/Courses/cs246/fall2014/ |
| Lecture: |
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:25PM - 3:45PM |
| Room: | Park 336 |
| Lab: | Tuesdays 3:45-4:45PM Park Room 231 (Computer Science Lab) |
| TA: |
Jingling Li: Tuesdays 3:45-4:45PM, Fridays 3-5PM Park 231 |
| Week | Date | Topic | Assignments | Comments |
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| 1 |
9/2 |
Introduction to C Read: Chapter 1-3 Examples: helloworld.c formatting.c |
Code Formatting Standards Grading Policy Assignment Submission Instruction Software: Gnu C Compiler |
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| 9/4 |
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| 2 |
9/9 |
Expressions Read: Chapter 4 Control Flow Statements Read: Chapters 5-6 |
Project 1 out | Lab: compile and run a C program |
| 9/11 |
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| 3 |
9/16 |
Basic Types Read: Chapter 7 Arrays Read: Chapters 8 |
Project 1 due Project 2 out |
Lab: Linux Basics |
| 9/18 |
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| 4 |
9/23 |
Functions
Read: Chapter 9 |
Project 2 due Project 3 out |
Lab: GDB |
| 9/25 |
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| 5 |
9/30 |
Preprocessor
Read: Chapters 10.1, 10.3, 10.4, 14 Pointers Read: Chapter 11 |
Project 3 due Project 4 out |
Lab: understanding recursion |
| 10/2 |
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| 6 |
10/7 |
Pointer Array
Read: Chapter 12 |
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| 10/9 |
Exam1 |
10/12 Project 4 due |
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| 7 |
10/14 |
Fall Break! | ||
| 10/16 |
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| 8 |
10/21 |
String
Read: Chapter 13 |
Project 5 out | Lab: understanding pointers |
| 10/23 |
Writing Large Programs, IO Files Read: Chapters 14,15,22 |
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| 9 |
10/28 |
Files, Memory Management Read: Chapters 22, 17.1-4 |
Project 5 due Project 6 out |
Lab: review Exam 1 and Project 4 |
| 10/30 |
Group project design document due |
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| 10 |
11/4 |
Structures, 2DArray_Pointers, Regular Expressions Read: Chapters 15, 16 |
Project 6 due Project 7 out |
Lab: Regex |
| 11/6 |
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| 11 |
11/11 |
Linked List, Function Pointers Read: Chapter 17 |
Project 7 due Project 8 out |
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| 11/13 |
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| 12 |
11/18 |
Low Level, Declaration Read: Chapters 18, 20 |
Lab Quiz: Unix Utilities and Regex | |
| 11/20 |
Project 8 due on 11/23 | |||
| 13 |
11/25 |
Trees, Binary Search Trees | ||
| 11/27 |
Thanksgiving! | |||
| 14 |
12/2 |
Program Design, Graphs, C++ Read: Chapter 19 |
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| 12/4 |
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| 15 |
12/9 |
Exam2 | ||
| 12/11 |
Term project presentation. | |||
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Grading
Assignments must be submitted according to the Assignment Submission instructions. You should pay careful attention to the Code Formatting Standards when doing your assignments. The grading structure for individual assignments is broken down in the Grading Policy.
At the end of the semester, final grades will be calculated as a weighted average of all grades according to the following weights:
| Exam: | 40% (20% each) |
| Assignments and Quizzes: | 40% |
| Term Project: | 12% |
| Course Preparation and Discussion: | 8% |
| Total: | 100% |
Incomplete grades will be given only for verifiable medical illness or other such dire circumstances.
Submission and Late Policy
All work must be turned in either in hard-copy or electronic submission, depending on the instructions given in the assignment. E-mail submissions, when permitted, should request a "delivery receipt" to document time and date of submission. Extensions will be given only in the case of verifiable medical excuses or other such dire circumstances, if requested in advance and supported by your Academic Dean.Exam
There will be two exams in this course. The exams will be closed-book and closed-notes. The exams will cover material from lectures, homeworks, and assigned readings (including topics not discussed in class).
Study Groups
We encourage you to discuss the material and work together to understand it. Here are our thoughts on collaborating with other students:
Created on Aug 8, 2014.