Bryn Mawr College
CS 246: Programming Paradigms (C and Unix)
Spring 2014
| General Information | Syllabus and Schedule | Group Projects |
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Course
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| 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/spring2014/ |
| Lecture: |
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:25PM - 12:45PM |
| Room: | Park 349 |
| Open Lab: | Tuesdays or Thursdays 4pm - 6pm (not both) Park Room 231 (Computer Science Lab) |
| TAs: |
Juliette Klingsberg Friday 10am - noon; Yijun Zhou Thursday 7-9pm |
| Week | Date | Topic | Assignments | Comments |
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| 1 |
1/21 |
Intro to C (Lec 01 & 02) Introduction to C: Basic program structure, declarations and statements, variables and types. Read: Chapters 1-2, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1 and 7.2 from King Examples: HelloWorld.tex HelloWorld.pdf helloworld.c formatting.c |
Code Formatting Standards Grading Policy Introduction to Latex Another Latex handout (by Prof Xu) Software: Gnu C Compiler Texmaker, a LaTex editor |
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| 2 |
1/28 |
Formatted Input/Output Expressions Read: Chapters 3 and 4 from King Control Flow Statements Read: Chapters 5 and 6 from King |
An announcement was sent to your email regarding assignment submissions. Contact the instructor if you have any question. | |
| 1/30 |
1/31 Game description due
Project 2 out |
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| 3 |
2/4 |
Basic Types Read: Chapter 7 from King |
Lab: Linux basics |
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| 4 |
2/11 |
Array Read: Chapter 8 from King |
Lab: GDB Project 3 out |
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| 5 |
2/18 |
07_Functions Questions: 1. How can you make the power function (pp 6) more efficient? 2. Climbing stairs. It takes n steps to reach top. Each time you can either climb 1 or 2 steps. In how many distinct ways can you climb to the top? Read: Chapter 9 from King |
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| 2/20 |
2/21 Project 3 due Project 4 out |
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| 6 |
2/25 |
08_Preprocessor 09_Pointer Read: Chapters 10.1, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 14 and 11 from King |
Lab: understanding recursion. Solve the problem on the last page of 07_Functions | |
| 2/27 |
P4 Prob 2 Part 1 due in class |
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| 7 |
3/4 |
10_Pointer_Array Read: Chapter 12 from King |
3/3 P4 Electronic submission due P4 Prob 2 Part 2 due in class |
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| 3/6 |
11_Strings
Read: Chapter 13 from King |
Lab: understanding pointers. Solve the exercise problem 12.13 on pp 274. | ||
| 8 |
3/11 |
Spring Break! | ||
| 3/13 |
3/13 Project 5 due | |||
| 9 |
3/18 |
12_String_Lib 13_Structures Read: Chapter 16 from King |
Project 6 out | |
| 3/20 |
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| 10 |
3/25 |
14_IO_File 15_Memory_Mng Read: Chapters 22, 17.1-17.4 from King |
Lab: File, Pipe, Redirection Project 6 due |
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| 3/27 |
Final Project Initial Design due Project 7 Part I out |
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| 11 |
4/1 |
16_2DArray_Pointers 17_Writing_Large_Prog 18_Regular_Exp Read: Chapter 15 from King Examples: 2DArray.c 2DArray_Ptr.c main.c main.h stack.c stack.h io.c io.h Makefile |
Lab: final project discussion | |
| 4/3 |
4/6 Project 7 Part 1 due Project 7 Part II out |
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| 12 |
4/8 |
19_Linked_List 20_Low_Level Read: Chapters 17 and 20 from King |
Lab: Regex | |
| 4/10 |
4/13 Project 7 Part II due | |||
| 13 |
4/15 |
21_Declaration 22_Function_Pointers Read: Chapters 18 and 17 from King |
Lab Quiz: Unix Utilities and Regex | |
| 4/17 |
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| 14 |
4/22 |
23_BSTs | Project 8 out | |
| 4/24 |
Exam! | |||
| 15 |
4/29 |
Group project presentations. | ||
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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: | 20% |
| Term project: | 20% |
| Assignments: | 60% |
| 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 one exam in this course. The exam will be closed-book and closed-notes. The exam 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 Jan 16, 2014.