CS150 is a first course in computing and programming fundamentals. The goal of this course is to introduce you to problem solving through programming a computer. No previous computer experience of any type is required, but a deep interest in using one is. In this course, you will learn to program in C++. By the end of this course you should be able to write a program to do anything you want, given enough time and patience.
WEEK 1
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Monday
August 30, 2004
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High Thoughts Must Have a High Language:
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- Course goals, your expectations and mine
- A brief history
- Computer basics
- Programming languages
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Chapter 1
p. 2 - 7
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Tuesday
August 31, 2004
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Lab 1: Getting to Know the IDE:
pdf doc
- Logging on to campus computers
- Logging onto and using Turing
- Creating a C++ project
- Compiling and running a C++ program
- Modifying a C++ program
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Wednesday
September 1, 2004
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Hello World:
pdf ppt
- Your first C++ program
- C++ comments
- Preprocessor directives
- main function
- Declaration statements
- Execution statements
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p. 21 - 26
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Assignment 1 pdf1 pdf2
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Friday
September 3, 2004
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What Data Do We Have:
pdf ppt
- Declaration statements
- Variable declarations
- Primitive data types
- Identifiers
- Reserved words
- Constant declarations
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p. 26 - 31
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WEEK 2
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Monday
September 6, 2004
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NO CLASS |
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Tuesday
September 7, 2004
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Lab 2: Software Development Process, algorithms and pseudocode
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- Look at a fairly complex problem and determine the different steps
- Type into the IDE
- Coding standards
- Add comments to code
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Wednesday
September 8, 2004
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What Actions Do We Have
1 pdf ppt
- Assignment statements
- Input statements
- Output statements
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p. 26 - 31
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Assignment 1 DUE
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Friday
September 10, 2004
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What Actions Do We Have 2 pdf ppt
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Arithmetic statements
- Modulus operator
- Operator precedence
- Operator associativity
- The string data type
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p. 34 - 39
p. 124 - 128
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Assignment 2
pdf
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WEEK 3
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Monday
September 13, 2004
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Life is Full of Alternatives
pdf ppt
- Equality and relational operators
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p. 34 - 39
p. 124 - 128
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Tuesday
September 14, 2004
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Lab 3: Modulus operator and simple if statement
pdf
- Decimal to binary program
- Coding standards
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Wednesday
September 15, 2004
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Life is Full of Alternatives Part 2
pdf ppt
- Logical operators
- Simple if statement
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Chapter 2
p. 71 - 77
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Friday
September 17, 2004
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Life is Full of Alternatives Part 3 pdf ppt
- if/else selection structure
- ?: conditional operator
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p. 77 - 79
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Assignment 2
DUE
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WEEK 4
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Monday
September 20, 2004
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Let Us Repeat Together Part 1 pdf ppt
- Nested if/else selection structures
- while repetition structure
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Chapter 2
p. 79 - 83
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Assignment 3
pdf
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Tuesday
September 21, 2004
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Lab 4: if statements and while loops
pdf
- Using the debugger
- Coding standards
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Wednesday
September 22, 2004
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Friday
September 24, 2004
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Midterm 1 |
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WEEK 5
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Monday
September 27, 2004
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Let Us Repeat Together Part 2 pdf ppt
- Counter-controlled repetition
- Sentinel-controlled repetition
- Type casting
- Formatting output
- Top-down, stepwise refinement
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Chapter 2
p. 83 - 98
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Tuesday
September 28, 2004
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Lab 5: More money pdf
- Formatting the output
- Coding standards
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Wednesday
September 29, 2004
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for Repetition Structure pdf ppt
- Assignment operators
- Increment and decrement operators
- for loops
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p. 102 - 113
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Assignment 3
DUE
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Friday
October 1, 2004
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switch Selection Structure pdf ppt
- switch statements
- cin.get()
- ASCII values
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p. 113 - 119
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WEEK 6
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Monday
October 4, 2004
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do/while Repetition Structure pdf ppt
- cin.get()
- ASCII values
- do/while loops
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Chapter 2
p. 113 - 121
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Assignment 4
pdf
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Tuesday
October 5, 2004
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Lab 6: |
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Wednesday
October 6, 2004
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Nested Repetition Structures pdf ppt |
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Friday
October 8, 2004
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NO CLASS |
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WEEK 7
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Monday
October 11, 2004
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Reading from and writing to files pdf ppt
- File streams
- Opening file streams
- Writing to and reading from file streams
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Chapter 14
p. 809 - 819
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Tuesday
October 12, 2004
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Lab 7: Nested loops and files pdf |
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Wednesday
October 13, 2004
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Assignment 4
DUE
Assignment 5
pdf
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Friday
October 15, 2004
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WEEK 8
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Monday
October 18, 2004
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Functions pdf ppt
- Library functions
- Programmer defined functions
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Chapter 3
p. 170 - 180
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Tuesday
October 19, 2004
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Lab 8: Using files pdf |
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Wednesday
October 20, 2004
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More function examples |
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Assignment 5
DUE
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Friday
October 22, 2004
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Midterm 2 |
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WEEK 9
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Monday
October 25, 2004
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Functions pdf ppt
- Library functions
- Programmer defined functions
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Chapter 3
p. 170 - 180
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Tuesday
October 26, 2004
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Lab 9: Using Functions pdf |
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Wednesday
October 27, 2004
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Functions pdf ppt
- Passing arguments by value
- Passing arguments by reference
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Friday
October 29, 2004
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More functions |
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Assignment 6
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WEEK 10
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Monday
November 1, 2004
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Functions pdf ppt
- More function examples
- Scope
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Chapter 3
p. 170 - 180
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Tuesday
November 2, 2004
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Lab 10: |
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Wednesday
November 3, 2004
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Friday
November 5, 2004
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Arrays pdf ppt
- Declaring arrays
- Initializing arrays
- Using arrays
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WEEK 11
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Monday
November 8, 2004
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Arrays pdf ppt
- More array examples
- Passing arrays to functions
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Chapter 4
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Tuesday
November 9, 2004
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Wednesday
November 10, 2004
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Assignment 6
DUE
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Friday
November 12, 2004
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Arrays pdf ppt
- More array examples
- Searching arrays
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WEEK 12
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Monday
November 15, 2004
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Arrays pdf ppt
- Random number generation
- Sorting arrays
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Chapter 4
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Assignment 7
pdf
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Tuesday
November 16, 2004
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Lab 11: |
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Wednesday
November 17, 2004
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Friday
November 19, 2004
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MIDTERM 3 |
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WEEK 13
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Monday
November 22, 2004
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Assignment overview |
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Tuesday
November 23, 2004
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Structs pdf ppt
- Introduction to structures
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Wednesday
November 24, 2004
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NO CLASS |
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Friday
November 25, 2004
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NO CLASS |
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