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Course Syllabus
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| Lecture | Date | Topics | Book Sections | Links to Videos and Slides |
| 1 | 25-Aug | Computer systems organized as a systematic set of transformations; representation using bits | Ch 1, § 2.1, 2.2 | Notes |
| 2 | 27-Aug | Bits and Operations on Bits: unsigned and signed integers; arithmetic and logical operations; ASCII; floating point; hexadecimal notation | § 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 | Notes | 1-Sep | Digital Logic Structures: gates; combinational logic; storage elements | § 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 | Video Slides |
| 4 | 3-Sep | Digital Logic Structures: memory; sequential logic; clock | § 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 | Video Slides |
| 5 | 8-Sep | The von Neumann Model: basic concepts; instruction processing; sequencing | Ch 4 | Video Slides |
| 6 | 10-Sep | The LC-3: Instruction Set Architecture | § 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 | Video Slides01 Slides02 |
| 7 | 15-Sep | The LC-3: Example program in LC-3 machine language; LC-3 datapath | § 5.5, 5.6 | Video Slides |
| 8 | 17-Sep | Programming: problem solving using systematic decomposition, more examples, debugging | Ch 6 | Video Slides01 Slides02 |
| 9 | 22-Sep | LC-3 Assembly Language; examples; assembly process | Ch 7 | Video Slides |
| 10 | 24-Sep | I/O abstractions: input from the keyboard, output to the monitor | § 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 | Video Slides |
| 11 | 29-Sep | Repeated Code: TRAPs and subroutines; Examples | Ch 9 | Video Slides |
| 12 | 1-Oct | Stacks; Executing subroutines with stacks | § 10.1, notes | Video Slides |
| 13 | 6-Oct | Introduction to C; Variables and Operators: basic data types, simple operators, examples | § ch 11, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 | No video for Lecture 13 |
| 14 | 8-Oct | Operators: simple operators, memory allocation of variables, examples Control Structures: conditional constructs |
§ 12.4, 12.5, 13.1, 13.2 | Video Slides |
| 15 | 13-Oct | Control Structures: iterative constructs, comprehensive examples, problem solving | § 13.3, 13.4 | Video Slides |
| 16 | 15-Oct | Functions: introduction, syntax, run-time stack | § 14.1, 14.2, 14.3 | Video Slides |
| 17 | 20-Oct | Functions: activation records, examples | § 14.3, 14.4 | Video Slides |
| 18 | 22-Oct | Pointers and Arrays: introduction, problem solving, examples | Ch 16 | Video Slides |
| 19 | 27-Oct | Arrays: 2D arrays, examples | Ch 16 | Video Slides |
| 20 | 29-Oct | Testing and Debugging: introduction, error taxonomy, using a debugger | Ch 15 | Video Slides |
| 21 | 3-Nov | Recursion: introduction, basic example, example showing run-time stack | Ch 17 | Video Slides01 Slides02 |
| 22 | 5-Nov | Input and Output in C: standard library, basic I/O calls, file I/O, example | Ch 18, notes | Video Slides |
| 23 | 10-Nov | Basic Data Structures: introduction | § 19.1, 19.2 | Video Slides01 Slides02 |
| 24 | 12-Nov | Basic Data Structures: structures, defining new types, enumerations, dynamic memory allocation | § 19.3, 19.4 | No video for Lecture 24 |
| 25 | 17-Nov | Basic Data Structures: linked lists | § 19.5 | Video Slides |
| 26 | 19-Nov | Basic Data Structures: linked lists, linked structure traversal | § 19.5 | Link List Example |
| 27 | 1-Dec | Comprehensive Case Study: sorting | notes | Video Slides01 Slides02 |
| 28 | 3-Dec | Simple Guide to C++: Design, abstractions, and implementation | notes | Video Slides |
| 29 | 8-Dec | Course Wrap-up and Advice for Sophomore System Builders | notes |