MCS-177, Intro. to Computer Science I, Fall 2002
Class Schedule, Oct. 21 - Dec. 13

Date	Reading	Prep Problem	Topic	Assignment Due
10/21			Reading break (no class)
10/22			Project 3 (continues)
10/23	5.3	Ex. 5.15	Returning procedures
10/24			Project 3 (concludes)
10/25	5.4		Application of higher-order programming	Project #3

10/28	6.1-6.2		Data abstraction	Homework #5
10/29			Project 4: Nim with Strategies
10/30	6.3	see list (#5)	Representations and implementations	Chapter 4 make-up problems
10/31			Project 4 (continued)
11/1			Catch up

11/4	6.4		Three-pile Nim	Homework #6
11/5			Project 4 (continued)
11/6			Review
11/7			Test 2, 7:00-8:30 pm in Olin 103 (no lab)
11/8	7.1-7.2		Lists

11/11	7.3		Basic list processing
11/12			Project 4 (concludes)
11/13	7.6		Movie query system, overview	Project #4
11/14			Project 5: Movie Query System
11/15	7.4		Iterative list processing	code for class

11/18	7.5		Tree recursion and lists
11/19			Project 5 (continued)
11/20			Catch up	Review problems
11/21			Project 5 (continued)
11/22	8.1		Binary search trees	Homework #7

11/25	8.2		Efficiency issues with binary search trees
11/26			Project 5 (concludes)
11/27	8.3		Expression trees
11/28			Thanksgiving Break (no lab)
11/29			Thanksgiving Break (no class)

12/2	9.1-9.2		Generic operations: multiple representations	Project #5
12/3			Project 6: Implementing Computer Graphics
12/4	9.2 & 9.4		More on multiple representations; computer graphics	Homework #8
12/5			Project 6 (continued)
12/6			More on computer graphics

12/9			Work on project 6
12/10			Project 6 (continued)
12/11			Catch-up and review	Homework #9 Helpful code
12/12			Project 6 (concludes)
12/13			Review and evaluation	Project #6