Schedule for MCS 178: Intro to CS II (Fall 2006)

Date Reading Topic Code Due

9/6 11.1-11.2 The SLIM Architecture
9/7 Lab 1: Assembly language programming
9/8 11.3 SLIM's instruction set 060908.slim

9/11 11.4 Iteration in assembly language 060911.slim
9/12 Lab 1 (continued)
9/13 11.5 Recursion in assembly language 060913.slim
9/14 Lab 1 (continued)
9/15 Lab report writing workshop HW 1

9/18 More assembly language 060918.slim
9/19 Lab 1 (concludes)
9/20 11.6 Memory in Scheme: Vectors 060920.scm Lab 1
9/21 Lab 2: Optimally playing the etaoin game
9/22 12.1-12.2 Revisiting tree recursion 060922.scm

9/25 12.3 Memoization
9/26 Lab 2 (continued)
9/27 12.4 Dynamic programming 060927.scm
9/28 Lab 2 (continued)
9/29 12.5 Comparing memoization and dynamic programming 060929.scm HW 2

10/2 Review; catch up
10/3 Nobel Conference (no lab)
10/4 Nobel Conference (no class)
10/5 Test #1 (no lab)
10/6 10.1-10.2 EBNF

10/9 10.3 Micro-Scheme
10/10 Lab 2 (concludes)
10/11 More on Micro-Scheme Lab 2
10/12 Lab 3: Extending evaluators
10/13 10.4 Global definitions: Mini-Scheme

10/16 10.5 Adding explanatory output
10/17 Lab 3 (continued)
10/18 More on explanatory output
10/19 Lab 3 (continued)
10/20 13.1-13.2 Arithmetic expressions revisited HW 3

10/23 Reading break (no class)
10/24 Reading break (no class)
10/25 13.3 RA Stack implementations and representation invariants
10/26 Lab 3 (concludes)
10/27 More on RA Stack implementations and rep invariants

10/30 Graph algorithms HW 4
10/31 Lab 4: Word ladders
11/1 More on graph algorithms
11/2 Lab 4 (continues)
11/3 Review/catchup

11/6 Test #2
11/7 Lab 4 (continues)
11/8 More on Java
11/9 Lab 4 (continues)
11/10 14.1-14.2 Object-oriented programming

11/13 More on object-oriented programming
11/14 Lab 4 (concludes)
11/15 14.5 The Land of Gack Lab 4
11/16 Lab 5: Adventures in the Imaginary Land of Gack
11/17 Lab 5 (continues)

11/20 14.3 Extensions/variations on compu-duds HW 5
11/21 Lab 5 (continues)
11/22 Lab 5 (continues)
11/23 Thanksgiving break (no class)
11/24 Thanksgiving break (no class)

11/27 15.1-15.2 Java with inheritance
11/28 Lab 5 (concludes)
11/29 15.3 Event-driven GUI in applets Lab 5
11/30 Lab 6: Java and Concurrency
12/1 15.3 More on event-driven GUI in applets

12/4 15.4 Concurrency
12/5 Lab 6 (continues)
12/6 15.4 More on concurrency
12/7 Lab 6 (continues)
12/8 More on Java HW 6

12/11 TBA
12/12 Lab 6 (concludes)
12/13 Review/catchup/evaluation Lab 6