Second Half of Class Schedule for MCS 170: The Nature of Computer Science

(Link to first half of schedule)

Date Reading Topic Due
10/30 Chap 6 History of Computers Mid-Term Project
11/31   Mid-Term Project Demonstrations  
11/1 Chap 8 Algorithms & Programming Languages  
11/2   Mid-Term Project Demonstrations  
11/3 Chap 10 Computer Science as a Discipline HW 6

11/6 Chap 12 Data Representation  
11/7   Project 6 - Part I  
11/8 Chap 14 Computer Architecture I HW 7  
11/9   Project 6 - Part I (continued) and Project 6 - Part II  
11/10   Computer Architecture II  

11/13   Computer Architecture III  
11/14   Project 6 - Part II  
11/15   Review  
11/16   No Lab  
11/17     Exam 2 on Chapters 6, 8, 10, 12, 14  

11/20 Chap 16 Inside the CPU
Logic Circuits
 
11/21   Project 7 - Part I  
11/22   TBA  
11/23 Thanksgiving
11/24 Thanksgiving

11/27   Video - Silicon Run Lite  
11/28   Project 7 - Part II
 
11/29   Database Systems I  
11/30   Project 8: Databases Part I  
12/1   Database Systems II  

12/4   Database Systems III  
12/5   Project 8: Databases Part II  
12/6   Database Systems IV  
12/7   Project 8 - Databases Part III  
12/8 Chap 18 Computers and Society  

12/11   TBA  
12/12   Project 8 - Databases Part III (if needed)  
12/13   Review/evaluation HW 8