Below are the lecture topics for each of the sessions as well as key assignment dates.
| LEC # | LECTURE TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to C: Welcome to the Memory Jungle | |
| 2 | Subtleties of C: Data Structures and Floating-Point Arithmetic | Released: Assignment 1 |
| 3 | Guest Lectures: Assembly; Secure Programming in C | |
| 4 | Style and Structure: Transition from C to C++ | Due: Assignment 1 |
| 5 | Object-Oriented C++: Abstraction, Inheritance, STL | Released: Assignment 2 |
| 6 | Design Patterns: Higher-Level Program Design |
Due: Assignment 2 Released: Assignment 3 |
| 7 | Introduction to Projects: Unit Testing, Third-Party Libraries, Code Review | Released: Assignment 4 (final project) |
| 8 | Project Environments: Iterators, N-Body Problem, Setup | Due: Assignment 3 |
| 9 | Visualization: OpenGL, Makefiles, Large Projects | Due: First code review |
| 10 | Course Recap, Interviews, Advanced Topics: Grab Bag & Perspective | Due: Second code review; Assignment 4 (final project) |
