COSC1337 - 16-week Schedule

Start Date

01/22/2019

End Date

05/19/2019

Week 1

• Course Introduction
• How Programs Run
• Assignment Policies
• Installing Git on your PC
• Programmer’s Editor
• Installing Make
• Installing a C++ Compiler
• Python Setup

Assignments

• HW 1: GitHub Setup
• Step 2: Set up Homework Repository

Week 2

• Formally Defining Languages
• Introduction to C++
• What is Data anyway?
• Data types
• Expressions and Interactivity

Assignments

• Lab1: Calculating the Hypotenuse

Week 3

• Making Decisions
• Looping
• Simple C++ Functions
• C++ - Text Input
• Example C++ Program

Assignments

• Lab 2 - Simple C++ Functions

Week 4

• More on Functions
• C++ Scope Rules
• C++ Objects and Classes

Assignments

• Lab3: Creating a Simple Class

Week 5

• Designing a Class
• C++ Graphics Setup
• Ball Physics
• Testing, Testing, 123
• Designing a Pool Simulation

Assignments

• Lab4 - Pool Balls

Week 6

• COSC1337 Exam 1 Review Notes
• Exam 1
• Modular Makefiles

Assignments

• Exam 1 Lab

Week 7

• Bouncing off Walls
• Test-Driven Poolballs

Assignments

• HW2: Building a Simulation
• Lab5: The Highway

Week 8

• C++ Arrays
• C++ Pointers
• Linked Lists

Assignments

• Lab6: Linked Lists

Week 8

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Assignments

Week 9

• C++ Copy Constructors
• I-35: Texas Parking Lot
• Simulating Vehicles
• Driver Behavior

Assignments

• Lab7: Modeling Vehicles

Week 10

• Searching and Sorting
• Bubble Sort
• File Input/Output
• Reading strings from a file

Assignments

• Lab8: Passing Logic

Week 11

• The Highway
• Randomness
• Complex Numbers
• Generating Mandelbrot Images

Assignments

Week 12

• Exploring the Mandelbrot Image
• Exploring Mandelbrot Space
• Exam Two Review

Assignments

• Exam2Lab: Simple Complex Numbers

Week 13

• Functions That Call Themselves
• Exam 1

Assignments

• Lab9: Mandelbrot Explorer Debugging

Week 14

• C++ Strings
• String Examples
• Exam 1

Assignments

• Exam2Lab: Simple Complex Numbers

Week 15

• Class Inheritance
• A Better Linked List Class

Assignments

• Lab10: PiBrot

Week 16

• Managing Memory
• Advanced C++
• Group Project Demo
• COSC1337 Grading Summary

Assignments