COSC 051: Computer Science I

Instructor

Jeremy Bolton: Teaching and Research

Course Calendar

Course Overview

Syllabus

Books

Recommended Texts:

[GW] Starting Out With C++, Early Objects, 9th Edition by Tony Gaddis, Judy Walters, and Godfrey Muganda

Topic Schedule

Class time will be focused on conceptual dicussion and coding examples, which will supoort the assigned readings. It is imperative that you read the assigned reading from the text.

The following schedule is sequentially organized by topics and subject to change.

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Lecture	Topic	Readings	Supplemental Files and Notes	Assignments, etc.
0	Course Introduction and Overview
1	Introduction to Computers: Main Components, Basic Design, SSH Clients, and Unix File Systems and Commands	[GW] 1.1 - 1.7 Unix Tutorial by MS	SSH and SFTP Clients SSH for Mac Users	Assignment #0
2	Introduction C++ Language and Compilation: Hello World	[GW] 2.1 - 2.7	Update your access here! Editor on Server: nano Emacs Editor	Assignment #1
3	Basic Programming Elements and Expression Evaluation: Data Types, Variables, Constants, Literals, Scope, ...	[GW] 2.8 - 2.18	[GW] 1-2 Suggested Practice Problems C++ Example: Types and Encoding
4	Expressions, Operators, Types, COnversions and more!	[GW] 3.1 - 3.5	[GW] 3 Suggested Practice Problems C++ Example: Expressions and Casting
5	Conditionals / Selection, Logical Operators , Algorithm Design and Flow Diagrams Introduce Project 1	[GW] 4.1 - 4.5		Project 1 Exemplar Solution
6	Conditionals / Selection, Switch In - Class Example / Exercise	[GW] 4.6 - 4.13	[GW] 4 Suggested Practice Problems
7	Characters and Strings, Formatting Outputs, and Coding Examples	[GW] 3.6 - 3.11	+ C++ Example: math tutor- formating, random #	In-Class Exercise: Loan
*	Stringstream, Strings, and C-Strings	[GW] 12.1 - 12.5
8	Programming Strategies: Strategies, Debugging, Editors, ...	+ Debugging Tips	+Tired of Emacs?
9	Iteration / Loops: Example with Computation and Menu Driven Programs	[GW] 5.1 - 5.13	Example: Accumluate Sum Example: Factorial [GW] 5 Suggested Practice Problems
10	Project #2 and File I/O	[GW] 13.1 - 13.5 (supplement to info covered in CH5)	Example: Read from File	Project 2 Exemplar Solution Correct Ouput
11	Nested Loops: In-Class Example	[GW] 5.7 - 5.13	Example: Nested Loops Example: Count Divisible
12	Arrays	[GW] 8.1 - 8.10	Example: Arrays for Fibonacci Example: Command Line Arguments Example: Reverse File Example: String Compare [GW] 8 Suggested Practice Problems
13	Pointers and Dynamic Allocation	[GW] 10.1 - 10.10	Example: Function for Fibonacci Example: Crazy Scope Example Simple Pointer Example [GW] 10 Suggested Practice Problems
14	Functions, Procedures, Return Values, Parameter Profiles, and Scope Introduce Project #3 Make-up Lecture Recording	[GW] 6.1 - 6.10	[GW] 6 Suggested Practice Problems	Project #3 New Project Test Files [1] [2]
15	Functions, Procedures, Return Values, Parameter Profiles, and Scope	[GW] 6.11 - 6.17
*	Exam #1		Practice Exam [no solution]
17	Exam Review
18	Examples with Vectors and Functions	[GW] 8.10 - 8.11	In - Class Exercise: Vector Solution	In - Class Exercise: Vectors
19	Recursion	[GW] 14.1 - 14.4	Example: Recursive Countdown Example: Recursive Fibonacci [GW] 14 Suggested Practice Problems
20	Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (OOP)	[GW] 7.1 - 7.5	Example: Customer Class	Project 4
21	Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (OOP)	[GW] 7.6 - 7.14	[GW] 7 Suggested Practice Problems
22	Some Finer Details Related to OOP	[GW] 11.1 - 11.4	Example: Operator Overloading [GW] 11 Suggested Practice Problems
23	Some Finer Details Related to OOP	[GW] 11.5 - 11.8	Example: Copy Constructor OOP Slides
24	Linked Lists and Chaining	[GW] 17.1 - 17.2 Casual Intro to Linked Lists	[GW] 17 Suggested Practice Problems	Project #5
25	Linked Lists and Chaining	[GW] 17.4	Example: Chaining
26	Course Evals and Linked Lists (cont)
27	--> Final Exam: SECTION 2 only!!!!! <------- --> Final Exam: SECTION 3 only!!!!! <-------