Schedule

The following is a tentative listing of the schedule of the course. Each day of the week will be filled in as topics are covered. The slides used in each class will be made available for download here. Lab days are marked in green.

Week	Starting	Topics	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1	08/18/25	Java review			Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)
2	08/25/25	Complexity	Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) Assignment 1 Due
3	09/01/25	Stacks and queues	Labor Day		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) Assignment 2 Due
4	09/08/25	Linked lists	Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) Project 1 Due
5	09/15/25	Recursion	Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)
6	09/22/25	Binary trees	Written Exam 1	Oral Exam 1	Ready Day
7	09/29/25	Balanced binary search trees					Assignment 3 Due
8	10/06/25	Hash tables					Project 2 Due
9	10/13/25	Graph basics	October Break
10	10/20/25	Graph algorithms					Assignment 4 Due
11	10/27/25	B-trees and network flow					Assignment 5 Due
12	11/03/25	Sorting					Project 3 Due
13	11/10/25	Heaps	Written Exam 2	Oral Exam 2			Assignment 6 Due
14	11/17/25	Strings					Assignment 7 Due
15	11/24/25	Review			Thanksgiving
16	12/01/25	More review			Project 4 Due	Reading Day	Final Exam

Exam Schedule

Here is the tentative exam schedule listed separately.

• Written Exam 1: Monday, 09/22/2025, in class
• Oral Exam 1: Tuesday, 09/23/2025, in class
• Written Exam 2: Monday, 11/10/2025, in class
• Oral Exam 2: Tuesday, 11/11/2025, in class


• Final: 10:15 - 12:15 p.m., Friday, 12/05/2025

Project Schedule

Here is the tentative schedule of project due dates listed separately.

• Project 1: Friday, 09/12/2025
• Project 2: Friday, 10/10/2025
• Project 3: Friday, 11/07/2025
• Project 4: Wednesday, 12/03/2025