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 |
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| 1 | 08/17/26 | Java review | Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) |
Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) |
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| 2 | 08/24/26 | Complexity | Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) |
Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) |
Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) Assignment 1 Due |
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| 3 | 08/31/26 | Stacks and queues | Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) |
Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) |
Assignment 2 Due |
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| 4 | 09/07/26 | Linked lists | Labor Day | Project 1 Due |
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| 5 | 09/14/26 | Recursion | |||||
| 6 | 09/21/26 | Binary trees | Exam 1 | Ready Day | |||
| 7 | 09/28/26 | Balanced binary search trees | Assignment 3 Due |
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| 8 | 10/05/26 | Hash tables | Project 2 Due |
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| 9 | 10/12/26 | Graph basics | October Break | ||||
| 10 | 10/19/26 | Graph algorithms | Assignment 4 Due |
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| 11 | 10/26/26 | B-trees and network flow | Assignment 5 Due |
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| 12 | 11/02/26 | Sorting | Project 3 Due |
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| 13 | 11/09/26 | Heaps | Exam 2 | Assignment 6 Due |
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| 14 | 11/16/26 | Strings | Assignment 7 Due |
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| 15 | 11/23/26 | Review | Thanksgiving | ||||
| 16 | 11/30/26 | More review | Project 4 Due |
Reading Day | Final Exam | ||
Exam Schedule
Here is the tentative exam schedule listed separately.
- Exam 1: Monday, 09/21/2026, in class
- Exam 2: Monday, 11/09/2026, in class
- Final: 10:15 - 12:15 p.m., Friday, 12/04/2026
Project Schedule
Here is the tentative schedule of project due dates listed separately.
- Project 1: Friday, 09/11/2026
- Project 2: Friday, 10/09/2026
- Project 3: Friday, 11/06/2026
- Project 4: Wednesday, 12/02/2026
