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. You should attend class five days a week, but days with a graded lab are marked in green.

Week	Starting	Topics	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1	01/05/26	Introduction					Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)
2	01/12/26	C Basics	Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)	Lab 1	Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)
3	01/19/26	Data Representation	MLK Day		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)	Lab 2	Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) Project 1 Due
4	01/26/26	Control Flow	Snow Day	Lab 3	Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)
5	02/02/26	Functions	Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)		Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)	Lab 4	Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX) Project 2 Due
6	02/09/26	Arrays and Strings	Slides (PDF) Slides (PPTX)			Lab 5
7	02/16/26	Pointers	Exam 1	Lab 6		SIGCSE
8	02/23/26	Memory Allocation				Lab 7	Project 3 Due
9	03/02/26	Structs				Lab 8
	03/09/26	Spring Break
10	03/16/26	Advanced Structs		Lab 9			Project 4 Due
11	03/23/26	Files and Streams	Exam 2			Lab 10
12	03/30/26	File Systems		Lab 11			Good Friday
13	04/06/26	Networking	Project 5 Due			Lab 12
14	04/13/26	C++		Lab 13		Lab 14	Lab 14
15	04/20/26	Review		Lab 15	Project 6 Due

Exam Schedule

Here is the tentative exam schedule listed separately.

Exam 1: Monday, 02/16/2026, in class
Exam 2: Monday, 03/23/2026, in class

Final: Thursday, 04/30/2026, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Project Schedule

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

Project 1: Friday, 01/23/2026
Project 2: Friday, 02/06/2026
Project 3: Friday, 02/27/2026
Project 4: Friday, 03/20/2026
Project 5: Monday, 04/06/2026
Project 6: Wednesday, 04/22/2026