Course Info

Resources

Getting Help and Instructor Info

Module 1.0 - Introduction January 24 - January 28

Material

Lectures

M: Course Introduction, Getting Started (video)
W: C Basics (video)

Viewing

1.1 - Getting Started - Introduction to the CS50 IDE (19:22)
1.2 - Getting Started - Quick Intro to Command Line Git (15:18)
1.3 - Getting Started - BYOD (12:56)

Recommended Reading

Syllabus
Computer Science I: Chapters 1

Graded Activities

Module 1.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 1.0: Introduction [15pts, due Friday, January 28th @Midnight]
  - Handout
  - Starter Code
- Hack 1.0: Getting Started With Git [25pts, due Tuesday, February 1 @Midnight]

Optional Reading

35 Habits That Make You Write Bad Code by Christian Maioli
Coder's High by David Auerbach
What I wish I'd known starting out as a programmer by Andrew C. Oliver
What I tell all new programmers by Joseph Gentle
Programming is Terrible so Learn to Enjoy It by Ukiah Smith

Optional Viewing

Is Programming Hard To Learn? (9:32)
Margaret Hamilton, NASA's First Software Engineer (4:36)

Resources

Module 2.0 - Basics January 31 - February 4

Material

Lectures

M: Basics (video)
W: Conditionals (video)

Viewing

2.1 – Introduction (11:18)
2.2 – Variables & Operators (9:52)
2.3 – Basic Input/Output (10:30)
2.4 – Exercises (19:35)
2.5 – Noninteractive Input (4:37)
2.6 – Toolkit: Linters (6:20)
Notes

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 2, 15

Graded Activities

Module 2.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 2.0: Data Types [15pts, due Friday, February 4th @Midnight]
  - Handout
  - Starter Code
- Hack 2.0: Basic I/O [25pts, due Tuesday, February 8th @Midnight]

Optional Reading

Optional Viewing

Why C is so influential (10:49)
"C" Programming Language: Brian Kernighan (8:25)

Resources

C Formatter

Module 3.0 - Conditionals February 7 - February 11

Material

Lectures

M: Conditionals (video)
W: Loops (video)

Viewing

3.1 – Introduction (5:14)
3.2 – Conditionals (7:35)
3.3 – Logical Operators (6:28)
3.4 – Common Errors & Mistakes (5:05)
3.5 – Exercises (16:29)
Notes

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 3, 16

Graded Activities

Module 3.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 3.0: Conditionals [15pts, due Friday, February 11th @Midnight]
- Hack 3.0: Conditionals [25pts, due Tuesday, February 15th @Midnight]

Optional Reading

Resources

C Visualizer

Module 4.0 - Loops February 14 - February 18

Material

Lectures

M: Loops (video)
W: Functions (video)

Viewing

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 4, 17

Graded Activities

Module 4.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 4.0: Loops [15pts, due Friday, February 18th @Midnight]
- Hack 4.0: Loops [25pts, due Tuesday, February 22nd @Midnight]

Optional Reading

How Not to Go About a Programming Assignment, The SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol 36(2), June 2004
How to Fail a Programming Assignment, The SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol 39(2), June 2007

Resources

Module 5.0 - Functions February 21 - February 25

Material

Lectures

M: Functions, Pointers, Pass-by-reference (video)
W: Functions, Pass-By-Reference, Testing, and Error Handling (video)

Viewing

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 5, 18

Graded Activities

Module 5.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 5.0: Functions [15pts, due Friday, February 25 @Midnight]
  - Handout
  - Starter Code
- Hack 5.0: Functions I [25pts, due Tuesday, March 1st @Midnight]

Optional Reading

Optional Viewing

Dereferencing Null Pointers

Resources

Module 6.0 - Error Handling February 28 - March 4

Material

Lectures

M: Arrays (video)
W: Arrays (video)

Viewing

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 6, 19

Graded Activities

Module 6.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 6.0: Functions & Error Handling [15pts, due Friday, March 4th @Midnight]
  - Handout
  - Starter Code
- Hack 6.0: Functions II [25pts, due Tuesday, March 8th @Midnight]
  - utilsTester.c
  - makefile

Optional Reading

Software Engineering Notes: Chapter 10
The Goal of Software Testing

Resources

Module 7.0 - Arrays March 7 - March 11

Material

Lectures

M: Arrays (video)
W: Debugging & Tooling (video)

Viewing

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 7, 20

Graded Activities

Module 7.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 7.0: Arrays [15pts, due Friday, March 11th @Midnight]
- Hack 7.0: Arrays [25pts, due Thursday March 17 @Midnight]
  - Starter Code

Optional Reading

On the Importance of Understanding Memory Handling

Resources

TODO

Module 8.0 - Debugging + Spring Break 14 - March 18

Material

Lectures

M: No Class (Spring Break)
W: No Class (Spring Break)

Viewing

Recommended Reading

Graded Activities

Module 8.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- No Lab
- Hack: Debugging & GDB [25pts, due Tuesday, March 22th @Midnight]

Optional Reading

Resources

MidtermMarch 21 - March 25

Material

Lectures

M: Strings (video)
W: Midterm Review (video)

Viewing

NA

Recommended Reading

NA

Graded Activities

Midterm Exam [100pts] Friday, March 25th 9:00AM - 11:30AM

Optional Reading

NA

Resources

NA

Module 9.0 - Strings March 28 - April 1

Material

Lectures

M: Strings (video)
W: String Processing, File IO (video)

Viewing

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 8, 21

Graded Activities

Module 9.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab: Strings [15pts, due Friday, April 1st @Midnight]
  - Handout
  - Starter Code
- Hack: String Utilities [25pts, due Tuesday, April 5th @Midnight]

Optional Reading

Programming is not a goal

Resources

TODO

Module 10.0 - File I/O April 4 - April 8

Material

Lectures

M: File I/O (video)
W: Structures (video)

Viewing

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 9, 22

Graded Activities

Module 10.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 10.0: File I/O [15pts, due Friday, April 8th @Midnight]
  - Handout
  - Starter Code
- Hack 10.0: File I/O [25pts, due Tuesday, April 12 @Midnight]

Optional Reading

Resources

TODO

Module 11.0 - Encapsulation April 11 - April 15

Material

Lectures

M: Structures (video)
W: Recursion (video)

Viewing

11.1 – Introduction (6:43)
11.2 – Using Structures (8:29)
11.3 – Using Structures with Arrays & Functions (14:05)
Notes

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 10, 23

Graded Activities

Module 11.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 11.0: Structures [15pts, due Friday, April 15 @Midnight]
- Hack 11.0: Encapsulation [25pts, due Tuesday, April 19th @Midnight]
  - airport.h (starter header file)

Optional Reading

Types of Development (satire)

Resources

NA

Module 12.0 - Recursion April 18 - April 22

Material

Lectures

M: Searching/Sorting (video)
W: Searching/Sorting (video)

Viewing

12.1 – Introduction (5:21)
12.2 – Writing Recursive Functions (13:58)
12.3 – Avoiding Recursion (10:12)
Notes

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 11, 24

Graded Activities

Module 12.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 12.0: Recursion [15pts, due Friday, April 22 @Midnight]
- Hack 12.0: Recursion & Memoization [25pts, due Tuesday, April 26th @Midnight]

Optional Reading

Things Nobody Told Me About Being a Software Engineer
Reddit Thread on above article

Resources

NA

Module 13.0 - Searching & Sorting April 25 - April 29

Material

Lectures

M: Searching/Sorting (video)
W: Searching/Sorting (video)

Viewing

13.1 – Introduction & Linear Search (9:41)
13.2 – Binary Search (15:08)
13.3 – Selection Sort (8:21)
13.4 – Quick Sort (4:07)
13.5 – Sorting in Practice (15:40)
13.6 – Function Pointers (7:16)
13.7 – Searching & Sorting in C (15:12)
Notes

Recommended Reading

Computer Science I: Chapters 12, 25

Graded Activities

Module 13.0
- Lab/Hack Session Attendance [10pts]
- Lab 13.0: Searching & Sorting [15pts, due Friday, April 29th @Midnight]
- Hack 13.0: Searching & Sorting [25pts, due Tuesday, May 3rd @Midnight]
  - airport.h

Optional Reading

O(n^2) in CreateProcess

Resources

Sorting Algorithm Visualization

Wrap Up May 2 - May 6

Material

Lectures

M: Review (video)
W: Review (video)

Reading

None

Viewing

None

Graded Activities

Final Activity
For your final 150 points you have two options: complete Hack 14 and the final project (no collaboration allowed on either) or take the Final Exam. The last lab/hack day on May 6th will be an attendance-optional work day.

Option A

Hack 14.0: Data Processing Part I [25pts]
Final Project (Data Processing Part II) [125pts]

Option B

Final Exam

Suggested Activities

NA

Resources

NA

Final Exam Week May 9 - May 13

Final Exam Week

No lectures, no labs, no hacks.

Full Final Exam Schedule

Graded Activities

Final Exam [150pts] Wednesday, May 11th 12:30 - 2:30 in Lab: PKI 311