Computer Science 301
C Programming in Unix

Fall A 2024, Siena College

Course Schedule

"K&R" indicates readings from The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition, by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie. Links will be added here with additional information about labs. All assignment dates are subject to change, and are provided only as a general guideline until the actual assignment is handed out in class.

Date

Topic and/or Event Readings
September 4 Meeting 1: Introduction; Lab 1: Introduction to Unix and C K&R Ch. 1
September 9 Lab 1: Introduction to Unix and C Due
September 11 Meeting 2: C Essentials; Lab 2: C Essentials; Assessment 1: [PDF] Out K&R Ch. 2 and 3
September 16 Lab 2: C Essentials Due
September 18 Assessment 1: [PDF] Due; Meeting 3: C Structures and More Pointers; Lab 3: More Pointers and Introduction to Structures in C; Assessment 2: [PDF] Out
September 23 Lab 3 Due
September 25 Assessment Program 2 Due; Meeting 4: Practice with Arrays, Strings, Structures, and Pointers; Assessment Quiz 1; Lab 4: Practice with Arrays, Strings, Structures, and Pointers; Assessment 3: [PDF] Out
September 30 Lab 4 Due
October 2 Assessment Program 3 Due; Meeting 5: Data Structures in C; Quiz Assessment 2; Lab 5: Data Structures in C; Assessment 4: [PDF] Out
October 7 Lab 5 Due
October 9 Assessment Program 4 Due; Meeting 6: More Data Structures; Function Pointers; Lab 6: A Priority Queue in C and Function Pointers
October 14 Lab 6 Due
October 16 Final Exam