CS 101: Schedule

This page lists the reading assignments, CloudCoder exercises, and recommended textbook exercises.

Make sure that you do the readings and CloudCoder exercises for each class before you come to class! Please note that the CloudCoder exercises are very important for learning the material.

The CloudCoder exercises marked with an asterisk (*) are required: make sure you complete these before the class for which they are assigned. The exercises not marked with an asterisk are optional, but we strongly recommend that you do them. You will earn a small bonus for completing the optional exercises.
The CloudCoder exercises marked with a gold star () are challenge problems. They are harder than the normal CloudCoder exercises; completing them demonstrates significant mastery of the course topics. You should definitely try and complete these!

The textbook exercises are optional, but are a very good way to get extra practice.

Date	Readings	CloudCoder exercises	Textbook exercises
Jan 22nd	How to succeed in CS 101, Lecture 1: printf, scanf, int variables, Chapter 2	Week1 → hello, it goes to 11, how many tacos?, What day is it?	2.4, 2.5
Jan 27th	Lecture 2: More data types, expressions, Chapter 3 to The Modulus Operator	Week2 → hamster years , F to C, Mmmm, piece of candy!, Cost of lunch	3.6, 3.9
Jan 29th	Lecture 3: More about variables and expressions, Chapter 3, Integer and Floating-Point Conversions to end of chapter	Week2 → radius of circle *, divvy up the rice
Feb 3rd	Lecture 4: Conditions and decisions, Chapter 5 through Nested if statements	Week3 → Basic Double Coupon, Simple Filter, Restaurant check calculator, Bank Balance, make change	5.2
Feb 5th	Conditions/decisions reading/modifying exercise
Feb 10th	Lecture 5: If/else if/else statements, random numbers, Chapter 5, The else if Construct	Week 4 → Triple Coupon, member discount, Complex Filter
Feb 12th	Exam 1	Exam1Review → grading
Feb 17th	Lecture 6: For loops, loop recipes, Chapter 4, through The for Statement	Week5 → bananana, Eeeeeeek, countdown, keep doubling, dice rolls	4.2
Feb 19th	Lecture 7: While loops, coding style, Chapter 4, The while Statement	Week5 → Check Input, squares, day numbers	4.11
Feb 24th	Lecture 8: Nested loops, char data type, Chapter 4, Nested for Loops	Week6 → 111222333444*, which and how many?
Feb 26th	Lecture 9: Arrays, Chapter 6 through Initializing Arrays	Week6 → Array Scanner, Pair sums, Exceeded Amount	6.4, 6.7
Mar 3rd	No class, winter vacation
Mar 5th	No class, winter vacation
Mar 10th	Arrays, continued	Week8 → Not like the others
Mar 12th	Lecture 10: Multidimensional arrays, Chapter 6, Multidimensional Arrays	Week8 → tic-tac-toe check*
Mar 17th	Exam 2	Exam2Review →
Mar 19th	Lecture 11: Functions, top-down design, Chapter 7, through Automatic Local Variables	Week9 → PrintSum, Deep Thought, Find Primes
Mar 24th	Lecture 12: Functions that return a value, Chapter 7 through Checking Function Arguments	Week10 → SumBetween, MaxOfThree, inRange, feetToMeters, diamond	7.7
Mar 26th	Functions reading/modifying exercise	Week10 →
Mar 31st	Lecture 13: Arrays and functions, through Multidimensional Variable-Length Arrays and Functions	Week11 → ArraySum, IsAscending, countOdd
Apr 2nd	No class, spring vacation
Apr 7th	Lecture 14: Pointers, reference parameters, Chapter 10, through Using Pointers in Expressions	Week12 → AddEmUp
Apr 9th	Exam 3	Exam3Review →
Apr 14th	Lecture 15: Struct types, Chapter 9, through Using Structures in Expressions	Week13 → area of Rectangle
Apr 16th	Lecture 16: Using structs with functions, Chapter 8, through Initializing Structures	Week13 →
Apr 21st	Lecture 17: Pointers to structures, Chapter 10, Working with Pointers and Structures	Week14 →
Apr 23rd	Lecture 18: Composition, Lecture 19: Arrays of structures, Chapter 8, Structures containing Structures and Structures containing Arrays, Arrays of Structures	Week14 →
Apr 28th	Struct types, continued	Week15 →
Apr 30th	Lecture 20: File I/O, Chapter 15	Week15 →
May 5th	Lecture 21: Character strings, Chapter 9	Week16 →
May 7th	Exam 4	Exam4Review →