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.
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 to complete these!

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

Date	Readings/Topic	CloudCoder exercises	Textbook exercises
Aug 26	How to succeed in CS 101 Lecture 1: printf, scanf, int variables	Week1 → hello, it goes to 11, how many tacos?, What day is it?	2.4, 2.5
Aug 28	Lecture 2: More data types, expressions Chapter 3 through The Modulus Operator	Week2 → hamster years , F to C, Mmmm, piece of candy!*, Cost of lunch	3.6, 3.9
Sep 2	Lecture 3: More about variables and expressions Chapter 3, Integer and Floating-Point Conversions to end of chapter	Week2 → quarters, radius of circle , Divvy up the rice	3.6, 3.9
Sep 4	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
Sep 9	Lecture 5: If/else if/else statements, random numbers Chapter 5, The else if Construct	Week3 → Triple Coupon, member discount, Complex Filter*, grading, Smallest of 3, happy birthday, Median of three	5.2
Sep 11	Lecture 6: For loops, loop recipes Chapter 4, through The for Statement	Week4 → bananana, Eeeeeeek, countdown, keep doubling, dice rolls	4.2
Sep 16	Lecture 7: While loops, coding style Chapter 4, The while Statement	Week5 → Check Input, squares, day numbers*	4.11
Sep 18	Lecture 8: Nested loops, char data types Chapter 4, Nested for Loops	Week5 → 111222333444, multiplication table, which and how many?	—
Sep 23	Exam 1 Review	Exam1Review → fleems, plus four, triangle counting, First digit, Perfect Number
Sep 25	Exam 1
Sep 30	Lecture 10: Arrays Chapter 6 through Initializing Arrays	Week8 → Array Scanner, Pair sums, Exceeded Amount, weighted average, Not like the others	6.4, 6.7
Oct 2	Lecture 10: Arrays cont.
Oct 7	Lecture 11: Multidimensional arrays Chapter 6, Multidimensional Arrays	Week9 → tic-tac-toe check*, Magic Squares	—
Oct 9	Lecture 12: Functions, top-down design Chapter 7 through Automatic Variables	Week9 → PrintSum, Deep Thought, Find Primes	—
Oct 14	Lecture 13: Functions that return a value Chapter 7 through Checking Function Arguments	Week10 → SumBetween, MaxOfThree, feetToMeters, inRange, ContainersNeeded, WeeklyPay, diamond, check_if_armstrong	7.7
Oct 16	Exam 2 Review
Oct 21	Exam 2
Oct 23	Lecture 16: Struct types Chapter 8, through Using Structures in Expressions Lecture 17: Using structs with functions Chapter 8, through Initializing Structures	Week12 → find_midpoint*	—
Oct 28	Lecture 15: Pointers, reference parameters Chapter 10 through Using Pointers in Expressions Lecture 18: Pointers to structures Chapter 10, Working with Pointers and Structures	Week13 → AddEmUp, area of Rectangle, quadrant*	—
Oct 30	Lecture 19: Composition Chapter 8, Structures Containing Structures	—	—
Nov 4	Lecture 19: Composition cont.	—	—
Nov 6	Lecture 14: Arrays and functions Chapter 7 through Multidimensional Variable-Length Arrays and Functions	Week15 → ArraySum, IsAscending, countOdd*, Min Array Entry	—
Nov 11	Lecture 20: Arrays of structures Chapter 8, Arrays of Structures	—	—
Nov 13	Lecture 20: Arrays of structures cont.	—	—
Nov 18	Exam 3 review	—	—
Nov 20	Exam 3