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/Topic	CloudCoder exercises	Textbook exercises
Jan 19	How to succeed in CS 101	—	—
Jan 24	Lecture 1: printf, scanf, int variables	Week2 → hello, it goes to 11, how many tacos?, What day is it?	2.4, 2.5
Jan 26	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
Jan 31	Lecture 3: More about variables and expressions Chapter 3, Integer and Floating-Point Conversions to end of chapter	Week3 → radius of circle , divvy up the rice	—
Feb 2	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 7	Conditions/decisions design activity	—	—
Feb 9	Lecture 5: If/else if/else statements, random numbers Chapter 5, The else if Construct	Week4 → Triple Coupon, member discount, Complex Filter*, grading, Median of three	—
Feb 14	Exam 1	Exam1Review → fleems, buy 3, get 1 free
Feb 16	Lecture 6: For loops, loop recipes Chapter 4, through The for Statement	Week5 → bananana, Eeeeeeek, countdown, keep doubling, dice rolls	4.2
Feb 21	Lecture 7: While loops, coding style Chapter 4, The while Statement	Week6 → Check Input, squares, day numbers*	4.11
Feb 23	Loops design activity	—
Feb 28	Winter vacation, no class
Mar 2	Winter vacation, no class
Mar 7	Lecture 8: Nested loops, char data types Chapter 4, Nested for Loops	Week8 → 111222333444, multiplication table, which and how many?	—
Mar 9	Combining loops and if/else	—	—
Mar 14	College closed due to snow
Mar 16	Exam 2
Mar 21	Lecture 10: Arrays Chapter 6 through Initializing Arrays	Week9 → Array Scanner, Pair sums, Exceeded Amount, Not like the others	6.4, 6.7
Mar 23	Lecture 11: Multidimensional arrays Chapter 6, Multidimensional Arrays	Week10 → tic-tac-toe check*	—
Mar 28	Lecture 12: Functions, top-down design Chapter 7 through Automatic Variables	Week10 → PrintSum, Deep Thought, Find Primes	—
Mar 30	Lecture 13: Functions that return a value Chapter 7 through Checking Function Arguments	Week11 → SumBetween, MaxOfThree, feetToMeters, inRange, diamond	7.7
Apr 4	Functions design activity
Apr 6	Lecture 14: Arrays and functions Chapter 7 through Multidimensional Variable-Length Arrays and Functions	Week11 → ArraySum, IsAscending, countOdd*	—
Apr 11	Exam 3
Apr 13	Spring vacation, no class
Apr 18	Lecture 15: Pointers, reference parameters Chapter 10 through Using Pointers in Expressions	Week12 → AddEmUp*	—
Apr 20	Lecture 16: Struct types Chapter 8, through Using Structures in Expressions Lecture 17: Using structs with functions Chapter 8, through Initializing Structures		—
Apr 25	Lecture 18: Pointers to structures Chapter 10, Working with Pointers and Structures	Week13 → area of Rectangle, quadrant	—
Apr 27	Lecture 19: Composition Chapter 8, Structures Containing Structures Lecture 20: Arrays of structures Chapter 8, Arrays of Structures	—	—
May 2	Exam review	—	—
May 4	Exam 4