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
Feb 02	How to succeed in CS 101	—	—
Feb 04	Lecture 1: printf, scanf, int variables	Week2 → hello, it goes to 11, how many tacos?, What day is it?	2.4, 2.5
Feb 09	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, quarters	3.6, 3.9
Feb 16	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 18	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 23	Conditions/decisions design activity	—	—
Feb 25	Lecture 5: If/else if/else statements, random numbers Chapter 5, The else if Construct	Week4 → Triple Coupon, member discount, Complex Filter*, grading, Smallest of 3, happy birthday, Median of three	—
Mar 02	Exam 1 Review	Exam1Review → fleems, buy 3, get 1 free
Mar 04	Exam 1
Mar 09	Lecture 6: For loops, loop recipes Chapter 4, through The for Statement	Week5 → bananana, Eeeeeeek, countdown, keep doubling, dice rolls	4.2
Mar 11	Lecture 7: While loops, coding style Chapter 4, The while Statement	Week6 → Check Input, squares, day numbers*	4.11
Mar 16	Loops design activity	—
Mar 18	Lecture 8: Nested loops, char data types Chapter 4, Nested for Loops	Week8 → 111222333444, multiplication table, which and how many?	—
Mar 23	Combining loops and if/else	—	—
Mar 25	Working on Assignment 2 & Labs
Mar 30	Lecture 10: Arrays Chapter 6 through Initializing Arrays	Week9 → Array Scanner, Pair sums, Exceeded Amount, weighted average, Not like the others	6.4, 6.7
Apr 01	Lecture 11: Multidimensional arrays Chapter 6, Multidimensional Arrays	Week10 → tic-tac-toe check*, Magic Squares	—
Apr 06	Lecture 12: Functions, top-down design Chapter 7 through Automatic Variables	Week10 → PrintSum, Deep Thought, Find Primes	—
Apr 08	Exam 2 Review
Apr 13	Exam 2
Apr 15	Catch up day	—	—
Apr 20	Lecture 13: Functions that return a value Chapter 7 through Checking Function Arguments	Week11 → SumBetween, MaxOfThree, feetToMeters, inRange, ContainersNeeded, WeeklyPay, diamond, check_if_armstrong	7.7
Apr 22	Lecture 14: Arrays and functions Chapter 7 through Multidimensional Variable-Length Arrays and Functions	Week12 → ArraySum, IsAscending, countOdd*, Min Array Entry	—
Apr 27	Lecture 15: Pointers, reference parameters Chapter 10 through Using Pointers in Expressions	Week13 → AddEmUp*	—
Apr 29	Lecture 16: Struct types Chapter 8, through Using Structures in Expressions Lecture 17: Using structs with functions Chapter 8, through Initializing Structures	Week14 → find_midpoint*	—
May 04	Lecture 18: Pointers to structures Chapter 10, Working with Pointers and Structures Exam review	Week14 → area of Rectangle, quadrant	—
May 06	Exam 3