Computer Science 126
General Computer Science
Fall 2009


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LECTURES

Here is the tentative schedule of lectures. Links will be updated throughout the term. All sections refer to Introduction to Computer Science by R. Sedgewick and K. Wayne. The textbook Introduction to Programming in Java: An Interdisciplinary Approach contains Chapters 1 – 4. The remaining chapters are unpublished.

# DATE TOPIC INTRO CS
1 9/17 Prologue 1
2 9/22 Introduction to Java 1.1 - 1.2
3 9/24 Conditionals and Loops 1.3
4 9/29 Arrays 1.4
5 10/1 Input and Output 1.5
6 10/6 Functions 2.1 - 2.2
7 10/8 Recursion 2.3
8 10/13 Performance 4.1, 9.6 (booksite)
9 10/15 Von Neumann Machine I 5.1 - 5.3 (booksite)
10 10/20 Von Neumann Machine II 5.4 - 5.5 (booksite)
11 10/22 Exam 1 -
12 10/27 Using Data Types 3.1
13 10/29 Creating Data Types 3.2
14 11/10 Case Study: Purple America 3.3 (book), 3.5 (booksite)
15 11/12 Sorting 4.2
16 11/17 Stacks and Queues 4.3
17 11/19 Symbol Tables 4.4
18 11/24 Theory of Computation 7.1 - 7.3 (online chapter & booksite), 7.4 (booksite)
19 12/1 Universality and Computability 7.4 - 7.6 (booksite), Harel 1 - 2 (optional)
20 12/3 Intractability 7.7 (booksite), Harel 3 - 5 (optional)
21 12/8 Combinational Circuits Circuits packet, 6.1, 6.2
22 12/10 Designing a CPU
23 12/15 AI -
24 12/17 Exam 2 -


Errata.   Here is a list of known errors in the lecture notes and other course materials.


Copyright © 2007, Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.