This course is designed to be self-paced so that you can spend more time on more difficult subjects as-needed. A suggested schedule is provided to help you make plans on where to be in the course at what time, but there is flexibility.
Every few units has an associated exam that you can take, and you must score at least 70% to continue on to the next set of units. Exams can be re-taken after 24 hours.
This page links to documentation for certain assignments. To access the actual assignment turn-ins, please go to the Canvas page.
| Week # | SPR 2023 Date | FALL 2023 Date | Suggested unit(s) | Notes |
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| 1 | Jan 16 | Aug 21 |
Unit 1: Exploring software
Unit 2: main() - Intro to the structure of a C++ program
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SPR - Jan 17 (Tuesday) - First day of classes |
| 2 | Jan 23 | Aug 28 |
Unit 3: Variables - Storing data
Unit 4: cin/cout - Getting input and output from the console
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| 3 | Jan 30 | Sept 4 |
Unit x: OOP basics - Using Structs to organize related data
Unit x: if - Branching program logic
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(FALL - Sept 4 (Monday) - Labor day holiday |
| 4 | Feb 6 | Sept 11 |
Unit x: while - Repeating commands with loops
Unit x: File input and output with the fstream library
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| 5 | Feb 13 | Sept 18 |
Unit x: if/else if/else - Branching logic
Unit x: Basic Functions - Delegating tasks elseware
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| 6 | Feb 20 | Sept 25 |
Unit x: switch - Branching logic
Unit x: Pointers - Variables that store memory addresses
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| 7 | Feb 27 | Oct 2 |
Unit x: Arrays - storing sets of data
Unit x: for - Repeating commands with loops
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| 8 | Mar 6 | Oct 9 |
Unit x: Dynamic arrays - Building our own resizable arrays
Unit x: vector - Dynamic arrays in an STL Structure
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| 9 | Mar 13 | Oct 16 |
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(SPR - Mar 13 - 19 - Spring Break) |
| 10 | Mar 20 | Oct 23 |
Unit x: string - The C++ String library and functionality
Unit x: Intermediate functions - More about functions
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| 11 | Mar 27 | Oct 30 |
Unit x: Classes - Writing Object Oriented Programs
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| 12 | Apr 3 | Nov 6 |
Unit x: Inheritance - More Object Oriented Programming
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| 13 | Apr 10 | Nov 13 |
Unit x: Searching and Sorting - Where's my data?
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| 14 | Apr 17 | Nov 20 |
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(FALL - Nov 22 - 26 - Thanksgiving break) |
| 15 | Apr 24 | Nov 27 |
Unit x: Recursion - Another way to solve problems
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| 16 | May 1 | Dec 4 | (FALL - Dec 5 - 11 - Final Exams) | |
| 17 | May 8 | Dec 11 | (SPR - May 9 - 15 - Final Exams) |