| Lecture date | Topic | Readings |
|---|---|---|
| September 4 | Introduction to C; variables and expressions in C; simple I/O in C | Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 of textbook OR Online tutorial (sections 1, 2, 3, 4) |
| September 11 | Conditional execution in C | Chapter 5 of textbook OR Online tutorial (sections 7, 8) |
| Functions in C | Chapters 9, 10 of textbook OR Online tutorial (section 2.4) | |
| September 18 | Loops and arrays in C | Chapters 6, 7, 8 of textbook OR Online tutorial (sections 9, 10.2) |
| September 25 | Pointers and strings in C | Chapters 11, 12, 13 of textbook OR Online tutorial (section 10) |
| October 2 | I/O and files in C | Chapter 22 of textbook OR Online tutorial (section 11) |
| October 9 | Computer representation of data | Wikipedia articles on computer numbering formats and ASCII (skim) |
| October 16 | Dynamic memory allocation in C | Chapter 17 of textbook OR Online tutorial (section 12) |
| Function pointers in C | Chapter 17 of textbook OR class notes | |
| October 23 | C preprocessor directives | Chapter 14 of textbook OR Online tutorial (section 13) |
| Separate compilation and make | Chapter 15 of textbook OR GNU make manual, (sections 1, 2) and Online tutorial (sections 5, 6) | |
| November 6 | User-defined types | Chapter 16 of textbook OR Online tutorial (sections 5, 6) |