CMSC216: Course Schedule and Materials

Schedule and Course Materials

All materials are subject to change and are marked internally with their latest update time.

Week	Dates	Lecture / Projects	Links	Labs	HW	Solutions	Reading
		Course Mechanics / Code Environment	Slides Video				Code Environment

	01-Sep	Labor Day: No Classes Meet
1	02-Sep	Introduction and C Basics	Slides Code Videos	Lab01	HW01	Lab HW	K&R C book OR
							C Refs on Canvas
2	08-Sep	Pointers and Addresses	Slides Code Videos	Lab02	HW02

3	15-Sep	Allocation and I/O

4	22-Sep	Binary Data/Ints, Bit Operations					CSAPP: 2

		Optional: Floats					CSAPP: 2.4

		P1 Due Mon 29-Sep

5	29-Sep	Review
		Exam 1, Thu 02-Oct (Exam Rules)

6	06-Oct	Assembly Basics					CSAPP: 3.1-3.5
		Quick Guide to GDB

7	13-Oct	Fall Break, No Classes Mon/Tue
	15-Oct	Assembly Control					CSAPP: 3.6-3.7

		P2 Due Fri 17-Oct

8	20-Oct	Assembly Data and Security					CSAPP: 3.8-3.10

9	27-Oct	Unix Processes					CSAPP: 8
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		P3 Due Mon 03-Nov

10	03-Nov	Review
		Exam 2, Thu 06-Nov

11	10-Nov	Unix Input / Output					CSAPP: 8,10

12	17-Nov	Memory Systems and Cache					CSAPP: 6,9

		P4 Due Fri 21-Nov

13	24-Nov	Virtual Memory					CSAPP: 9

	26-Nov	Thanksgiving, No Class Wed-Fri
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14	01-Dec	Threads and Concurrency					CSAPP: 12

15	08-Dec	Finale / Review
		Thu 11-May: Last Lecture

		P5 Due Fri 12-Dec
	13-Dec	Sat 13-Dec: Reading Day
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	16-Dec	Final Exam	Locations:
		Tue 16-Dec 6:30pm-8:30pm	Lec 1xx: TBD
		(Common Final Exam Time)	Lec 2xx: TBD

Required Textbook (CSAPP): Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, Third Edition by R. Bryant, D. O'Hallaron, Pearson, 2016

Optional (K&R C Book): The C Programming Language, Second Edition by Brian Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, Prentice Hall 1988

Other free C references are listed on the course Canvas Site