CMSC216: Course Schedule and Materials
University of Maryland
Spring 2025
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 |
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| Course Mechanics / Code Environment | Slides Video | Code Environment | |||||
| 1 | 27-Jan | Introduction and C Basics | Slides Code Videos | Lab01 | HW01 | Lab HW | K&R C book OR |
| C Refs on Canvas | |||||||
| 2 | 03-Feb | Pointers and Addresses | Slides Code Videos | Lab02 | HW02 | Lab HW | |
| 3 | 10-Feb | Allocation and I/O | Slides Cont'd Videos | Lab03 | HW03 | Lab HW | |
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| 4 | 17-Feb | Binary Data/Ints | Slides Code Videos | Lab04 | HW04 | Lab HW | CSAPP: 2 |
| GDB (Quick Guide to GDB) | Quick Guide to GDB | ||||||
| P1 Due Mon 24-Feb | |||||||
| 5 | 24-Feb | Review | Videos | Review | |||
| Exam 1, Thu 27-Feb (Exam Rules) | Practice1A Solution | ||||||
| Practice1B Solution | |||||||
| 6 | 03-Mar | Bitwise Operations, Floats | Slides Code Videos | Lab05 | HW05 | Lab HW | CSAPP: 2.4 |
| 🎂 | Assembly Basics | Slides Code | CSAPP: 3.1-3.5 | ||||
| 7 | 10-Mar | Assembly Basics and Control | Slides Code Videos | Lab06 | HW06 | Lab HW | CSAPP: 3.6-3.7 |
| P2 Due Fri 14-Mar | |||||||
| 17-Mar | Spring Break No Classes | ||||||
| Mon 17-Mar to Fri 21-Mar | |||||||
| 8 | 24-Mar | Assembly Data | Slides Code Videos | Lab07 | HW07 | Lab HW | CSAPP: 3.8-3.10 |
| Security and Sundries | |||||||
| 9 | 31-Mar | Processes in Unix | Slides Code Videos | Lab08 | HW08 | Lab HW | CSAPP: 8 |
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| P3 Due Mon 07-Apr | |||||||
| 10 | 07-Apr | Review | Videos | Reflect | Review | ||
| Exam 2, Thu 10-Apr | Practice2A Solution | ||||||
| Practice2B Solution | |||||||
| 11 | 14-Apr | Unix Processes / Input / Output | Slides Code Videos | Lab09 | HW09 | CSAPP: 8,10 | |
| 12 | 21-Apr | Memory Systems and Cache | Lab10 | HW10 | CSAPP: 6,9 | ||
| 13 | 28-Apr | Virtual Memory | CSAPP: 9 | ||||
| Threads and Concurrency | |||||||
| P4 Due Wed 30-Apr | |||||||
| 14 | 05-May | Threads and Concurrency | CSAPP: 12 | ||||
| 15 | 12-May | Finale / Review | |||||
| Tue 13-May: Last Day of Classes | |||||||
| P5 Due Mon 12-May | |||||||
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| 14-May | Wed 14-May: Reading Day | ||||||
| 16-May | Final Exam | Locations: | |||||
| Fri 16-May 6:30pm-8:30pm | Lec 1xx: IRB 0324 | ||||||
| (Common Final Exam Time) | Lec 2xx: ESJ 0202 | ||||||
| 11am section Final is IN A | |||||||
| DIFFERENT BUILDING: ESJ 0202 |
Textbooks
Required Textbook (CS:APP): 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