CS 367 Planned Schedule, Spring 2024

The Course Syllabus is available: https://cs.gmu.edu/~kandrea/S24/CS367_Syllabus_S24.html

All projects will be posted and announced as early as we have them prepared, generally with at least two weeks to complete.
These dates are subject to change as needed during the semester.

• Project 1: Jan 18 - Feb 2 (11:59pm deadline)
  
• Project 2: Feb 7 - Mar 1 (11:59pm deadline)
  
• Project 3 [Tentative]: Mar 4 - Apr 5 (11:59pm deadline)
  
• Project 4 [Tentative]: Apr 9 - Apr 26 (11:59pm deadline)
  

Tests are bigger milestones, and their dates are announced ahead of time.
Only severe scheduling anomalies would force a delay in test dates.

• Quizzes:
  • Each Weely Quiz Releases at 6am on Tuesdays and must be started by 11:59pm on Thursdays.
  • If you begin on time, but finish after 11:59pm on Thursday, it will be marked late. This is a bug in Blackboard. As long as you started it on time, you will be good.
  • If this happens to you, send an email to your Professor directly, and we can verify and remove the late mark from your quiz.
  • These weekly quizzes will be done on Blackboard.
  • There may be additional quizzes beyond the topics listed on this schedule.
  • There are no makeups for a missed or late quiz.
• Midterm:
  
• Midterm: The week of February 26th
  
• Covers Chapters 2, 3.8-3.9 (No Assembly), 9.9, 8.1-8.6
• Data Representation (Bits, Bytes, Integers, Floating Point)
• Aggregate Data (Arrays and Structs)
• Dynamic Memory
• Processes
• Signals
• More information will be provided as the date closes in.
• The exams will given in-person during your normal class session.
• Final Exam: See Exam Schedule for the Date and Times.
  • The Final Exam is Comprehensive
  • https://registrar.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Spring-2024-Final-Exam-Schedule.pdf
  • Section 001 (M/W 1:30pm) with Prof. Mughal
  1:30pm - 4:15pm on Wednesday, May 1st
  • Section 002 (M/W 3:00pm) with Prof. Mughal
  1:30pm - 4:15pm on Monday, May 6th
  • Section 003 (T/Th 10:30am) with Prof. Andrea
  10:30am - 1:15pm on Tuesday, May 7th
  • Section 004 (T/Th 9:00am) with Prof. Andrea
  7:30am - 10:15am on Thursday, May 2nd
  • The Final will be taken during these University Scheduled Times in your normal classroom.

Below is a tentative schedule, which is subject to change as needed.

• This is the Planned Schedule of Topics.  Individual lectures may vary, but this this the plan.
• This means that the topics below are general indications of when they will be instructed.
  • Each lecture section may vary in timing on individual topics.
  • Due to the Holidays, some classes may be out of sync by one lecture for some of the semester.
• Holidays:
• Jan 15th: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
• Monday is a Holiday.
• Mar 4th - Mar 8th: Spring Break
• Monday - Friday are Holidays.

Week	Lecture Topics	Text Readings	Weekly Quiz Topic	Fri. Recitation
Jan 15th, Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday Holiday. Tuesday - Friday Normal Classes
1 Jan 16 - 19	Course Intro Data Types and Sizes	Ch. 1 (Overview) Ch. 2.1 (Data Storage)	No Quiz - First Week	C Review Overview of Project 1
2 Jan 22 - 26	Integer Representation	Ch. 2.2 (Integer Representation) Ch. 2.3 (Arithmetic)	C Basics	Data Types
3 Jan 29 - Feb 2	Floating Point	Ch. 2.4 (Floating Point) Ch. 2.4 (Rounding)	Data Types	Integer Rep
4 Feb 5 - 9	Aggregate Types Dynamic Memory	Ch. 3.8 - 3.9 (Arrays, Structs) Ch. 9.9 (Heap)	Integer Rep	Floating Point Rep
5 Feb 12 - 16	Processes	Ch. 8.1 - 8.4 (Process Creation)	Floating Point Rep	Aggregate Types Dynamic Memory
6 Feb 19 - 23	Signals Unix I/O	Ch. 8.5 (Signals) 10.9-10.10 (dup2)	Aggregate Types Dynamic Memory	Processes
*Weekend Quiz (Fri - Sat at 11:59pm): Processes
7 Feb 26 - Mar 1	Midterm Concurrency and Threads	Ch. 12.3-12.4 (Threads)	No Quiz - Midterm	Signals
Week 8: Mar 4 - 8th, Spring Break Monday-Friday Holiday
9 Oct 10 - 13	Assembly - Foundations	Ch. 3.1 - 3.5 (Assembly Basics)	Signals	Threads and Unix I/O
10 Mar 18 - 22	Assembly - Aggregate Types	Ch. 3.8 - 3.9 (Arrays and Structs)	Threads and Unix I/O	Assembly - Reading
11 Mar 25 - 29	Assembly - Control Flow	Ch. 3.6 (Assembly Control Flow)	Assembly - Reading	Assembly - Expressions
12 Apr 1 - 5	Assembly - Procedures	Ch. 3.7 (Assembly Procedures)	Assembly - Expressions	Assembly - Control Flow
13 Apr 8 - 12	Caching	Ch. 6.2 - 6.4 (Caching)	Assembly - Control Flow	Assembly - Procedures
14 Apr 15 - 19	Virtual Memory	Ch. 9.1 - 9.6 (Virtual Memory)	Assembly - Procedures	Caching
15 Apr 22 - 26	CPU Architecture Linking	Ch. 4.2,4.4 (Arch, Digital Logic) Ch 7 (Linking)	Caching	Virtual Memory
*Weekend Quiz (Fri - Sun at 11:59pm): Architecture and Linking
16 Apr 29	Linking Sections 001,002 Only	Ch 7 (Linking)	No Quiz	No Recitation
16 Apr 30	Reading Day
Finals - See the Final Exam information at the top for Details