CSC231 Schedule 2012

--D. Thiebaut 11:15, 24 August 2012 (EDT)

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Weekly Schedule

Week	Topics	Reading
Week 1 9/7	Friday Syllabus Class accounts The main players for this semester: PC Processor Memory Disk First program in assembly: recognize the different elements: Structure Presentation Documentation Skeleton program Hello World! on Linux (and its Mac version) Homework #1 Due Monday 9/10/12, 11:00 a.m.	Reading Chapter 1 in the Art of Assembly. Also Chapter 3, Sections 0 to 3.1.2. Sections 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, and 1.3.5 in Carter's PC Assembly Language.
Week 2 9/10	Monday Review of Hello World Q&A Mini Lab #1 to get everybody up to speed. Wednesday Printing a box (solution for Mini Lab #1) solution programs and discussion 2 possible solutions Generating a listing with "-l" (minus ell) Hexadecimal listing of the memory contents Hexdump of the executable Counter-intuitive results (size of the executables vs. size of the code + data) (if we have time) Review of hexadecimal number system (counting + adding) Friday Mini Lab #1 Homework 2 (this one is graded, due 9/19)	Reading
Week 3 9/17	Monday Wednesday Friday	Reading
Week 4 9/24	Monday Wednesday Friday	Reading
Week 5 10/1	Monday Wednesday Friday	Reading
Week 6 10/8	Monday: Fall Break Wednesday Friday	Reading
Week 7 10/15	Monday Wednesday Friday Midterm Exam, in class, closed books	Reading
Week 8 10/22	Monday Wednesday Friday	Reading
Week 9 10/29	Monday Wednesday Friday	Reading
Week 10 11/05	Monday Wednesday Friday	Reading
Week 11 11/12	Monday Wednesday Friday	Reading
Week 12 11/19	Monday Wednesday Thanksgiving Break Friday Thanksgiving Break	Reading
Week 13 11/26	Monday Wednesday Friday	Reading
Week 14 12/03	Monday Wednesday Friday	Reading
Week 15 12/10	Monday Wednesday Last Class Final Exam, open books & computers	Reading