Date	Event or Assignment     (Entries are subject to change.)
Aug 25	Between lecture and your appointment with Dr. Untch, submit the Student Information form. (See Web form for instructions.) and  Meet with Dr. Untch during the block of time you were assigned in lecture. Please bring the printed paper copy of your completed Student Information form to the meeting.
Aug 25	In class video: RoboZZle         (alternate site: RoboZZle)
Aug 25	CLA1a: (CLA stands for Closed Lab Assignment) NOTE: Wait until the scheduled lab/recitation time to perform these tasks:       * Do Lab 1C - First access of your ranger account and        * Do the Blockly Games assignment. Go to https://blockly-games.appspot.com/ and start with the Puzzle exercise. Next do the Maze exercise through level 9. Print out and hand in your completed level 9 solution; be sure to label the assignment per the Handout 1 instructions for Paper Assignments. and        * Do Lab RoboZZle - A Robot Puzzle Game   (NOTE: This class does not have an assigned lab assistant; any time a closed lab asks you to see the "lab assistant", see the course instructor instead.)
Aug 27	Skim: Binary Numbers (Handout 914)
Aug 27	Reference: ASCII Code Chart
Aug 27	Review: Compilation Phase Diagram
Aug 27	Skim: Using Ranger via NX    (There are "Troubleshooting Tips" starting on page 9.)
Aug 27	Look at the: Karel Home Page   (https://cs.mtsu.edu/~untch/karel)         and read the following sections linked from this page: § "Karel the Robot" Fundamentals § Karel Programs
Aug 27	Try It Exercise: The Newspaper Retrieval Task
Aug 27	NOTE: When using CSCI 1170 and 2170 closed lab materials, substitute 6020 for any references to 1170 or 2170, as appropriate. Also, when using CSCI 1170 lab materials, change any $CLA references to $CLA1170; similarly for CSCI 2170 lab materials change $CLA references to $CLA2170. CLA1b: Do Lab X1 - Modifying, Compiling, and Executing Karel Programs
Aug 27	Read: § Extending Karel's Vocabulary using Functions
Sep 1	University calendar: No Classes - Holiday
Sep 3	Exercise Due: The Newspaper Retrieval Task (OLA501)
Sep 3	Read: Indenting and Spacing - for C++
Sep 3	Read: Advice on Writing Understandable Programs
Sep 3	Read: § Conditionally Executing Instructions: IF and IF-THEN-ELSE           § Repeatedly Executing Instructions: ITERATE, WHILE and DO...WHILE                   § Debugging Aids                   § Programming Summary
Sep 3	CLA2: Do not do this until your scheduled lab time on Sep 3: Check that your account works with the A2L CS Online Lab Environment. Using Firefox (not Microsoft's Internet Explorer), click on this link: CS A2L Lab Server. For the requested "User Name" and "Password" use the same C-number/password combination you use when logging on to ranger. If all goes well, you will be presented with a menu of labs. We will not be doing any of those menu selections today; so just close your browser and you'll be done. If you are unable to get to the menu of labs, please inform me so I can investigate why. and  Do Lab 2A - Using UNIX And An Editor (scite)
Sep 3	Peek at: The humble Linux cheat sheet - This one page reference might prove useful
Sep 3	Lecture Exercise: The Follow Wall Right Function
Sep 3	Reference: Structured Program Theorem   (see also  The Jacopini-Boehm Theorem)
Sep 3	Reference: Go To Statement Considered Harmful - A Case against the GO TO Statement by Edsger W. Dijkstra (1968)
Sep 8	Try It Exercise: Karel "etudes" (pdf)
whenever	Optional: If you feel you need more practice with UNIX you are encouraged to do the following CSCI 1170 lab: Lab X2b - Working with UNIX.   This is for your own benefit; it will not be collected.
Sep 7 (Census Date)	Last day to drop without a grade
Sep 8	Skim: Chapter 7   (Additional Control Structures)   slides
Sep 8	CLA3a: Do A2L Lab 10 - More on Control Structures NOTE: Don't forget, when using CSCI 1170 lab materials, substitute 6020 for any references to 1170 and change any $CLA references to $CLA1170.
Sep 8	Project Due: The Find the Beeper Task (OLA505)
Sep 10	Project Due: The Clear Newspapers From Around House Task (OLA506)
Sep 10	Read: About Comments Skim: Appendix F, especially section F.5 on Indentation Reference: C++ Readability Guidelines - more detailed guidelines for your assignments
Sep 10	Read: A Large Program Written by Stepwise Refinement (Handout 37)
Sep 10	Skim: Chapter 4   (Program Input and the Software Design Process)   slides Read: Section 4.4
Sep 10	CLA3b: Do A2L Lab 5 - File Operations (Remember, on the A2L type labs, the requested "User Name" and "Password" is the same C-number/password combination you use when logging on to ranger.)
Sep 15	Read: Hierarchy Charts See: Modules and Hierarchy Charts
Sep 15	Classroom Discussion: $PUB/luckywalk.cc
Sep 15	Read: Chapter 3.6   (Function Calls and Library Functions) Read: Chapter 8   (Functions)   slides
Sep 15	CLA4a: Do A2L Lab 8 - C++ Functions
Sep 15	Project Due: The Spammer's Delight Problem (OLA507)
Sep 17	CLA4b: Do A2L Lab 9 - More Functions
Sep 22	In-class exercise: The Follow the Path Home Task (OLAX) (This in-class exercise is to be completed within 45 minutes.)
Sep 22	Read: Chapter 10.1   (Built-In Simple Data Types) Chapter 10.3   (Simple Versus Structured Data Types) Chapter 10.4   (Records/Structs) Chapter 10.5   (Hierarchical Records)
Sep 22	CLA5a: Do A2L Lab 11 - C++ Structured Data Types
Sep 22	Project Due: The Follow the Treasure Map Task (OLA508)
Sep 24	Read: Chapter 11.1   (One-Dimensional Arrays)   slides
Sep 24	No lecture. Please use lecture time to work on CLA5b (Lab 12).
Sep 24	CLA5b: Do A2L Lab 12 - One Dimensional Arrays
Sep 29	CLA6a: Do A2L Lab 13 - Working with Character Data and C-style Strings
Sep 29	Read: Getting Command Line Arguments in C++   (Handout 24)
Sep 29	Look at: The assert macro example
Sep 29	Read: RCS: Why and How  and  Skim: RCS man page (abridged)
Sep 29	Read: pages 538-541   (C-Style Strings)
Sep 29	Read: Understanding Character Strings - Introduction to C-style Strings (pdf)
Oct 1	CLA6b: Do A2L Lab 14 - Two Dimensional Arrays
Oct 1	Read: Introduction to Unix "make" (pdf format)
Oct 1	Project Due: The Percentage Problem (OLA509)
Oct 6	Read: Chapter 18.1   (What is Recursion?) Chapter 18.2   (Recursive Algorithms with Simple Variables) Chapter 18.3   (Towers of Hanoi)
Oct 6	CLA7a: You must use your plus-20 Cnumber for this and any future CSCI 2170 A2L closed labs! Do CSCI 2170 A2L Lab 3 - 1170 Review 3 (Arrays) NOTE: When using CSCI 2170 lab materials, substitute 6020 for any references to 2170 and change any $CLA references to $CLA2170.
Oct 8	Exam 1
Oct 8	CLA7b: Do CSCI 2170 A2L Recursion Lab
Oct 6 Oct 10	Project Due: The Monthly Cost of Bakery Products Problem (OLA510)
Oct 11-14	University calendar: No Classes - Fall Break
Oct 15	Reference: TIOBE Programming Community Index
Oct 15	Lecture Use: The Patriot Missile Failure Optional: View Richard Pryor in Superman III misdirecting half-cents to his account. (Meant to be humorous.)
Oct 15	CLA8: Do CSCI 2170 Lab B - Analysis of Algorithms NOTE: CLA8 will NOT be collected or graded.
Oct 20	Read: Section 10.7 Pointers Skim: Section 14.1 Dynamic Data
Oct 20	CLA9: One last reminder: use your plus-20 cnumber for all of the CSCI 2170 A2L closed labs. Start CSCI 2170 A2L Lab 8 - Pointers
Oct 22	CLA9: Finish CSCI 2170 A2L Lab 8 - Pointers
Oct 27	Project Due: The Recursive Function Suite of Problems (OLA521 aka olaRFS)
Oct 27	CLA10: Start CSCI 2170 A2L Lab 9 - Linked Lists
Oct 29	CLA10: Finish CSCI 2170 A2L Lab 9 - Linked Lists
Oct 29	University calendar: Last day to withdraw from a course without Department Chair's signature
Nov 3	CLA11: No closed labs this week.
Nov 5	Read: Sections 12.1-12.6 Classes and Abstraction
Nov 10	CLA12a: Do CSCI 2170 Lab 6 - C++ Classes
Nov 12	Project Due: The Kth Smallest Item Problem (OLA522 aka olaKTH)
Nov 12	CLA12b: Start A2L Lab 10 - Recursion with Linked Lists
Nov 14	Read: CSCI 2170 Lab 7 - C++ Classes Continued   Skip all exercises. Simply read and understand the material presented in CSCI 2170 Lab 7; there is nothing to hand in.
Nov 17	CLA13a: Do CSCI 2170 A2L Lab 11 - More Linked Lists and Variations
Nov 19	CLA13b: Do CSCI 2170 Lab 12 - Stacks     Skip exercises 1, 4, 5, 9, & 10.
Nov 19 CANCELLED	Exam 2
Nov 24	Project Due: The Headed Circular Singly-Linked List Problem (OLA523 aka olaLL)
Dec 3	Reminder: today is the last chance to hand in ANY assignment
Dec 4	University calendar: Study Day
Dec 8	Final Exam         12:30pm-2:30pm