Course Schedule
(This schedule will be adjusted as the semester progresses. Future topics are a best-estimate on when we expect to cover them.)
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Week 1 |
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| Jan. 26 |
Introduction + Setup for C
|
| Jan. 28 |
Data Representation - Binary, Hex, ASCII, Unicode, and UTF-8
|
Week 2 |
|
| Feb. 2 |
Files and File Types
|
| Feb. 4 |
Bit Manipulation and Logic Gates
|
Week 3 |
|
| Feb. 9 |
Binary Adders and Memory Hierarchy
|
| Feb. 11 |
Caching and Locality of Reference
|
Week 4 |
|
| Feb. 16 |
Heap Memory and Heap Management
|
| Feb. 18 |
Heap Memory and Heap Management
|
Week 5 |
|
| Feb. 23 |
Page Table Eviction Strategies & Size
|
| Feb. 25 |
Operating System and Multiprogramming
|
Week 6 |
|
| Mar. 2 |
Python and Web Services/IPC
|
| Mar. 4 |
Threads and Synchronization
|
Week 7 |
|
| Mar. 9 |
Critical Sections and Deadlock
|
| Mar. 11 |
Networking and the OSI Model
|
Week 8 |
|
| Mar. 16 |
End of Act 1 - Remaining Bits
|
| Mar. 18 |
Midterm Exam 1
|
Week 9 |
|
| Mar. 23 |
Containerization
|
| Mar. 25 |
Isolation: Containerization and Visualization
|
Week 10 |
|
| Mar. 30 |
Docker
|
| Apr. 1 |
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and MapReduce
|
Week 11 |
|
| Apr. 6 |
Microservices and Cloud-based Pipelines
|
| Apr. 8 |
Data Storage, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and AWS
|
Week 12 |
|
| Apr. 13 |
COVID-19 Non-Lecture Spring Break Replacement Day
|
| Apr. 15 |
Web Server Technologies + Examples
|
Week 13 |
|
| Apr. 20 |
End of Act 2 - Review
|
| Apr. 22 |
Midterm II (No Lecture)
|
Week 14 |
|
| Apr. 27 |
Advanced Topics / Final Project
|
| Apr. 29 |
Advanced Topics / Final Project
|
Week 15 |
|
| May. 4 |
Advanced Topics / Final Project
|