SCHEDULE
IMPORTANT NOTE:The COMP210 schedule might change during the quarter! Watch this space frequently for any changes (or any updates) during the quarter.
| Week 1 | ||||
| Day | Class Topic | Reading | Due | Recommendations |
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| M1 |
Syllabus Review Intro to Data Structures Review of Data Types |
Chapter 1.2, Appendix B.1 to B.8, and B.11 | ||
| W1 |
Arrays Project #1 Indexing Substrings |
Appendix B.9, B.10, B.12, and B.13 | DQ #1 | Project #1 |
| F1 | Time Complexity | Chapter 2 | DQ #2 | Play: Visualizing Order and Big-Oh More: Asymptotic Notation |
| Week 2 | ||||
| Day | Class Topic | Reading | Due | Recommendations |
| M2 | Linked Structures | Chapter 4.1*, 4.2, and 4.3 *Ignore references to stacks & queues for now. |
Submit your code from Stage 1 of the Indexing Substrings project. | |
| W2 |
Collection Class Random Access Lists vs Linked Lists Big-Oh Analysis Mini-Lab #1 Linked List |
Appendix B.14 to B.16, Chapter 3.1 and 3.3* *Ignore references to stacks & queues for now. |
Submit your code after completing Stage 2 of the Indexing Substrings project. | Continue working on Project #1 |
| F2 | Continue working on Mini-Lab
#1 Linked
List Continue working on Project #1 Indexing Substrings |
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| Week 3 | ||||
| Day | Class Topic | Reading | Due | Recommendations |
| M3 |
Stack ADT Stack Operations (and Big-Oh Analysis) Stack as Array Stack as Linked List Mini-Lab #2 Stack |
Chapter 3.2, 3.6 to 3.8, Chapter 4.4 to 4.6 | DQ #3 Mini-Lab #1 |
Play: Stack: Array Implementation Play: Stack: Linked List Implementation |
| W3 |
Queue ADT Queue Operations (and Big-Oh Analysis) Queue as Array Queue as Linked List Mini-Lab #3 Queue |
Chapter 5.6 to 5.8 | Mini-Lab #2 |
Play: Queue: Array Implementation Play: Queue: Linked List Implementation |
| F3 |
Continue with Mini-Lab #3 Project #2 Car Wash |
DQ #4 Project #1 |
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| Week 4 | ||||
| Day | Class Topic | Reading | Due | Recommendations |
| M4 |
List ADT Ordered, Unordered, and Indexed Lists List as Array List as Linked List |
Chapter 6 | DQ #5 |
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| W4 |
Sequential and Binary Search Comparing Search Algorithms Big-Oh Analysis |
Chapter 9.1 | DQ #6 Mini-Lab #3 |
Play: Searching a Sorted List More: Binary Search |
| F4 | Mini-Lab #4 OrderedList and Binary Search |
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| Week 5 | ||||
| Day | Class Topic | Reading | Due | Recommendations |
| M5 |
Recursion Recursive Thinking Recursion Vs. Iteration |
Chapter 8 | DQ #7 |
Play: Reverse a String Using Recursion More: Recursion |
| W5 | More on Recursion | |||
| F5 | Catch-up day | |||
| Week 6 | ||||
| Day | Class Topic | Reading | Due | Recommendations |
| M6 | More Recursion Sorting Big-Oh Analysis Mini-Lab #5 Sorting and Recursion |
Chapter 9.2 and 9.3 | Mini-Lab #4 | Play: Sort
Demos More: Comparing Sorts Play: Radix Sort |
| W6 | Continue working on Mini-Lab #5 Project #3 The N Queens Problem | DQ
#8 Project #2 |
Read about TimSort | |
| F6 | Mid-Term Break |
Enjoy! | ||
| Week 7 | ||||
| Day | Class Topic | Reading | Due | Recommendations |
| M7 | Tree ADT Binary Tree ADT Implementing Binary Trees |
Chapter 10.1 to 10.3, 10.4 to 10.7 | ||
| W7 | Tree Traversal Algorithm Mini-Lab #6 Binary Trees |
DQ #9 Mini-Lab #5 |
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| F7 | Binary Search Trees | Chapter 11.1 to 11.3 | Play: Binary Search Tree | |
| Week 8 | ||||
| Day | Class Topic | Reading | Due | Recommendations |
| M8 | Binary Search Trees MiniLab #6.5 Binary Search Trees Balanced Binary Search Tree Mini-Lab #7 AVL Trees (optional) |
Chapter 11.4 to 11.6 | Project #3 | Play:
AVL Tree Play: Red/Black Tree |
| W8 | AVL Trees Red/Black Trees |
See Links from M8 for playing with AVL and Red/Black trees | ||
| F8 | Project #4 | Chapter 13 (Section 13.7 will help with Project) | ||
| Week 9 | ||||
| Day | Class Topic | Reading | Due | Recommendations |
| M9 | Set ADT Map/Dictionary ADT Hashing and Hash Tables |
Chapter 13 | DQ #10 Mini-Lab #6 |
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| W9 | Continue working on Project #4 | |||
| F9 | Heaps and Priority Queues | Chapter 12 | Mini-Lab #6.5 | Play: Minheap |
| Week 10 | ||||
| Day | Class Topic | Reading | Due | Recommendations |
| M10 | Graph ADT Types of Graphs Common Graph Algorithms |
Chapter 15 | More: Describing Graphs | |
| W10 | More on Graphs | |||
| F10 | Final Quiz (Quiz 6) |
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| Finals Week | ||||