CMSC216: Course Schedule and Materials
University of Maryland
Spring 2024
Schedule and Course Materials
All materials are subject to change and are marked internally with their latest update time.
| Week | Dates | Lecture / Projects | Links | Labs | HW | Solutions | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Mechanics | Slides Videos | Code Environment | |||||
| Code Environment | |||||||
| 1 | 24-Jan | Introduction | Slides Code Videos | ||||
| C Basics | |||||||
| 2 | 29-Jan | Pointers and Addresses | Slides Code Videos | Lab01 | HW01 | Lab HW | K&R C book |
| C Refs | |||||||
| on Canvas | |||||||
| 3 | 05-Feb | Allocation and I/O | Videos | Lab02 | HW02 | Lab HW | |
| 4 | 12-Feb | Binary Data/Ints | Slides Code Videos | Lab03 | HW03 | Lab HW | CSAPP: 2 |
| P1 Due Tue 20-Feb | Lab HW | ||||||
| 5 | 19-Feb | Review | Practice1A Solution | Lab04 | HW04 | HW | |
| Exam 1, Thu 22-Feb | Practice1B Solution | ||||||
| Videos | |||||||
| 6 | 26-Feb | Bit Operations, Floats | Slides Code | Lab05 | HW05 | Lab HW | Quick Guide to GDB |
| GDB (Quick Guide to GDB) | |||||||
| Assembly Language Basics | Slides Code | CSAPP: 3 | |||||
| Videos | |||||||
| 7 | 04-Mar | Assembly Basics Cont'd | Lab06 | HW06 | Lab HW | ||
| Assembly Control | Slides Code | ||||||
| P2 Due Fri 08-Mar | Videos | ||||||
| 8 | 11-Mar | Assembly Data | Slides Code | Lab07 | HW07 | Lab HW | |
| Security and Sundries | Videos | ||||||
| 18-Mar | Spring Break: No Classes | ||||||
| 9 | 25-Mar | Processes in Unix | Slides Code | Lab08 | HW08 | HW | CSAPP: 8 |
| Videos | |||||||
| P3 Due Fri 29-Mar | |||||||
| 10 | 01-Apr | Review | Practice2A Solution | Lab09 | HW09 | Lab HW | |
| Exam 2, Thu 04-Apr | Practice2B Solution | ||||||
| Videos | |||||||
| 11 | 08-Apr | Unix Input / Output | Slides Code | Lab10 | HW10 | Lab HW | CSAPP: 10 |
| fork / dup Diagram | Videos | ||||||
| 12 | 15-Apr | Memory Systems and Cache | Slides Code | Lab11 | HW11 | Lab HW | CSAPP: 6,9 |
| Videos | |||||||
| 13 | 22-Apr | Virtual Memory | Slides Code | Lab12 | HW12 | Lab HW | CSAPP: 9 |
| Videos | |||||||
| P4 Due Wed 24-Apr | |||||||
| 14 | 29-Apr | Threads and Concurrency | Slides Code | Lab13 | HW13 | Lab HW | CSAPP: 12 |
| Videos | |||||||
| 15 | 06-May | Review | Slides | Lab14 | None | ||
| 09-May | Last Lecture | Videos | |||||
| PracticeFA Solution | |||||||
| P5 Due Fri 10-May | PracticeFB Solution | ||||||
| 10-May | Reading Day | ||||||
| 13-May | Final Exam | Locations: | |||||
| Mon 13-May 4:00pm-6:00pm | Normal Classrooms | ||||||
| (Common Final Exam Time) | Lec 1xx: IRB 0324 | ||||||
| Lec 3xx: ESJ 0224 |
Required Textbook (CS:APP): Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, Third Edition by R. Bryant, D. O'Hallaron, Pearson, 2016
Optional (K&R C Book): The C Programming Language/ Second Edition by Brian Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, Prentice Hall 1988
Other free C references are listed on the course Canvas Site