Course Outline

Advanced Placement Computer Science AB:
Course Outline
Sewickley Academy, 2000-2001

Course Unit	Start Date
Unit 1: Review and Fundamentals	Tue-Sep-5
Unit 2: Data Structures and Advanced Topics	tbd
Unit 3: The Marine Biology Case Study	Tue-Jan-16
Unit 4: Additional Topics and Case Studies	tbd
Unit 5: AP Exam Review	tbd
Unit 6: Team Project and Enrichment	Mon-May-7

START OF 1st QUARTER

Unit 1: Review and Fundamentals

Week 1 (Sep-4)	Week 2 (Sep-11)	Week 3 (Sep-18)	Week 4 (Sep-25)
Week 5 (Oct-2)	Week 6 (Oct-9)	Week 7 (Oct-16)	Week 8 (Oct-23)

Week 1 (Rotation 1):

Date

Event

Location

Comments

Mon-Sep-4

No School

-

Labor Day

Tue-Sep-5

Lecture 1

CS Lab

Introduction and Calibration

Wed-Sep-6

Lecture 2

CS Lab

More calibration

Thu-Sep-7

Lecture 3

CS Lab

Representing Numbers and Characters (Ch. 1.3)
Focus on: 2's complement notation
Homework: Assignment 1

Fri-Sep-8

Lecture 4

CS Lab

More on representing numbers and characters

Week 2 (Rotation 2):

Date

Event

Location

Comments

Mon-Sep-11

Lecture 5

CS Lab

Floating Point Numbers (1.3.1)
Bitwise Logical Operators (Appendix A)
Homework: Assignment 2

Tue-Sep-12

Lecture 6

CS Lab

Anatomy of a C++ Program (Ch. 2)

Wed-Sep-13

Lab 1

CS Lab

Apply Week 2 material
Visual C++ basics
Debugging basics

Thu-Sep-14

Lecture 7

CS Lab

Quiz 1 (includes Monday's material)
Variables and Constants, Part 1 of 2 (Ch. 3)

Fri-Sep-15

No Class

-

Rotation

Week 3 (Rotation 1):

Date

Event

Location

Comments

Mon-Sep-18

Lecture 8

CS Lab

Variables and Constants, Part 2 of 2 (Ch. 3)
Arithmetic Expressions (Ch 4)
Homework: Assignment 3

Tue-Sep-19

Lecture 9

CS Lab

Homework Review
Static 1D and 2D C++ Arrays (Ch. 5.1 and 5.5)

(note AP warning)

Wed-Sep-20

Lecture 10

CS Lab

Static 1D and 2D C++ Arrays: Part 2

Thu-Sep-21

Lecture 11

CS Lab

Static 1D and 2D C++ Arrays: Part 3
Homework: Assignment 4

Fri-Sep-22

Lab 2

CS Lab

Apply Week 3 material
Homework: Assignment 5 (Chess)

Week 4 (Rotation 2):

Date

Event

Location

Comments

Mon-Sep-25

Lecture 12

CS Lab

Review Chess Program

Tue-Sep-26

Lecture 13

CS Lab

Lab

Wed-Sep-27

Lab 3

CS Lab

More on C++ arrays
Homework: Assignment 6 (Gauss)

Thu-Sep-28

Lecture 14

CS Lab

Lab

Fri-Sep-29

No Class

-

Rotation
Quiz 2
Homework: Assignment 7 (Life)

Week 5 (Rotation 1):

Date

Event

Location

Comments

Mon-Oct-2

Lecture 15

CS Lab

Review of Life homework assignment

Tue-Oct-3

Lecture 16

CS Lab

The apvector class (Ch. 5.2 – 5.4)
Homework: Assignment 8 (apvector)

Wed-Oct-4

Lecture 17

CS Lab

In-class Code Reviews
Homework: Assignment 9 (extra credit)

Thu-Oct-5

Lecture 18

CS Lab

The apmatrix class (Ch. 5.6 – 5.7)
Iterative Statements:while, for, do-while (Ch. 7)
Logical Expressions, Part 1 of 2 (Ch. 6)
Homework: Assignment 10

Fri-Oct-6

Lab 4

CS Lab

Logical Expressions, Part 2 of 2 (Ch. 6)
The switch statement (Ch. 8)

Week 6 (Rotation 2):

Date

Event

Location

Comments

Mon-Oct-9

No School

-

Columbus Day (Observed) and Yom Kippur

Tue-Oct-10

Lecture 19

CS Lab

Quiz 3
Homework: Assignment 11

Wed-Oct-11

Lecture 20

CS Lab

Review, part 1 of 4
Homework: Assignment 12

Thu-Oct-12

Lab 5

CS Lab

Review, part 2 of 4

Fri-Oct-13

No Class

-

Rotation
Homework: Assignment 13

Week 7 (Rotation 1):

Date

Event

Location

Comments

Mon-Oct-16

Lecture 21

CS Lab

Review, part 3 of 4

Tue-Oct-17

Lecture 22

CS Lab

Review, part 4 of 4

Wed-Oct-18

Lecture 23

CS Lab

Lab
Homework: Assignment 14

Thu-Oct-19

Lecture 24

CS Lab

Quiz 4

Fri-Oct-20

Lab 6

CS Lab

Recursion, Part 1 of 3
Homework: Assignment 15

Week 8 (Rotation 2):

Date

Event

Location

Comments

Mon-Oct-23

Lecture 25

CS Lab

Recursion, Part 2 of 3

Tue-Oct-24

Lecture 26

CS Lab

Recursion, Part 3 of 3

Wed-Oct-25

Lab 7

CS Lab

Chapter 10: Monte Carlo Methods
Homework: Assignment 16

Thu-Oct-26

Lab 8

CS Lab

More on Monte Carlo Methods

Fri-Oct-27

No Class

-

Rotation

END OF 1st QUARTER

Remaining Segments of Unit 1:

Chapter 9: Introduction to Algorithms
Pointers, References, the Null Pointer (Ch. 11.1 – 11.5)
new And delete, Returning Pointers and References (Ch. 11.6 – 11.7)
C++ Strings (note AP warning)
The apstring class (Ch. 12)

Chapter 15: Classes
Chapter 16: Templates

Mon-Oct-30

Start of 2nd Quarter

Tbd

Unit 2: Data Structures and Advanced Topics (Ch. 17 – 28)

Fri-Jan-5

Final Exam (Part 1: Lab)

Jan-10-12 (tbd)

Final Exam (Part 2: Written)

Tue-Jan-16

Start of 3rd Quarter

Unit 3: The Marine Biology Case Study

Wed-Mar-14

Midterm Exam (Part 1: Written)

Thu-Mar-15

Midterm Exam (Part 2: Lab)

Mon-2-Apr

Start of 4th Quarter

Unit 4: Additional Topics and Case Studies

Tbd

Unit 5: AP Exam Review

Mon-7-May

Start of AP Exam Fortnight

Unit 6: Team Project and Enrichment

Tbd

Senior Final Exam

Jun-6-8 (tbd)

Final Exam

Fri-Jun-8

End of 2000-2001 Academic Year

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Date	Event	Location	Comments
Mon-Sep-4	No School	-	Labor Day
Tue-Sep-5	Lecture 1	CS Lab	Introduction and Calibration
Wed-Sep-6	Lecture 2	CS Lab	More calibration
Thu-Sep-7	Lecture 3	CS Lab	Representing Numbers and Characters (Ch. 1.3) Focus on: 2's complement notation Homework: Assignment 1
Fri-Sep-8	Lecture 4	CS Lab	More on representing numbers and characters

Mon-Oct-30	Start of 2nd Quarter
Tbd	Unit 2: Data Structures and Advanced Topics (Ch. 17 – 28)
Fri-Jan-5	Final Exam (Part 1: Lab)
Jan-10-12 (tbd)	Final Exam (Part 2: Written)
Tue-Jan-16	Start of 3rd Quarter
	Unit 3: The Marine Biology Case Study
Wed-Mar-14	Midterm Exam (Part 1: Written)
Thu-Mar-15	Midterm Exam (Part 2: Lab)
Mon-2-Apr	Start of 4th Quarter
	Unit 4: Additional Topics and Case Studies
Tbd	Unit 5: AP Exam Review
Mon-7-May	Start of AP Exam Fortnight
	Unit 6: Team Project and Enrichment
Tbd	Senior Final Exam
Jun-6-8 (tbd)	Final Exam
Fri-Jun-8	End of 2000-2001 Academic Year