CSCE Fall 2004: Syllabus

The textbooks are:

  • Ghezzi, Carlo and Mehdi Jazayeri. Programming Language Concepts. Wiley, 1998 (required text, referred to as [G]). Supplementary materials from the authors, including an errata list, are available.
  • Ullman, Jeffrey D. Elements of ML Programming: ML97 Edition. Prentice-Hall, 1998 (required text, referred to as [U]). Supplementary materials from the author, including an errata list, are available.

    • The last day to withdraw without failure is Thursday, September 30, 2004. The last day of classes for this course is Thursday, December 2, 2004 The final exam for the course will take place on Wednesday, December 8, 2004, at 2pm in the classroom (SWGR 2A27). This is the regularly scheduled time for courses taught from 1400 to 1515 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. ( See the university exam schedule.)

    Please see elsewhere in the web pages for the course for additional administrative information.

    WeekLecture Topics ReadingsHomework
    1: August 19 Introduction Syllabus, Ch.1 [G] TBD
    2: August 24, 26Overview, Syntax and Semantics Ch.2 [G] TBD
    3: August 31, September 2Syntax and Semantics (Ctd.) Ch.2 [G] TBD
    4: September 7, 9Syntax and Semantics (Ctd.) Ch.2 [G] TBD
    5: September 14, 16Review for Midterm and Midterm Ch.2 [G] TBD
    6: September 21, 23 Functional Programming Ch.7 [G] FP programs
    7: September 28, 30 Functional Programming (Ctd.) Ch.7 [G] TBD
    8: October 5, 8 ML [U] TBD
    9: October 12, 14 ML and Fall Break [U] TBD
    10: October 19, 21 ML and Test 2 [U] TBD
    11: October 26, 28 Logic Programming Ch.8 [G] TBD
    12: November 2, 4 Election Day and Logic Programming (Ctd.) Ch.8 [G] TBD
    13: November 9, 11 Control Structures Selected Topics from Ch.4 and Ch.5 [G] TBD
    14: November 16, 18 Object-Oriented Languages Selected Topics from Ch.6 [G] TBD
    15: November 23, 25 Student Presentations and Thanksgiving Break TBD TBD
    16: November 30 and December 2 Student Presentations and Review TBD TBD