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Pre-course

Make sure you are registered for the course Gradescope and Piazza.

Please complete Lab00 before the first lab meeting.

Part I

Date Topic Assignment
Wed, Jan 21, 2026 Lecture 1
Java Review [slides]
Lab00 - Command Line, Unix, Vim
Lab01 - Exceptions & I/O (Due Wed, Jan 28, 2026)
HW00 - Arrays & Classes (Due Mon, Jan 26, 2026)
Mon, Jan 26, 2026 Lecture 2
No Class.
Wed, Jan 28, 2026 Lecture 3
Arrays
Generics [slides]
Lab02 - Inheritance, ExpandableArray (Due Wed, Feb 4, 2026)
HW01 - ExpandableArray & Inheritance (Due Wed, Feb 4, 2026)
Mon, Feb 2, 2026 Lecture 4
LinkedList [slides]
Wed, Feb 4, 2026 Lecture 5
FancyLinkedList
Lab03 - LinkedLists (Due Mon, Feb 16, 2026)
HW02 - LinkedLists (Due Mon, Feb 16, 2026)
Mon, Feb 9, 2026 Lecture 6
Linked List Review
Wed, Feb 11, 2026 Lecture 7
Interfaces
Object Comparison
Algorithmic Analysis
Lab04 - Interfaces (Due Mon, Feb 16, 2026)
Mon, Feb 16, 2026 Lecture 8
Stacks
Checkstyle
Junit
Wed, Feb 18, 2026 Lecture 9
Implementing Stacks
Queues
Lab05 - Stacks (Due Mon, Feb 23, 2026)
HW03 - Stacks & Queues (Due Mon, Feb 23, 2026)
Mon, Feb 23, 2026 Lecture 10
Implementing Queues
Dequeues
Wed, Feb 25, 2026 Lecture 11
Lists
Iterators
Binary Search
Lab06 - Iterators & ArrayList (Due Mon, Mar 2, 2026)
HW04 - Binary Search (Due Mon, Mar 2, 2026)
Mon, Mar 9, 2026 Spring Break No Class
Wed, Mar 11, 2026 Spring Break No Class
Mon, Mar 16, 2026 Lecture 12
Midterm Review
Wed, Mar 18, 2026 Midterm

Part II

Date Topic Assignment
Mon, Mar 16, 2026 Lecture 13
Trees
Wed, Mar 18, 2026 Lecture 14
Tree Traversals
Lab07 - Binary Trees (Due Mon, Mar 23, 2026)
HW05 - Binary Trees (Due Mon, Mar 23, 2026)
Mon, Mar 23, 2026 Lecture 15
Heaps
Wed, Mar 25, 2026 Lecture 16
Heaps
Priority Queues
Lab08 - Array based Binary Trees & Heaps (Due Mon, Mar 30, 2026)
HW06 - Heaps (Due Mon, Mar 30, 2026)
Mon, Mar 30, 2026 Lecture 17
Priority Queues
Wed, Apr 1, 2026 Lecture 18
Maps
HashMaps
No Lab
No Homework
Mon, Apr 6, 2026 Lecture 19
HashMaps II
Handling Collisions
Wed, Apr 8, 2026 Lecture 20
HashMaps III
Lab09 - HashMaps (Due Mon, Apr 13, 2026)
HW07 - Hash Tables (Due Mon, Apr 13, 2026)
Mon, Apr 13, 2026 Lecture 21
No Class.
Wed, Apr 15, 2026 Lecture 22
No Class.
No Lab
No Homework
Mon, Apr 20, 2026 Lecture 23
Merge Sort
Quick Sort
Wed, Apr 22, 2026 Lecture 24
AVL Trees II
Lab 10 - AVL Trees (Due Fri, May 1, 2026)
HW08 - AVL Trees (Due Fri, May 1, 2026)
Mon, Apr 27, 2026 Lecture 25
Graphs
Wed, Apr 29, 2026 Lecture 26
Final Review
Lab 11 - Graphs (Due Fri, May 1, 2026)
No Homework