Slide 1.1: Syllabus
Slide 1.3: Laboratory guidelines
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Week

Class Topic Reading Due Where
1
 08/27
08/29		 1. Introduction Chapter 1    
  1.1 Course outline     We're here.
  1.2 A language processing system 1.1    
No lab the first week of school      
2
 09/03
09/05		 2. Basic Concepts Chapter 1    
  2.1 Software and hardware 1.1    
  2.2 Virtual machines 1.2    
09/01 Labor Day holiday — no classes      
3
 09/08
09/10
09/12		 3. Data Representation & Laboratory Assignments Chapter 1    
  3.1 Binary and hexadecimal numbers 1.3    
  3.1 Boolean operations 1.4    
  3.2 Assembling, linking, and running programs      
09/09 Last day to add a full-term course
Last day to add audit or change to/from audit
Drops after the last day to add will appear on a transcript. 		     
4
 09/15
09/17
09/19		 4. Assembly Language Fundamentals Chapter 3    
  4.1 Basics 3.1    
  4.2 A sample program 3.2    
  4.3 Line-by-line anatomy 3.3    
5
 09/22
09/24
09/26		 5. Assembly Language Fundamentals (Cont.) Chapter 3    
  5.1 Arithmetic instructions 3.4    
  5.2 Defining data 3.4    
  5.3 Symbolic constants 3.5    
6
 09/29
10/01		 6. Data Transfers, Addressing, and Arithmetic Chapter 4    
  6.1 Data transfer instructions 4.1    
  6.2 Addition and subtraction 4.2    
10/03 Exam I      
7
 10/06
10/08
10/10		 7. Data Transfers, Addressing, and Arithmetic (Cont.) Chapter 4    
  7.1 Data-related operators and directives 4.3    
  7.2 Indirect addressing 4.4    
  7.3 JMP and LOOP instructions 4.5    
8
 10/13
10/15
10/17		 8. Procedures Chapter 5    
  8.1 Introduction 5.1–2    
  8.2 A sample program      
  8.3 This book's link library 5.3    
9
 10/20
10/22
10/24		 9. Procedures (Cont.) Chapter 5    
  9.1 The runtime stack 5.4    
  9.2 Stack operations 5.4    
  9.3 Defining and using procedures 5.5    
10
 10/27
10/29
10/31		 10. Conditional Processing Chapter 6    
  10.1 A sample program 6.1    
  10.2 Boolean instructions 6.2    
  10.3 Comparison instructions 6.2    
11
 11/03
11/05
11/07		 11. Conditional Processing (Cont.) Chapter 6    
  11.1 Conditional jumps 6.3    
  11.2 Loop instructions 6.4    
  11.3 Conditional structures 6.5    
11/07 Last day to change to or from S/U grading
Last day to change to or from audit grading
Last day to drop a full-term course or withdraw from school 		     
12
 11/10
11/12		 12. Advanced Procedures Chapter 8    
  12.1 Local variables 8.1–2    
  12.2 .MODEL, .INVOKE, & PROTO directives 8.4–5    
11/14 Exam II      
13
 11/17
11/19
11/21		 13. High-Level Language Interface Chapter 12    
  13.1 Introduction 12.1    
  13.2 Inline assembly code 12.2    
  13.3 C/C++ introduction      
14
 11/24
11/26		 14. High-Level Language Interface (Cont.) Chapter 12    
  14.1 Linking to C/C++ 12.3    
  14.2 Calling C/C++ functions 12.3    
11/28 Thanksgiving recess — no classes      
15
 12/01
12/03
12/05		 15. Integer Arithmetic Chapter 7    
  15.1 A sample program 7.1    
  15.2 Shift instructions 7.2    
  15.3 Rotate instructions 7.2    
16
 12/08
12/10		 16. Integer Arithmetic (Cont.) Chapter 7    
  16.1 Multiplication instructions 7.4    
  16.2 Division instructions 7.4    
17
 12/17
Final exam (10:15am – 12:15pm, Wednesday)
      
18 12/23 Grades posted before noon, Tuesday