CS 367 Planned Schedule, Fall 2025

The Course Syllabus is available: https://cs.gmu.edu/~kandrea/F25/CS367_Syllabus_F25.html

All projects will be posted and announced as early as we have them prepared, generally with at least two weeks to complete.
These dates are subject to change as needed during the semester.

• Project 1: Aug 28 - Sep 12 (11:59pm deadline)
  
• Project 2 (Tentative Dates): Sep 17 - Oct 17 (11:59pm deadline)
  
• Project 3 (Tentative Dates): Oct 20 - Nov 14 (11:59pm deadline)
  
• Project 4 (Tentative Dates): Nov 18 - Dec 5 (11:59pm deadline)
  

Tests are bigger milestones, and their dates are announced ahead of time.
Only severe scheduling anomalies would force a delay in test dates.

• Quizzes:
  • Each Weely Quiz Releases at 6am on Tuesdays and must be started by 11:59pm on Thursdays.
  • If you begin on time, but finish after 11:59pm on Thursday, it will be marked late. This is a bug in Canvas. As long as you started it on time, you will be good.
  • If this happens to you, send an email to your Professor directly, and we can verify and remove the late mark from your quiz.
  • These weekly quizzes will be done on Canvas.
  • There may be additional quizzes beyond the topics listed on this schedule.
  • There are no makeups for a missed or late quiz.
  
  
• Midterm Exam:
  
• Midterm: Week of October 6th
  
• Covers Chapters 2, 3.8-3.9 (No ASM), 9.9, 8.1-8.4
• Data Rep. (Bits, Bytes, Integers, Floating Point)
• Aggregate Data (Arrays and Structs)
• Dynamic Memory
• Processes
• More information will be provided as the date closes in.
• The exams will given in-person during your normal class session.


• Final Exam: Date and Times for Prof. Andrea and Prof. Zhong Finals
  • These Finals are NOT at the Regular Times and Rooms
  • Section 002 (T/Th 3:00pm Section) with Prof. Zhong
  Thursday, December 11th from 7:30am - 10:15am in ENT 80
  • Section 003 (M/W 9:00am Section) with Prof. Andrea
  Thursday, December 11th from 7:30am - 10:15am in ENT 80
  • Section 006 (M/W 12:00pm Section) with Prof. Andrea
  Thursday, December 11th from 7:30am - 10:15am in ENT 80
  • Section 007 (T/Th 1:30pm Section) with Prof. Zhong
  Thursday, December 11th from 7:30am - 10:15am in ENT 80
  
  
• Final Exam: Date and Times for Prof. Tikekar and Prof. Mughal
  • These Finals are at the Regularly Scheduled Times and Rooms
  • https://registrar.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Final-Exams-202570.pdf
  • Section 004 (M/W 3:00pm Section) with Prof. Tikekar
  Monday, December 15th from 1:30pm - 4:15pm
  • Section 005 (T/Th 3:00pm Section) with Prof. Mughal
  Thursday, December 11th from 1:30pm - 4:15pm
  
  
  • The Final will use the Above Scheduled Times unless specified otherwise by the instructor.
  • Any changes to the Final Exam schedule will be communicated no later than the date of the Midterm

Below is a tentative schedule, which is subject to change as needed.

• This is the Planned Schedule of Topics.  Individual lectures may vary, but this this the plan.
• This means that the topics below are general indications of when they will be instructed.
  • Each lecture section may vary in timing on individual topics.
  • Due to the Holidays, some classes may be out of sync by one lecture for some of the semester.
• Holidays:
• Sep 1st: Labor Day Holiday
• Monday is a Holiday. Tuesday - Friday normal classes.
• Oct 13th: Fall Break
• Monday is a Holiday. Tuesday - Friday normal classes.
• Nov 4th: Election Day Holiday
• Tuesday is a Holiday. Monday and Wednesday - Friday are normal classes.
• Nov 26 - Nov 30: Thanksgiving Break
• Wednesday - Friday are Holidays. Monday and Tuesday are normal classes.

Week Starting...	Lecture Topics	Text Foundations	Weekly Quiz Topic	Fri. Recitation
1 Aug 25...	Course Intro Data Types and Sizes	Ch. 1 (Overview) Ch. 2.1 (Data Storage)	No Quiz - First Week	R: C Review Overview of Project 1
September 1nd, Labor Day: Monday Holiday. (Tuesday - Friday Normal Classes)
2 Sep 2...	Integer Rep.	Ch. 2.2 (Integer Rep.)	Q: C Basics	R: Data Storage and Bitwise Ops
3 Sep 8...	Floating Point	Ch. 2.4 (Floating Point) Ch. 2.4 (Rounding)	Q: Data Storage and Bitwise Ops	R: Integer Representation
4 Sep 15...	Aggregate Types Dynamic Memory	Ch. 3.8 - 3.9 (Arrays, Structs) Ch. 9.9 (Heap)	Q: Integer Representation	R: Floating Point
5 Sep 22...	Processes	Ch. 8.1 - 8.4 (Processes)	Q: Floating Point	R: Aggregate Data and Dynamic Memory
6 Sep 29...	Signals Unix I/O	Ch. 8.5 (Signals) Ch. 10.9-10.10 (dup2)	Q: Aggregate Data and Dynamic Memory	R: Processes
*Weekend Quiz (Fri - Sun by 11:59pm): Processes
7 Oct 6...	Midterm Threads and Concurrency	Covers Through Processes Ch. 12.3, 12.5 (Synchronization)	No Quiz - Test Week	R: Signals and Unix I/O
October 13th, Fall Break: Monday Holiday. (Tuesday - Friday Normal Classes)
8 Oct 14...	Assembly (ASM): Foundations	Ch. 3.1 - 3.5 (ASM Basics)	Q: Signals and Unix I/O	R: ASM - Reading
9 Oct 20...	ASM: Aggregate Types	Ch. 3.8 - 3.9 (ASM Agg. Types)	Q: ASM - Reading	R: ASM - Expressions
10 Oct 27...	ASM: Control Flow	Ch. 3.6 (ASM Control Flow)	Q: ASM - Expressions	R: ASM - Aggregate Types
November 4th, Election Day: Tuesday Holiday. (Monday and Wednesday - Friday Normal Classes)
11 Nov 3...	ASM: Procedures	Ch. 3.7 (ASM Procedures)	Q: ASM - Aggregate Types	R: ASM - Control Flow
12 Nov 10...	ASM: Procedures Architecture	Ch. 3.7 (ASM Procedures) Ch. 4 (CPU Design)	Q: ASM - Control Flow	R: ASM - Procedures
13 Nov 17...	Caching	Ch. 6.2 - 6.4 (Caching)	Q: ASM - Procedures	R: Caching and Architecture
November 27 - December 1, Thanksgiving: Wednesday - Friday Holiday. (Monday and Tuesday Normal Classes)
14 Nov 24...	Digital Logic	Ch. 4.1-4.2 (Digital Logic)	No Quiz: Thanksgiving	No Recitation: Thanksgiving
15 Dec 1...	Virtual Memory Review	Ch. 9.1 - 9.6 (Virtual Memory)	Q: Caching and Architecture	R: Virtual Memory and Digital Logic
*Weekend Quiz (Fri - Sun at 11:59pm): Virtual Memory and Digital Logic
16 Dec 8	Monday: Normal Monday Classes (Review) Tuesday: Reading Day
Finals - See the Final Exam information at the top for Details