CS 367 Planned Schedule, Spring 2026

The Course Syllabus is available: https://people.cs.gmu.edu/~kandrea/courses/S26/CS367_Syllabus_S26.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 [Tentative]: Jan 26 - Feb 6 (11:59pm deadline)
  
• Project 2 [Tentative]: Feb 9 - Feb 27 (11:59pm deadline)
  
• Project 3 [Tentative]: Mar 16 - Apr 18 (11:59pm deadline)
  
• Project 4 [Tentative]: Apr 14 - May 1 (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 Blackboard. 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 Blackboard.
  • There may be additional quizzes beyond the topics listed on this schedule.
  • There are no makeups for a missed or late quiz.
• Midterm:
  
• Midterm: March 4th (Tues/Thurs Classes) and March 5th (Mon/Wed Classes)
  
• Covers Chapters 2, 3.8-3.9 (No Assembly), 9.9, 8.1-8.6
• Data Representation (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: Exam Schedule will be announced in each Class Separately.
  • The Final Exam is Comprehensive

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:
• Jan 19th: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
• Monday is a Holiday.
• Mar 9th - Mar 13th: Spring Break
• Monday - Friday are Holidays.

Week	Lecture Topics	Text Readings	Weekly Quiz Topic	Fri. Recitation
Jan 19th, Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday Holiday. Tuesday - Friday Normal Classes
1 Jan 20 - 23	Course Intro Data Types and Sizes	Ch. 1 (Overview) Ch. 2.1 (Data Storage)	No Quiz - First Week	C Review Overview of Project 1
2 Jan 26 - 30	Integer Representation	Ch. 2.2 (Integer Representation) Ch. 2.3 (Arithmetic)	C Basics	Bitwise Operations
3 Feb 2 - 6	Floating Point	Ch. 2.4 (Floating Point) Ch. 2.4 (Rounding)	Bitwise Operations	Integer Rep
4 Feb 9 - 13	Floating Point Aggregate Types	Ch. 2.4 (Operations) Ch. 3.8 - 3.9 (Arrays, Structs)	Integer Rep	Floating Point Rep
5 Feb 16 - 20	Dynamic Memory Processes	Ch. 9.9 (Heap) Ch. 8.1-8.4 (Processe Creation)	Floating Point	Aggregate Types Dynamic Memory
6 Feb 23 - 27	ProcessesSignals	Ch. 8.1 - 8.4 (Process Ops) Ch 8.5 (Signals)	Aggregate Types Dynamic Memory	Processes
*Weekend Quiz (Fri - Sat at 11:59pm): Processes
7 Mar 2 - 6	Unix I/O (Pipes) Midterm	Ch. 10.9-10.10 (dup2) Through Processes	No Quiz - Midterm	Signals
Week 8: Mar 9 - 13th, Spring Break Monday-Friday Holiday
9 Mar 16 - 20	Assembly - Foundations	Ch. 3.1 - 3.5 (Assembly Basics)	Signals	Unix I/O
10 Mar 18 - 22	Assembly - Expressions Assembly - Aggregate Types	Ch. 3.8 - 3.9 (Arrays and Structs)	Unix I/O	Assembly - Foundations
11 Mar 30 - Apr 3	Assembly - Control Flow	Ch. 3.6 (Assembly Control Flow)	Assembly - Foundations	Assembly - Expressions
12 Apr 6 - 10	Assembly - Procedures	Ch. 3.7 (Assembly Procedures)	Assembly - Expressions	Assembly - Control Flow
13 Apr 13 - 17	Stack/Security Caching	Ch. 3.10 Ch. 6.2 - 6.4 (Caching)	Assembly - Control Flow	Assembly - Procedures
14 Apr 20 - 24	Caching CPU Architecture	Ch. 6.2 - 6.4 (Caching) Ch. 4.4 (Architecture)	Assembly - Procedures	Caching
15 Apr 27 - May 1	Digital Logic Threading	Ch. 4.2(Digital Logic) Ch. 12.3 - 12.5	Caching	Architecture Digital Logic
*Weekend Quiz (Fri - Sun at 11:59pm): Architecture and Digital Logic
16 May 5	Reading Day
Finals - See the Final Exam information at the top for Details