EECS 183: Elementary Programming Concepts

University of Michigan

EECS 183 is an introductory course to computer science and programming, covering the basics of computing as well as problem-solving and algorithmic thinking.

This Week

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Oct. 7 - Oct. 11

Lecture 12 CodeLab

Lecture 13 and 14 zyBooks

Lecture 13: Arrays 2

Lecture 14: File I/O

Current Projects and Labs

Project 3
Due 10/18 8PM
Lab 6
Assignment due evening of your lab (10/7 to 10/11) at 11:59PM, with extension until 10/16

Resources for Class

Syllabus
Course Tools Registration
Getting Started with Visual Studio (PC)
Getting Started with XCode (Mac)

Fall 2024 Exams and Major Deadlines

Exam Dates

Exam 1: October 2, 8PM

For exam schedule conflicts, request Exam 1 alternate here

Exam 2: November 6, 8PM

For exam schedule conflicts, request Exam 2 alternate here

There is no final exam.

Project Deadlines

Project 1: September 13

Project 2: September 27

Project 3: October 18

Project 4: November 1

Final Project Core: November 22

Final Project Reach: December 9

Final Project Showcase: December 11

EECS 183 is an introductory course to computer science and programming, covering the basics of computing as well as problem-solving and algorithmic thinking.

EECS 183 is an introductory course in computer programming for computer science majors and non-majors alike. Topics include control flow, introductory data structures, algorithms using selection and iteration, basic object-oriented programming, testing and debugging. We primarily use C++ as a programming language. There are no prerequisites. EECS 183 assumes no prior programming experience.

By the end of this course, a successful student will be able to:

  • Read a specification and translate it to a computer program
  • Follow a process of writing one small part of a program at a time
  • Comfortably use Visual Studio or XCode to write and debug code
  • Write test cases that test the full range of code functionality
  • Design an algorithm to generate a given output
  • Write functions using both pass by reference and pass by value parameters
  • Use file streams and standard streams to read input and write output
  • Write a class and successfully access private and public member variables
  • Run test inputs to a program and compare them to test outputs to verify a program works correctly
  • Format a program according to a style guide