COP 4530 Course Calendar -- Spring 2026

Week Date Topics Textbook Readings Course Media Videos Homework
Assignments
1 Jan 7 Syllabus, Intro,
Math Review
1.1 - 1.3 Math Proof exercises (Ch 1)
UNIX: Hints, Tips, Tricks, and useful core commands
 
2 Jan 12 COP 3330 review topics,
Some C++11 features
1.4 - 1.7 Review: Template functions and classes  
Jan 14 Quick template review
R-value references
     
3 Jan 19 MLK Holiday (No classes at FSU)    
Jan 21 Intro to Iterators
Functors
    Assignment #1 - due Feb 2
4 Jan 26 Functors
Algorithm Analysis
Chapter 2 Max Subsequence Algorithms (1 and 2)  
Jan 28 Algorithm Analysis   Demo: Finding the crash point for a segmentation fault  
5 Feb 2 Algorithm Analysis
ADTs, Iterators, Vectors
3.1 - 3.4    
Feb 4 ADTs, Iterators, Vectors
Linked List (STL interface)
3.5   Assignment #2 - due Feb 18
6 Feb 9 Linked List (STL interface) 3.5    
Feb 11 Stacks 3.6    
7 Feb 16 Queues 3.7    
Feb 18 Deques     Assignment #3 - due Mar 4
8 Feb 23 Test 1      
Feb 25 Trees Intro
Binary Trees
4.1 - 4.2    
9 Mar 2 Binary Search Trees 4.3    
Mar 4 AVL Trees 4.4   Assignment #4 - due Mar 25
10 Mar 9 AVL Trees
B-Trees
4.7 - 4.8