| Thursday, April 3: | Obtain the textbook. |
| Saturday, April 5: | Lab 1 report due at noon. |
| Thursday, April 10: | Finish reading chapters 1 and 2 (through p. 10). |
| Saturday, April 12: | Lab 2 report due at noon. |
| Thursday, April 17: | Finish reading chapter 3 (through p. 23). |
| Saturday, April 19: | Lab 3 report due at noon. |
| Thursday, April 24: | Finish reading chapter 4 (through p. 43). |
| Saturday, April 26: | Lab 4 report due at noon. |
| Thursday, May 1: | Finish reading chapter 5 (through p. 66). |
| Saturday, May 3: | Lab 5 report due at noon. |
| Thursday, May 8: | Finish reading chapter 6 (through p. 81). |
| Saturday, May 10: | Lab 6 report due at noon. |
| Thursday, May 15: | Finish reading chapter 7 (through p. 95). |
| Saturday, May 17: | Lab 7 report due at noon. |
| Thursday, May 22: | Finish reading chapters 8 and 9 (through p. 114). |
| Saturday, May 24: | Lab 8 report due at noon. |
| Thursday, May 29: | Finish reading chapters 10 and 11 (through p. 132). |
| Saturday, May 31: | Lab 9 report due at noon. |
| Thursday, June 5: | Finish reading chapters 12 and 13 (through p. 155). |
| Friday, June 13: | Take the final exam from 11:30–14:30 in EBU3B room B270. Alternate exam time: 10:00–13:00 in EBU3B room B270. |
| Meetings: | Thursday, 13:00–14:50 EBU3B room B270 |
| Instructor: | Dana Dahlstrom (e-mail dana+15L at cs.ucsd.edu)office hours: Tuesday, 11:00–13:00 in EBU3B room 2208 |
| Teaching Assistant: | Adam Bickett |
| Tutors: | Eugene Kolinko Jon Boekenoogen |
| Textbook: | Debugging: The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems by David J. Agans. 2002: AMACOM. ISBN 0-8144-7457-8. Available on campus at Groundwork Books and on reserve at the library. |
| Grading: | 20% in-class quizzes (lowest score dropped); 50% collaborative lab notes and individual lab reports; 30% final exam |