COMS 3157 Advanced Programming

Fall 2026

• In-person lectures on Tue & Thu 4:10-5:25pm, 417 International Affairs Building

• Three exams:

  • Exam 1 on Thursday Oct 15, 4:10-5:25pm
  • Exam 2 on Tuesday Nov 17, 4:10-5:25pm
  • Exam 3 (final exam) on Tuesday Dec 22, 3:30-5:00pm (90 min)

  There are no make-up or alternate exams. If you cannot make any of those exams, please take the course next semester.

• Instructor: Jae Woo Lee

• Office hours:

  • Jae’s office hours
  • TA office hours

Course essentials

• OVERVIEW AND LOGISTICS
• REQUIRED READING: ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICIES
• Course Syllabus
• Jae’s Git Tutorial
• Lab Workflow
• Helpful Guides

Past Lectures

Lecture 1: T 9/8

• Course overview and logistics
  • Slides: OVERVIEW AND LOGISTICS

Lecture 2: R 9/10

• Introduction to command line interface (CLI)
  • Getting Started in the UNIX Programming Environment
  • Lecture notes 01: CLI basics

Upcoming Lectures & Exams

Recitation 1: pre-recorded

• CLI, Vim, hello.c
  • CLI review
  • Some Vim tricks & .vimrc
  • hello.c

Lecture 3: T 9/15

• Compiling & linking
  • Separate compilation
  • Function declarations
  • Standard C Library
  • Using header file to prevent linking problem
  • Lecture notes 02: Separate Compilation and Make

Lecture 4: R 9/17

• Makefile
  • Lecture notes 02: Separate Compilation and Make
• Introduction to Git
  • Jae’s Git Tutorial
• Source code:
  • Makefile
  • myadd.c
  • myadd.h
  • mymod.c
  • myprogram.c

Assignments

• HW0 Part A due Tue 9/8
• HW0 Part B due Thu 9/10
• Lab1 tentatively due Sun 9/27
• Lab2 tentatively due Sat 10/10
• Exam 1 on Thursday Oct 15, 4:10-5:25pm
• Lab3 tentatively due Sun 10/25
• Lab4 tentatively due Sun 11/8
• Exam 2 on Tuesday Nov 17, 4:10-5:25pm
• Lab5 tentatively due Sun 11/22
• Lab6 tentatively due Mon 12/7
• Lab7 tentatively due Tue 12/15
• Exam 3 (final exam) on Tuesday Dec 22, 3:30-5:00pm (90 min)

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Last updated: 2026-09-12