| Class | Date | Day | Topic | Reading | Homework |
| 1 | 01/26/09 | Mon | first class, intro | HW1 out | |
| 2 | 01/28/09 | Wed | intro, quiz | ||
| 3 | 02/02/09 | Mon | unix overview | ||
| 4 | 02/04/09 | Wed | unix overview | ||
| 5 | 02/09/09 | Mon | syscalls (open/read) | ||
| 6 | 02/11/09 | Wed | syscalls, error handling | ||
| 7 | 02/16/09 | Mon | makefile intro, encryption | ||
| 8 | 02/18/09 | Wed | makefile cont., encryption cont. | HW1 due (Thu 2/19), HW2 out | |
| 9 | 02/23/09 | Mon | guest lecture, Leif Walsh, advanced shell scripting | ||
| 10 | 02/25/09 | Wed | guest lecture, Sean Callana, debugging | ||
| 11 | 03/02/09 | Mon | No class (snow) | ||
| 12 | 03/04/09 | Wed | memory mgmt, pointers | ||
| 13 | 03/09/09 | Mon | memory mgmt, pointers | ||
| 14 | 03/11/09 | Wed | memory mgmt, pointers | ||
| 15 | 03/16/09 | Mon | memory mgmt, pointers | HW2 due | |
| 16 | 03/18/09 | Wed | midterm | ||
| 17 | 03/23/09 | Mon | portability, intro | ||
| 18 | 03/25/09 | Wed | portable tests | ||
| 19 | 03/30/09 | Mon | portable tests | HW3 out | |
| 20 | 04/01/09 | Wed | shell scripts | ||
| 21 | 04/06/09 | Mon | No Class (Spring Recess) | ||
| 22 | 04/08/09 | Wed | No Class (Spring Recess) | ||
| 23 | 04/13/09 | Mon | shell scripts | ||
| 24 | 04/15/09 | Wed | portable makefiles | ||
| 25 | 04/20/09 | Mon | portable makefiles | ||
| 26 | 04/22/09 | Wed | installdir/builddir portability | HW3 due, HW4 out | |
| 27 | 04/27/09 | Mon | autotools | ||
| 28 | 04/29/09 | Wed | autotools | ||
| 29 | 05/04/09 | Mon | autotools | ||
| 30 | 05/06/09 | Wed | guest lecture (JP Morgan) -- last class | HW4 due (Sunday 5/10/09) | |
| 31 | 05/13/09 | Wed | Final exam (Wednesday, 2pm-4:30pm) |