## Course Outlines We have used the manuscript several times in a one-semester algorithms course that meets three hours per week. The prerequisite include courses in college algebra, discrete structures, and data structures. In an ideal situation, the students remember the material in the mathematics prerequisites sufficiently well for them to be able to review Appendixes A and B on their own. However, we have found it necessary to review most of the material in these appendixes. Given this need, we cover the material in the following order: - [Appendix A](LiB0093.html#1281): All - [Chapter 1](LiB0008.html#16): All - [Appendix B](LiB0102.html#1369): All - [Chapter 2](LiB0014.html#141): [Sections 2.1](LiB0015.html#145)–[2.5](LiB0019.html#193), [2.8](LiB0022.html#234) - [Chapter 3](LiB0024.html#252): [Sections 3.1](LiB0025.html#256)–[3.4](LiB0028.html#290), [3.6](LiB0030.html#331) - [Chapter 4](LiB0032.html#359): [Sections 4.1](LiB0033.html#366), [4.2](LiB0034.html#399), [4.4](LiB0036.html#427) - [Chapter 5](LiB0039.html#471): [Sections 5.1](LiB0039.html#474), [5.2](LiB0040.html#488), [5.4](LiB0042.html#507), [5.6](LiB0044.html#530), [5.7](LiB0045.html#537) - [Chapter 6](LiB0047.html#565): [Sections 6.1](LiB0048.html#571), [6.2](LiB0049.html#591) - [Chapter 7](LiB0052.html#627): [Sections 7.1](LiB0052.html#630)–[7.5](LiB0056.html#665), [7.7](LiB0060.html#697), [7.8.1](LiB0062.html#703), [7.8.2](LiB0063.html#711), [7.9](LiB0065.html#733) - [Chapter 8](LiB0067.html#759): [Sections 8.1.1](LiB0068.html#768), [8.5.1](LiB0072.html#820), [8.5.2](LiB0072.html#825) - [Chapter 9](LiB0074.html#880): Brief introduction to the concepts. [Chapters 2](LiB0014.html#141)–[6](LiB0047.html#565) contain several sections, each solving a problem using the design method presented in the chapter. We cover the ones of most interest to us, but you are free to choose any of the sections. If your students are able to review the appendixes on their own, you should be able to cover all of [Chapter 9](LiB0074.html#880). Although you still may not be able to cover any of [Chapters 10](LiB0080.html#989) and [11](LiB0089.html#1224), this material is quite accessible once students have studied the first nine chapters. Interested students should be able to read it independently.