The class text is Crafting a Compiler, (Charles N. Fischer, Ron Cytron and Richard J. LeBlanc Jr.)
The following reading assignments have been made so far.
| Lecture | Date | Reading Assignment | |
| 1 | January 20 | Chapters 1 and 2 | |
| 5 | January 27 | Chapter 3 | |
| 6 | February 24 | Chapter 4 | |
| 8 | March 10 | Chapter 5 | |
| 9 | March 17 | Sections 6.1 to 6.5.1 | |
| 10 | March 24 | Chapter 8 | |
| 11 | April 7 | Chapter 9 and 12 |