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 19 | Chapters 1 and 2 | |
| 4 | February 16 | Chapter 3 | |
| 6 | March 1 | Chapter 4 | |
| 8 | March 15 | Chapter 5 | |
| 9 | March 22 | Sections 6.1 to 6.5.1 | |
| 10 | March 29 | Chapter 8 | |
| 12 | April 12 | Chapter 9 and 12 |