Schedule
Below is the tentative course schedule for the term. The “tentative” is key since the schedule will almost certainly change throughout the term.
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| Tue: 02/02 |
Introduction to CS
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| Thu: 02/04 |
Getting Started with Python
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Reading: The Way of the Program |
Due: Assignment 1 |
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| Week 2 | |||||
| Tue: 02/09 |
Basic Types and Operations
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Reading: Variables, Expressions and Statements |
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| Thu: 02/11 |
Numeric Operations and Pair Programming
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Reading: Using Built-in Functions How Pair Programming Really Works |
Due: Assignment 2 |
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| Week 3 | |||||
| Tue: 02/16 |
Graphics
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Reading: Installing Graphics in Thonny Graphics Reference |
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| Thu: 02/18 |
Graphics, Continued
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Reading: Graphics Reference |
Due: Assignment 3 |
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| Week 4 | |||||
| Tue: 02/23 |
Defining Functions
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Reading: Functions |
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| Thu: 02/25 |
Documentating Functions
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Reading: Documenting Python Code (Skip Documenting Your Python Projects) |
Due: Exam 1 |
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| Week 5 | |||||
| Tue: 03/02 |
Conditionals
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Reading: Conditionals |
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| Thu: 03/04 |
Loops
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Reading: Iteration |
Due: Assignment 4 |
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| Week 6 | |||||
| Tue: 03/09 |
Strings
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Reading: Strings |
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| Thu: 03/11 |
String Processing
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Reading: Case Study: Word Play |
Due: Assignment 5 |
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| Week 7 | |||||
| Tue: 03/16 |
Lists
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Reading: Lists |
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| Thu: 03/18 |
Debugging
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Reading: Debugging |
Due: Exam 2 |
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| Week 8 | |||||
| Tue: 03/23 |
Pause for Breath
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| Thu: 03/25 |
Image Processing
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| Week 9 | |||||
| Tue: 03/30 |
Dictionaries
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Reading: Dictionaries |
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| Thu: 04/01 |
Tuples
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Reading: Tuples |
Due: Assignment 6 |
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| Week 10 | |||||
| Tue: 04/06 |
Data Structure Selection
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Reading: Case Study: Data Structure Selection |
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| Thu: 04/08 |
Pause for Breath
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Due: Extra Credit Assignment |
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| Week 11 | |||||
| Tue: 04/13 |
Classes
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Reading: Zelle §§10.1–10.3 |
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| Thu: 04/15 |
Classes, Continued
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Due: Assignment 7 |
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| Week 12 | |||||
| Tue: 04/20 |
Searching and Recursion
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Reading: Zelle §§13.1–13.2 |
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| Thu: 04/22 |
Recursion, Continued
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Due: Project Proposal |
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| Week 13 | |||||
| Tue: 04/27 |
Selection Sort
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Reading: Zelle §13.3.1 |
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| Thu: 04/29 |
Merge Sort
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Reading: Zelle §§13.3.2–13.3.3 |
Due: Exam 3 |
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| Week 14 | |||||
| Tue: 05/04 |
Project Work Day
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| Thu: 05/06 |
Hard Problems
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Reading: Zelle §13.4 |
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| Final Evaluation Week | |||||
| TBD | Final Project Demos | ||||
| Fri: 05/14 |
Due: Final Project |
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