Calendar
This page gives you a high level overview of the what the course will cover. Of course, the
lectures are subject to change; this page will be updated as changes are made.
For a more detailed breakdown of each of the events, as well as class handounts, you should refer
to the
outline of lectures page.
| Week |
Date |
Event |
Topic |
Reading |
| 1 |
|
Lab 0 |
Getting Started |
|
| 23 Aug |
Lecture 1 |
Types and Expressions |
Chapter 1; Section 2.1 |
| 2 |
28 Aug |
Lecture 2 |
Variables and Assignments |
Sections 2.2-2.9 |
|
Lab 1 |
Expressions and Assignments |
|
| 30 Aug |
Lecture 3 |
Functions and Modules |
Sections 3.1-3.3 |
| 3 |
4 Sep |
Lecture 4 |
Defining Functions |
Chapter 3, Sections 6.1-6.3 |
|
Lab 2 |
Functions and Modules |
|
| 6 Sep |
Lecture 5 |
Strings |
Sections 8.1-8.2, 8.5, 8.8 |
| 4 |
11 Sep |
Lecture 6 |
Specifications and Testing |
Docstrings in Python |
|
Lab 3 |
Strings and Testing |
|
| 13 Sep |
Lecture 7 |
Conditionals and Control Flow |
Sections 5.1-5.7 |
| 5 |
18 Sep |
Lecture 8 |
Algorithm Design |
Section 6.2 |
|
Lab 4 |
Debugging |
|
| 20 Sep |
Lecture 9 |
Objects |
|
| 6 |
25 Sep |
Lecture 10 |
Memory in Python |
|
|
Lab 5 |
Objects & Conditionals |
|
| 27 Sep |
Lecture 11 |
Asserts and Error Handling |
Appendix A |
| 7 |
2 Oct |
Lecture 12 |
Lists (and Sequences) |
Sections 10.1-10.2 and 10.4-10.6 |
|
Lab 6 |
Asserts & Lists |
|
| 4 Oct |
Lecture 13 |
For-Loops |
Sections 8.3, 8.7, Chapter 10 |
| 8 |
9 Oct |
|
FALL BREAK |
|
| 11 Oct |
Lecture 14 |
Recursion |
Section 5.8-5.10 |
Prelim 1 |
Up to Lecture 12 |
|
| 9 |
16 Oct |
Lecture 15 |
More on Recursion |
Sections 6.5-6.9 |
|
Lab 7 |
Recursion Exercises |
|
| 18 Oct |
Lecture 16 |
Nested Lists and Dictionaries |
Chapter 11 |
| 10 |
23 Oct |
Lecture 17 |
Classes |
Chapters 15, 16 |
|
Lab 8 |
Lists & Dictionaries |
|
| 25 Oct |
Lecture 18 |
Using Classes Effectively |
Chapter 17 |
| 11 |
30 Oct |
Lecture 19 |
Inheritance |
Chapter 18 |
|
Lab 9 |
Card Games |
|
| 1 Nov |
Lecture 20 |
Operators and Abstraction |
|
| 12 |
6 Nov |
Lecture 21 |
Programming with Subclasses |
Exceptions in Python |
|
Lab 10 |
Exceptions and Typing |
|
| 8 Nov |
Lecture 22 |
While Loops |
Chapter 7 |
Prelim 2 |
Lectures 13 through 20 |
|
| 13 |
13 Nov |
Lecture 23 |
Loop Invariants |
Loop Invariants |
|
Lab 11 |
Loop Invariants |
|
| 15 Nov |
Lecture 24 |
GUI Applications |
|
| 14 |
20 Nov |
Lecture 25 |
Sequence Algorithms |
Loop Invariants |
| 22 Nov |
|
THANKSGIVING |
|
| 14 |
27 Nov |
Lecture 26 |
Sequence Algorithms (cont) |
|
|
Lab 12 |
Sequence Algorithms |
|
| 29 Nov |
Lecture 27 |
Searching and Sorting |
Appendix B.1-B.3 |
| 15 |
4 Dec |
Lecture 28 |
Course Wrap-Up |
|
| 10 Dec |
Final Exam |
All Lectures |
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