CS 10: The Beauty and Joy of Computing

UC Berkeley, Spring 2025

A gentle but thorough introduction to computer science.

Instructor: Teaching Professor Dan Garcia
Instructor’s OH: Wednesday 3-4PM @ Soda-777
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1-2 PM @ Anthropology and Art Practice Building, Room 160
Labs: Tuesday, Thursday 3-5 @ Soda Hall, Room 430-438 (The Woz)
Discussion: Thurs 6-7 PM @ Evans Hall, Room 60
OH Queue: oh.cs10.org

CS10 Calendar

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Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 1	Mon 1/20	NO CLASS (Holiday)
	Tue 1/21				Presemester Survey Released Due (1/31)
	Wed 1/22	Lec 1. Logistics + Abstraction (Recording 1) (Slides 1) (Lecture Quiz 1)
	Thu 1/23		Lab 1. Welcome to Snap!	Disc 1. Welcome to CS10!
	Fri 1/24	Talk 1: Ask Me Anything (Recording: Talk 1) (Slides: Talk 1)

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 2	Mon 1/27	Lec 2. Functions + Conditional Logic (Recording 2) (Slides 2) (Lecture Quiz 2)			Proj 1: Worldle Released Due (2/05)
	Tue 1/28		Lab 2. Build Your Own Blocks
	Wed 1/29	Lec 3. Numbers + Abstraction (Recording 3) (Slides 3) (Lecture Quiz 3)
	Thu 1/30		Lab 3. Conditionals, Reporters, Testing	Disc 2. Numeral Rep + Conditionals	Reading: Week 2 Due
	Fri 1/31	Talk 2: Predicates, Truth Tables, Conversions (Recording: Talk 2) (Slides: Talk 2)

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 3	Mon 2/3	Lec 4. Iteration (Recording 4) (Slides 4) (Lecture Quiz 4)
	Tue 2/04		Lab 4. Iteration
	Wed 2/05	Lec 5. Scope, Lists, HOFs (Recording 5) (Slides 5) (Lecture Quiz 5)			Proj 1: Worldle Due
	Thu 2/06		Lab 5. Lists + HOFs	Disc 3. Data-types, Domain / Range, Scoping, Lists	Reading: Week 3 Due
	Fri 2/07	Talk 3: Quest Preview (Recording 5) (Slides 5)			Quest 1

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 4	Mon 2/10	Lec 6. Algorithmic Complexity (Recording 6) (Slides 6) (Lecture Quiz 6)			Proj 2: Spelling Bee Released (Due 2/24)
	Tue 2/11		Lab 5. Algorithms
	Wed 2/12	Lec 7. Algorithmic Complexity (Recording 7) (Slides 7) (Lecture Quiz 7)
	Thu 2/13		Lab 6. Algorithmic Complexity	Disc 4. HOFs + Algorithmic Complexity	Reading: Week 4 Due
	Fri 2/14	Talk 4. Quest 1 Review (No Recording) (No Slides)			Quest 2

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 5	Mon 2/17	NO CLASS (Holiday)
	Tue 2/18		Lab 8. Nested Lists + Boards
	Wed 2/19	Lec 8. Recursion (Functional) (Recording 8) (Slides 8) (Lecture Quiz 8) (L8: Recursion Code)
	Thu 2/20		Catch-up Session (attendance not required)	Disc 5. Nested Lists + Recursion	Reading: Week 5 Due
	Fri 2/21	Talk 5: Quest 2 Review (No Recording) (No Slides)			Quest 3

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 6	Mon 2/24	Lec 9. Recursion II (Fractals) (Recording 9) (Slides 9) (Lecture Quiz 9) (L9: Recursion Code)			Proj 2: Spelling Bee Due
	Tue 2/25		Lab 9. Trees & Fractals
	Wed 2/26	Lec 10. Recursion III (Tree Recursion) (Recording 10) (Slides 10) (Lecture Quiz 10) (L10: Recursion Code)
	Thu 2/27		Lab 10. Recursive Reporters	Disc 6. More Recursion! (online only)	Reading: Week 6 Due
	Fri 2/28	Talk 6. Recursion I (Recording: Talk 6) (Slides: Talk 6) (Code: Talk 6)

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 7	Mon 3/03	Lec 11. Testing, Debugging, 2048 (Recording 11) (Slides 11) (Lecture Quiz 11)			Proj 3: 2048 Released (Due 3/17)
	Tue 3/04		Lab 11. Testing + 2048
	Wed 3/05	Lec 12. Higher-Order Functions (Recording 12) (Slides 12) (Lecture Quiz 12)
	Thu 3/06		Lab 12: Functions as Data, HOFs	Disc 7. HOFs, Lambdas, Debugging	Reading: Week 7 Due
	Fri 3/07	Talk 7. Recursion II (Recording: Talk 7) (Slides: Talk 7)

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Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 8	Mon 3/10	Lec 13. Dr. Kathy Yelick - Saving the World with Computing (Recording 13) (Slides 13) (Lecture Quiz 13)
	Tue 3/11		Practice Midterm: without Snap!
	Wed 3/12	Lec 14. Computing in Education (Recording 14) (Slides 14) (Lecture Quiz 14)
	Thu 3/13		Practice Midterm: with Snap! (Fractal)	Disc 8. Midterm Practice
	Fri 3/14	Talk 8. Midterm Preview (Recording: Talk 8) (Slides: Talk 8)			Midterm 1

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 9	Mon 3/17	Lec 15. Programming Paradigms (Recording 15) (Slides 15) (Lecture Quiz 15)			Proj 3: 2048 Due Proj 4: Tech in Context Released (Due 3/31)
	Tue 3/18		Catchup Session (no attendance required)
	Wed 3/19	Lec 16. OOP in Snap! (Recording 16) (Slides 16) (Lecture Quiz 16)
	Thu 3/20		Lab 13. OOP in Snap!	Disc 9. OOP, Clones, Events	Reading: Week 9 Due
	Fri 3/21	Talk 9: Midterm 1 Review (No Recording) (No Slides)			Midterm 2

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 10	Mon 3/24	NO CLASS (Holiday)
	Tue 3/25	NO CLASS (Holiday)
	Wed 3/26	NO CLASS (Holiday)
	Thu 3/27	NO CLASS (Holiday)
	Fri 3/28	NO CLASS (Holiday)

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 11	Mon 3/31	Lec 17. Intro to Python (Recording 17) (Slides 17) (Lecture Quiz 17)			Proj 4: Tech in Context Due
	Tue 4/01		Lab 14. Intro to Python
	Wed 4/02	Lec 18. Data Types & Structures in Python (Recording 18) (Slides 18) (Lecture Quiz 18)			Proj 6: Final Project Proposals Released (Due 4/7)
	Thu 4/03		Lab 15. Data Structures in Python	Disc 11: Project 4 Presentations	Reading: Week 11 Due
	Fri 4/04	Talk 11: Midterm 2 Review (No Recording)</a> (No Slides)</a>			Midterm 3

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 12	Mon 4/7	Lec 19. Concurrency (Recording 19) (Slides 19) (Lecture Quiz 19)			Proj 6: Final Project Proposals Due
	Tue 4/8		Lab 16. Concurrency + Parallelism		Final Project Proposal Meetings
	Wed 4/9	Lec 20. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) (Recording 20) (Slides 20) (Lecture Quiz 20)			Final Project Proposal Meetings
	Thu 4/10		Practice Postterm (coding and non-coding)	Disc 12: Data Structures in Python	Final Project Proposal Meetings Reading: Week 12 Due
	Fri 4/11	Talk 12. Python Live Coding (Recording: Talk 12) (Slides: Talk 12) (Code Demo: Talk 12)			Proj 4: Feedback + Comments Due Proj 4: Makeup Presentations Due

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 13	Mon 4/14	Lec 21. Generative AI (Recording 21) (Slides 21) (Lecture Quiz 21)
	Tue 4/15		Lab 17: Text Processing in Python
	Wed 4/16	Lec 22. Ethics in AI (Recording 22) (Slides 22) (Lecture Quiz 22)
	Thu 4/17		Lab 20. Data Science	Disc 13: Concurrency + Postterm Practice	Reading: Week 13 Due
	Fri 4/18	Talk 13. Postterm Preview (Recording: Talk 13) (Slides: Talk 13)			Postterm 1

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 14	Mon 4/21	Lec 23. Tree Recursion & Game Theory (Recording 25) (Slides 25) (Lecture Quiz 25)
	Tue 4/22		Catchup Session (no attendance required)
	Week 14	Wed 4/23	Lec 24. OOP in Python (Recording 24) (Slides 24) (Lecture Quiz 24)
		Week 14	Thu 4/24		Postterm Practice (no attendance required)	Disc 14. Postterm Practice	Reading: Week 14 Due
			Week 14	Fri 4/25	Talk 14. Postterm 1 Review (No Recording) (No Slides)			Postterm 2

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 15	Mon 4/28	Lec 25. Alumni Panel (Recording 25) (Slides 25) (Lecture Quiz 25)
	Tue 4/29		Project 6 Party (no attendance required)
	Wed 4/30	Lec 27. Conclusion + Farewell (Recording 27) (Slides 27) (Lecture Quiz 27)
	Thu 5/1		Project 6 Party (no attendance required)	Disc 15: Conceptual Review + Ask Me Anything	Reading: Week 15 Due
	Fri 5/2	Talk 15. Postterm 2 Review (No Recording) (No Slides)			Postterm 3

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 16	Mon 5/5	NO CLASS (RRR Week)			Proj 6: Final Project Due
	Tue 5/6	NO CLASS (RRR Week)
	Wed 5/7	NO CLASS (RRR Week)
	Thu 5/8	NO CLASS (RRR Week)
	Fri 5/9	NO CLASS (RRR Week)

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 17	Mon 5/12	NO CLASS (Finals Week)
	Tue 5/13	NO CLASS (Finals Week)
	Wed 5/14	NO CLASS (Finals Week)
	Thu 5/15	NO CLASS (Finals Week)
	Fri 5/16	NO CLASS (Finals Week)