Course Calendar

Week 1 (Aug 25 - Aug 29)

Lecture: Mon — Functions slides | recording; Wed 9/1 – Numbers and Abstraction slides | recording
Lab: Mon/Tues — Build Your Own Blocks; Wed/Thurs — Conditionals, Reporters & Testing
Disc: Fri — Number Rep, Booleans, and Conditions | worksheet | solutions
Project: Project 1 is released! spec (due Wed 9/8)
Reading: Learning to Code (quiz due Friday at midnight) link to quiz

Lecture: Mon 9/6 is a Holiday; Wed — Lists, Scoping, and HOFs slides | recording
Lab: Tues/Wed — Lists and HOFs; Thurs/Mon — Algorithms
Disc: Fri — Domain and Range, HOFs, Scoping | worksheet | solution
Project: Tues — Project Party; Wed — Proj1 due; Proj2 is released! spec
Reading: Introduction to Abstraction

Lecture: Mon — Algorithms slides | recording; Wed — Algorithmic Complexity slides | recording
Exam: Tues — Quest
Lab: Mon — Algorithms; Wed/Thurs — Work Session
Disc: Fri — Algorithms and Quest Rehash worksheet | solutions
Project: Project 2 spec; Thurs — Project 2 Party
Reading: What is an Algorithm?; How Algorithms Shape Our World; Algorithms are Great and All, But They Can Also Ruin Lives; quiz due Friday by midnight

Lecture: Mon — Social Implications of Computing I slides | recording; Wed — Testing and 2048 slides | recording
Lab: Mon/Tues — Algorithmic Complexity; Wed/Thurs — Testing & Project 3
Disc: Fri - Algorithmic Complexity worksheet | solutions
Project: Tues — Project 2 due spec; Wed — Project 3 is released! spec
Reading: Gordon Moore Reflects on 50 Years of Moore’s Law; E-Waste Republic; quiz due Friday by midnight

Lecture: Mon — Recursion I slides | recording; Wed — Recursion II slides | recording
Lab: Mon/Tues — Boards; Wed/Thurs — Trees and Fractals
Disc: Fri — Intro to Recursion worksheet | solutions
Project: Project 3 spec
Reading: Blown to Bits: Chapter 1; Big O Notation — Simply explained; quiz due Friday by midnight

Lecture: Mon — Social Implications of Computing II Samhita’s slides | Hug’s slides | recording; Wed — Recursion III slides | recording pt.1 recording pt.2
Lab: Mon/Tues — Recursive Reporters; Wed/Thurs — Project 3 Work Session
Disc: Fri — Recursion II worksheet | solutions
Project: Mon/Tues — Project 3 Parties!; Thurs — Proj 3 due
Reading: Connected, but alone?

Lec: Mon — Procedures as Data - Higher Order Procedures slides | recording; Wed — Programming Paradigms slides | recording
Lab: Mon/Tues — Functions as Data, HOFs; Wed/Thurs — Midterm Work Session
Disc: Midterm Review Session worksheet | solutions
Project: Proj 4 is released spec
Reading: Addicted to Apps; How App Developers Keep Us Addicted To Our Smartphones

Lecture: Mon — Python: Built-in Types, Data Structures slides | recording; Wed — Python III: OOP in Python slides | recording
Lab: Mon/Tues — Data Structures in Python; Wed/Thurs — OOP in Python
Disc: Fri — List Comprehensions and Dictionaries worksheet | solutions
Project: Mon — Proj5 released spec; Wed — Final Project Proposal released spec; Fri — Final Project TECH spec released spec
Reading: Why Python is a Great First Language

Lecture: Mon — Python IV: HOFs slides | recording; Wed — Social Implications of Computing III slides
Lab: Mon/Tues — Text Processing in Python; Wed/Thurs — Work Session
Disc: Fri — Object-Oriented Programming worksheet | solution | Asynchronous Discussion
Project: Project 5 spec; Final Project Proposal proposal spec; Final Project technical spec
Reading: StarCraft II-playing AI AlphaStar takes out pros undefeated

Lecture: Mon — Python V - Managing Complexity slides | recording; Wed — Python VI - Data Science notebook and data | recording
Lab: Mon/Tues — Data Science; Wed/Thurs — NO LAB
Disc: Fri — Python HOFs, Lambdas, Tree Recursion worksheet | solutions
Project: Mon/Tues — Final Project Proposal Reviews (in lab)
Reading: What is Data Science?; How to Start Thinking Like a Data Scientist; Spurious Correlations

Lecture: Mon — AI slides | video; Wed — Conclusion and Farewell slides | video
Lab: Mon/Tues — Work Session; Wed/Thurs — Work Session
Disc: Fri — Final Review and Farewell worksheet | solutions | Getting Involved in CS Slides
Project: Tues — Final Project Party 5-8pm Discord and Cory 540AB; Wed — Final Project due proposal spec | technical spec
Reading: NO READING