CS 10: The Beauty and Joy of Computing

Name: CS10 The Beauty and Joy of Computing
Author: Victoria Phelps

UC Berkeley, Fall 2024

A gentle but thorough introduction to computer science.

Instructor: Teaching Professor Dan Garcia
Instructor’s OH: Friday 1-2PM @ Soda-777
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday 1-2 PM @ Hearst Field Annex, Room A1
Labs: Monday, Wednesday 5-7 PM or 7-9 PM @ Moffitt Library, Room 145
Discussion: Thurs 7-9 PM @ Anthropology and Art Practice Building, Room 160
OH Queue: oh.cs10.org

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Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 1	Mon 8/26
	Tue 8/27	Lec 1. Logistics + Abstraction (Recording 1) (Slides 1) (Lecture Quiz 1)			Presemester Survey Released Due (08/30)
	Wed 8/28	Lec 2. Functions + Conditional Logic (Recording 2) (Slides 2) (Lecture Quiz 2)	Lab 1. Welcome to Snap!
	Thu 8/29			Disc 1. Welcome to Snap!
	Fri 8/30

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 2	Mon 9/2	NO CLASS (Holiday)
	Tue 9/3				Proj 1: Worldle Released Due (9/12)
	Wed 9/4	Lec 3. Numbers + Abstraction (Recording 3) (Slides 3) (Lecture Quiz 3)	Lab 2. Build Your Own Blocks
	Thu 9/5			Disc 2. Number Rep + Conditionals	Reading: Week 2 Due
	Fri 9/6

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 3	Mon 9/9	Lec 4. List, Scope, + HOFs (Recording 4) (Slides 4) (Lecture Quiz 4)	Lab 3. Conditionals, Reporters, Testing
	Tue 9/10				Proj 1: Worldle Due
	Wed 9/11	Lec 5. Algorithms (Recording 5) (Slides 5) (Lecture Quiz 5)	Lab 4. Lists + HOFs
	Thu 9/12			Disc 3. Data-types, Domain / Range, Scoping, Lists	Reading: Week 3 Due Proj 2: Worldle Released (due 9/26)
	Fri 9/13

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 4	Mon 9/16	Lec 6. Algorithmic Complexity (Recording 6) (Slides 6) (Lecture Quiz 6)	Lab 5. Algorithms
	Tue 9/10
	Wed 9/18	Lec 7. Quest Review (Recording 7) (Lecture Quiz 7)	Lab 6. Algorithmic Complexity
	Thu 9/19			Disc 4. HOFs + Quest Review	Reading: Week 4 Due
	Fri 9/20				Quest (from Sat to Sun)

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 5	Mon 9/23	Lec 8. Testing + 2048 (Recording 8) (Slides 8) (Lecture Quiz 8)	Lab 7. Testing + Proj 3
	Tue 9/24
	Wed 9/25	Lec 9. Social Implications of Computing: Computers in Education (Recording 9) (Slides 9) (Lecture Quiz 9)	No Lab Assignment: Project Party 2 during lab
	Thu 9/26			Disc 5. Algorithms	Reading: Week 5 Due Proj 2 Due
	Fri 9/27				Quest Retake

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 6	Mon 9/30	Lec 10. Recursion I (Functional) (Recording 10) (Slides 10) (Lecture Quiz 10)	Lab 8. Boards
	Tue 10/1				Proj 3 Released (due 10/10)
	Wed 10/2	Lec 11. Recursion II (Fractals) (Recording 11) (Slides 11) (Lecture Quiz 11) (Recursion Code)	Lab 9. Trees & Fractals
	Thu 10/3			Disc 6. Recursion	Reading: Week 6 Due
	Fri 10/4				Quest Retake

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 7	Mon 10/7	Lec 12. Dr. Kathy Yelick - Saving the World with Computing (Recording 12) (Slides 12) (Lecture Quiz 12)	Proj 3 Party (no new lab)
	Tue 10/8
	Wed 10/9	Lec 13. Tree Recursion (Count Change) (Recording 13) (Slides 13) (Lecture Quiz 13) (Tree Recursion Code)	Lab 10: Recursive Reporters
	Thu 10/10			Disc 7. Tree Recursion	Reading: Week 7 Due Proj 3 Due Project 4 Released (due 10/16)
	Fri 10/10				Quest Retake

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 8	Mon 10/14	Lec 14. Higher-Order Functions (Recording 14) (Slides 14) (Lecture Quiz 14)	Lab 11: HOFs and Functions as Data
	Tue 10/15
	Wed 10/16	Lec 15. Programming Paradigms (Recording 15) (Slides 15) (Lecture Quiz 15) (Lec 15. Code)	Midterm Review + Practice Midterm Practice Midterm Practice Fractal		Proj 4 Due
	Thu 10/17			Disc 8. Proj 4 Presentations	Reading: Week 8 Due
	Fri 10/18				Midterm

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 9	Mon 10/21	Lec 16. Intro to Python (Recording 16) (Slides 16) (Lecture Quiz 16)	Lab 12. Welcome to Python
	Tue 10/22
	Wed 10/23	Lec 17. Data Types & Structures (Python II) (Recording 17) (Slides 17) (Lecture Quiz 17)	Lab 13. Data Structures in Python		Final Proj Released
	Thu 10/24			Disc 9. Intro to Python	Reading: Week 9 Due
	Fri 10/25				Midterm Retake

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 10	Mon 10/28	Lec 18. Linear Recursion (Python III) (Recording 18) (Slides 18) (Lecture Quiz 18)	Lab 14. Linear Recursion
	Tue 10/29
	Wed 10/30	Lec 19. Tree Recursion & Game Theory (Python IV) (Recording 19) (Slides 19) (Lecture Quiz 19)	Lab 15. Tree Recursion		Final Proj Prosposal Due
	Thu 10/31			Disc 10. List Comprehension + Dictionaries	Reading: Week 10 Due
	Fri 11/1				Midterm Retake Proj 5: Pyturis released (due 11/14)

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 11	Mon 11/4	Lec 20. OOP (Python V) (Recording 20) (Slides 20) (Demo Code) (Lecture Quiz 20)	Lab 16. OOP in Python		Proj 6: Final Project
	Tue 11/5
	Wed 11/6	Lec 21. HOFs in Python (Python VI) (Recording 21) (Slides 21) (Lecture Quiz 21)	Lab 17. Text Processing in Python
	Thu 11/7			Disc 11: OOP + Python HOFs	Proj 6: Final Project (due 12/6) Reading: Week 11 Due
	Fri 11/8				Midterm Retake

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 12	Mon 11/11	NO CLASS (Holiday)
	Tue 11/12				Proj 5 Due
	Wed 11/13	Lec 22. Concurrency + Parallelism (Recording 22) (Slides 22) (Lecture Quiz 22)	Lab 18. Concurrency + Parallelism
	Thu 11/14			Disc 12: Concurrency + Review	Reading: Week 12 Due
	Fri 11/15				Postterm

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 13	Mon 11/18	Lec 23. Generative AI (Recording 23) (Slides 23) (Lecture Quiz 23)	Catch Up + PostTerm Practice (No New Lab)
	Tue 11/19
	Wed 11/20	Lec 24. Ethics in AI (Recording 24) (Slides 24) (Lecture Quiz 24)	Lab 20. Data Science
	Thu 11/21			Disc 13: Review	Reading: Week 13 Due
	Fri 11/22				Postterm Retake

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab
Week 14	Mon 11/25	Lec 25. Human-computer Interaction (HCI) - Guest (Recording 25) (Slides 25) (Lecture Quiz 25)	Final Proj Party
	Tue 11/26
	Wed 11/27	NO CLASS (Holiday)
	Thu 11/28	NO CLASS (Holiday)
	Fri 11/29	NO CLASS (Holiday)

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment
Week 15	Mon 12/2	Lec 26. Alumni Panel (Recording 26) (Slides 26) (Lecture Quiz 26)	Final Proj Party
	Tue 12/3
	Wed 12/4	Lec 27. Conclusion + Farewell (Recording 27) (Slides 27) (Lecture Quiz 27)	Practice Postterm
	Thu 12/5			Disc 14: Review	Reading: Week 15 Due
	Fri 12/6				Final Proj Due Postterm Retake

Week	Date	Lecture	Assignment
Week 16	Mon 12/9	NO CLASS (RRR Week)	Postterm Retake
	Tue 12/10	NO CLASS (RRR Week)	Postterm Retake
	Wed 12/11	NO CLASS (RRR Week)	Postterm Retake
	Thu 12/12	NO CLASS (RRR Week)	Postterm Retake
	Fri 12/13	NO CLASS (RRR Week)	Postterm Retake

Week	Date	Lecture	Assignment
Week 17	Mon 12/16	NO CLASS (Finals Week)	Postterm Retake
	Tue 12/17	NO CLASS (Finals Week)	Postterm Retake
	Wed 12/18	NO CLASS (Finals Week)	Postterm Retake
	Thu 12/19	NO CLASS (Finals Week)	Postterm Retake
	Fri 12/20	NO CLASS (Finals Week)	Postterm Retake