CS 10: The Beauty and Joy of Computing

UC Berkeley, Fall 2026

A gentle but thorough introduction to computer science.

Announcements: Wednesday, August 26

• Welcome to CS10! 🎉

Instructor: Teaching Professor Dan Garcia
Instructor’s OH: TBD
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday @ 1–2 PM in Physics 4
Discussion 801: Friday @ 3–4 PM in AAPB 160
Discussion 802: Friday @ 4–5 PM in AAPB 160
Lab 801L: Monday, Wednesday @ 4–6 PM in SOCS 110
Lab 802L: Tuesday, Thursday @ 5–7 PM in Wheeler 212
OH Queue: oh.cs10.org

CS10 Calendar

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Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 1	Mon 8/24	No class
	Tue 8/25	No class
	Wed 8/26	Lec 1. Welcome + Abstraction (Video) (Slides)	Lab 1. Welcome to Snap!
	Thu 8/27
	Fri 8/28	Talk 1. Fun "Ask me anything", abstraction, using Snap! (Video)		Disc 1. Welcome to CS 10!

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 2	Mon 8/31	Lec 2. Functions (Video) (Slides)	Lab 2. Build Your Own Blocks
	Tue 9/1
	Wed 9/2	Lec 3. Abstraction II (Video) (Slides)	Lab 3. Conditionals, Reporters, & Testing
	Thu 9/3
	Fri 9/4	Talk 2. Making functions (Video)		Disc 2. Number Rep & Control Structures	Proj 1: Wordle™ Lite Released

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 3	Mon 9/7	No class (holiday)
	Tue 9/8		No Lab
	Wed 9/9	Lec 4. Computing in Education (Video) (Slides)	Project 1 Party
	Thu 9/10
	Fri 9/11	Talk 3. All Quest practice except for Iteration, Boolean, HOF (Video)		Disc 3. Domain/Range, Scoping, Iteration, Lists

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 4	Mon 9/14	Lec 5. Iteration (Video) (Slides)	Lab 4. Iteration
	Tue 9/15
	Wed 9/16	Lec 6. Lists, Scoping, & HOFs (Video) (Slides)	Lab 5. Lists & HOFs		Proj 1 Due
	Thu 9/17
	Fri 9/18	Talk 4. (Practice Quest) Booleans + Iteration (Video)		Disc. 4: HOFs + Iteration

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 5	Mon 9/21	Lec 7. Higher-Order Functions (Video) (Slides)	Lab 6. Functions as Data, HOFs		Proj 2: Spelling Bee Released
	Tue 9/22
	Wed 9/23	Lec 8. Social Implications of Computing: Privacy (Video) (Slides)	Catch-up (optional)
	Thu 9/24
	Fri 9/25	Talk 5. Quest 1 Preview (Video)		Disc. 5 HOFs + Quest Review	QUEST 1

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 6	Mon 9/28	Lec 9. Algorithms (Video) (Slides)	Lab 7. Algorithms
	Tue 9/29
	Wed 9/30	Lec 10. Testing + 2048 (Video) (Slides)	Lab 8. Testing + 2048
	Thu 10/1
	Fri 10/2	Talk 6. Quest 1 Review (Video)		Disc 6. HOFs, Lambdas, Debugging	Proj 2 Due QUEST 2

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 7	Mon 10/5	Lec 11. Recursion I (Functional) (Video) (Slides)	Lab 9. Boards		Proj 3: 2048 Released
	Tue 10/6
	Wed 10/7	Lec 12. Recursion II (Fractals) (Video) (Slides)	Lab 10. Trees & Fractals
	Thu 10/8
	Fri 10/9	Talk 7. Quest 2 Review (Video)		Disc 7. Recursion I	QUEST 3

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 8	Mon 10/12	Lec 13. Recursion III (Count Change) (Video) (Slides)	Lab 11. Recursive Reporters
	Tue 10/13
	Wed 10/14	Lec 14. Algorithmic Complexity (Video) (Slides)	Lab 12. Algorithmic Complexity
	Thu 10/15
	Fri 10/16	Talk 8. Recursion III (Video)		Disc 8. Algorithmic Complexity + Tree Recursion

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 9	Mon 10/19	Lec 15. Kathy Yelick "Saving the World with Computing" (Video) (Slides)	Practice Midterm (no code)		Proj 3: Due
	Tue 10/20
	Wed 10/21	Lec 16. HCI (Tim Aveni) (Video) (Slides)	Practice Midterm (fractal)		Proj 4: Explore Released
	Thu 10/22
	Fri 10/23	Talk 9. Midterm 1 Preview (Video)		Disc 9. Midterm Preview	MIDTERM 1

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 10	Mon 10/26	Lec 17. Concurrency (Video) (Slides)	Lab 13. Concurrency
	Tue 10/27
	Wed 10/28	Lec 18. OOP in Snap! (Video) (Slides)	Lab 14. OOP in Snap!		Proj 4 Due
	Thu 10/29
	Fri 10/30	Talk 10. Midterm 2 Review (Video)		Disc 10. Proj 4 Presentations	Final Projects Released MIDTERM 2

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 11	Mon 11/2	Lec 19. Python I - Intro (Video) (Slides)	Lab 15. Welcome to Python
	Tue 11/3
	Wed 11/4	Lec 20. Python II - Data Types & Structures (Video) (Slides)	Lab 16. Lists and Mutability
	Thu 11/5
	Fri 11/6	Talk 11. Midterm 3 Review (Video)		Disc 11: Welcome to Python	Proj 4 Comments Due Proj 4 Makeup Presentations Due Final Project Proposals Due MIDTERM 3

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 12	Mon 11/9	Lec 21. Programming Paradigms (Video) (Slides)	Lab 17. Data Structures in Python		Final Project Meetings
	Tue 11/10				Final Project Meetings
	Wed 11/11	No class (holiday)
	Thu 11/12		Lab 18. Text Processing in Python		Final Project Meetings
	Fri 11/13	Talk 12. Python live coding (Video)		Disc 12: Data Structures in Python + Concurrency	Final Project Meetings Project 4 Resubmissions Due

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 13	Mon 11/16	Lec 22. Gen AI (Video) (Slides)	Lab 19. Data Science
	Tue 11/17
	Wed 11/18	Lec 23. Ethics in AI (Video) (Slides)	Practice Postterm
	Thu 11/19
	Fri 11/20	Talk 13. POSTTERM 1 PREVIEW (Video)		Disc 13: Postterm Practice	POSTTERM 1

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 14	Mon 11/23	Lec 24. Python III - Game Theory (Video) (Slides)	Lab 20. Linear Recursion in Python
	Tue 11/24
	Wed 11/25	No class (holiday)
	Thu 11/26	No class (holiday)
	Fri 11/27	No class (holiday)

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 15	Mon 11/30	Lec 25. Alumni Panel (Video) (Slides)	Lab 21 OPTIONAL. Snap + Python Libraries
	Tue 12/1
	Wed 12/2	Lec 26. Conclusion and Farewell (Video) (Slides)	Project Work Session
	Thu 12/3
	Fri 12/4	Talk 14. POSTTERM 1 REVIEW (Video)		Disc 15: Postterm Review	POSTTERM 2

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 16 (RRR Week)	Mon 12/7	POSTTERM 2 REVIEW (Video)			Final Project Due
	Tue 12/8
	Wed 12/9
	Thu 12/10
	Fri 12/11				POSTTERM 3

Week	Date	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Assignment / Exam
Week 17 (Finals Week)	Mon 12/14				Release Grades Final Project Regrades
	Tue 12/15
	Wed 12/16
	Thu 12/17
	Fri 12/18