CS 10: The Beauty and Joy of Computing
UC Berkeley, Summer 2026
A gentle but thorough introduction to computer science.
Announcements, Monday 6/22
- Read Weekly Blast 1: Welcome to CS10 🥳 on Edstem, in addition to all the other Ed posts
- Enroll in Edstem and Gradescope (entry code: B56G6N)
- Read through the entire website content - especially the syllabus! (The syllabus is now all set)
Instructor: Della Dastur
Office Hours: Mon Wed @ 5:00–6:00 PM in Cory 540AB
Lectures: Mon Tue Wed Thu @ 4:00–5:00 PM in Cory 540AB
Labs: Mon Tue Wed Thu @ 6:00–8:00 PM in Cory 540AB
Discussion: Tue Thu @ 8:00–9:00 PM in Cory 540AB
OH Queue: oh.cs10.org
Attendance: CS10 General Attendance Form
CS10 Calendar
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Mon 6/22 | Lec 1. Logistics + Abstraction
(Video) |
No Lab | ||
| Tue 6/23 | Lec 2. Functions + Conditional Logic
(Video) |
Lab 0. Welcome to Snap! | Discussion 1 | Project 1 Released | |
| Wed 6/24 | Lec 3. Abstraction II: Number Representation
(Video) |
Lab 1. Build Your Own Blocks | |||
| Thu 6/25 | Lec 4. Boolean Expressions, Variables, Iteration
(Video) |
Lab 2. Conditionals, Reporters, & Abstraction | Discussion 2 | ||
| Fri 6/26 | Project Party |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 2 | Mon 6/29 | Lec 5. Iteration Practice + Lists
(Video) |
Lab 3. Lists and Loops (Iteration) | Project Party + Project 1 Due | |
| Tue 6/30 | Lec 6. HOFs
(Video) |
Lab 4. Lists & HOFs | Discussion 3 | Project 2 Released | |
| Wed 7/1 | Lec 7. Functions as Data + Lambdas
(Video) |
Quiz 1 Review | |||
| Thu 7/2 | Quiz 1 (4–7 pm) | ||||
| Fri 7/3 |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 3 | Mon 7/6 | Lec 8. Nested Lists + Functional Recursion
(Video) |
Lab 5. HOFs and Functions as Data | Project Party | |
| Tue 7/7 | Lec 9. Linear Recursion
(Video) |
Lab 6. Boards | Discussion 5 | ||
| Wed 7/8 | Lec 10. Fractal/Tree Recursion
(Video) |
Lab 7. Recursive Reports (Linear Recursion) | Project 2 Due | ||
| Thu 7/9 | Lec 11. Algorithms/Algorithmic Complexity
(Video 1) / (Video 2) |
Lab 8. Trees & Fractals | Discussion 6 | Project 3 Released | |
| Fri 7/10 | Project Party 3 Quiz 1 Retake (3–6 pm) |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 4 | Mon 7/13 | Lec 12. Data Science
(No Video) |
Lab 9. Algorithms (Binary) / Algorithmic Complexity | Project Party | |
| Tue 7/14 | Lec 13. AI + ML + LLMs
(Video) |
Lab 10. Data Science | Discussion 7 | ||
| Wed 7/15 | Lec 14. Social Implications
(Video) |
Quiz 2 Review: Pre Quiz 1, HOFs, Nested Lists | |||
| Thu 7/16 | Quiz 2 Review | Quiz 2 Review: Recursion, Algorithmic Complexity | Discussion 8 | ||
| Fri 7/17 | Quiz 2 (2–6 pm) |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 5 | Mon 7/20 | Lec 15. Intro to Python + Data Types
(Video) |
Lab 11. Python Setup + Intro Python | Project Party + Project 3 Due | |
| Tue 7/21 | Lec 16. Splicing + Mutability + Lists + List Comprehension
(Video) |
Lab 12. Welcome to Python! | Discussion 9 | Project 4 Released | |
| Wed 7/22 | Lec 17. Data Structures (Dictionaries + Tuples)
(Video) |
Lab 13. Lists and Mutability | |||
| Thu 7/23 | Lec 18. OOP I
(Video) |
Lab 14. Data Structures | Discussion 10 | ||
| Fri 7/24 | Final Project Proposal Released Quiz 2 Retake (2–6 pm) |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 6 | Mon 7/27 | Lec 19. OOP II
(Video) |
Lab 15. Text Processing | ||
| Tue 7/28 | Lec 20. Recursion in Python
(No Video) |
Lab 16. Object Oriented Programming | Discussion 11 | Final Project Released | |
| Wed 7/29 | Lec 21. Tree Recursion
(Video) |
Lab 17. Python Linear Recursion | |||
| Thu 7/30 | Quiz 3 Questions | Quiz 3 | Discussion 12 | ||
| Fri 7/31 |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 7 | Mon 8/3 | Lec 22. Concurrency + Parallelism
(Video) |
Lab 18. Tree Recursion | Project 4 Due Final Project Proposals Due |
|
| Tue 8/4 | Final Exam Review | Lab 19. Concurrency | Discussion 13: Project 4 Presentations | ||
| Wed 8/5 | Lec 23. Finale + Farewell
(Video) |
Final Project Proposal Meetings | |||
| Thu 8/6 | No Lecture | Final Project Proposal Meetings | No Discussion | ||
| Fri 8/7 | Project 4 Comments Due Quiz 3 (2–6 pm) |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 8 | Mon 8/10 | No Lecture | Project Party | ||
| Tue 8/11 | No Lecture | Project Party | No Discussion | ||
| Wed 8/12 | No Lecture | Project Party | Quiz 3 Retake (2–6 pm) | ||
| Thu 8/13 | No Lecture | No Lab | No Discussion | Final Project Due | |
| Fri 8/14 | No Lecture | No Lab |