CS 10: The Beauty and Joy of Computing
UC Berkeley, Summer 2026
A gentle but thorough introduction to computer science.
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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) (Slides) |
No Lab | ||
| Tue 6/23 | Lec 2. Functions + Conditional Logic
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 0. Welcome to Snap! | Discussion 1 | Project 1 Released | |
| Wed 6/24 | Lec 3. Abstraction II: Number Representation
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 1. Build Your Own Blocks | |||
| Thu 6/25 | Lec 4. Boolean Expressions, Variables, Iteration
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 2. Conditionals, Reporters, & Abstraction | Discussion 2 | ||
| Fri 6/26 |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 2 | Mon 6/29 | Lec 5. Iteration Practice + Lists
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 3. Lists and Loops (Iteration) | Project 1 Party (8–10 PM, Cory 540AB) + Project 1 Due | |
| Tue 6/30 | Lec 6. Algorithms I
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 4. HOF mini lecture + Lists & HOFs | Discussion 3 | Project 2 Released | |
| Wed 7/1 | Lec 7. Algorithms II
(Video) (Slides) |
Quiz 1 Practice | |||
| Thu 7/2 | Quiz 1 (3–6 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) (Slides) |
Lab 6. Boards | Discussion 4 | ||
| Wed 7/8 | Lec 10. Fractal/Tree Recursion
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 7. Recursive Reports (Linear Recursion) | Project 2 Due | ||
| Thu 7/9 | Lec 11. Algorithms/Algorithmic Complexity
(Video 1) / (Video 2) (Slides) |
Lab 8. Trees & Fractals | Discussion 5 | Project 3 Released | |
| Fri 7/10 | Quiz 1 Retake (3–6 pm) |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 4 | Mon 7/13 | Lec 12. Practice Quiz 2
(Questions) (Answers) |
Lab 9. Algorithms (Binary) | Project Party | |
| Tue 7/14 | Lec 13. Computing in Education
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 10. FUN Data Science | Discussion 6 | ||
| Wed 7/15 | Lec 14. Higher-Order Functions
(Video) (Slides) |
Quiz 2 Practice: Pre-Quiz 1 Content, HOFs, Nested Lists | |||
| Thu 7/16 | Lecture 15: Programming Paradigms
(Video) (Slides) |
(Attendance Optional) Quiz 2 Practice: Recursion
Algorthmic Complexity (Conceptual) |
Discussion 7 | ||
| Fri 7/17 |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 5 | Mon 7/20 | Lec 16. Python I - Intro
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 11. Python Setup + Intro Python | Project Party + Project 3 Due | |
| Tue 7/21 | Lec 17. Python II - Data Types & Structures
(Video) |
Lab 12. Welcome to Python! | Discussion 8 | Project 4 Released | |
| Wed 7/22 | Lec 18. Concurrency
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 13. Lists and Mutability | |||
| Thu 7/23 | Lec 19. Gen AI
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 14. Data Structures | Discussion 9 | ||
| Fri 7/24 | Final Project Proposal Released Quiz 2 (3–6 pm) |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 6 | Mon 7/27 | Lec 20. Ethics in AI
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 15. Text Processing | ||
| Tue 7/28 | Lec 21. Python III - Game Theory
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 16. Object Oriented Programming | Discussion 10 | Final Project Released | |
| Wed 7/29 | Lec 22. Python IV – OOP
(No Video) (No Slides) |
Lab 17. Python Linear Recursion | |||
| Thu 7/30 | Quiz 3 Questions | Quiz 3 Practice | Discussion 11 | ||
| Fri 7/31 | Quiz 2 Retake (3–6 pm) |
| Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Assignment / Exam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 7 | Mon 8/3 | Guest Speaker
(No Video) (No Slides) |
Lab 18. Tree Recursion | Project 4 Due Final Project Proposals Due |
|
| Tue 8/4 | Lec 23. Finale + Farewell
(Video) (Slides) |
Lab 19. Concurrency | Discussion 12: Project 4 Presentations | ||
| Wed 8/5 | No Lecture | Final Project Proposal Meetings | |||
| Thu 8/6 | No Lecture | Final Project Proposal Meetings | No Discussion | ||
| Fri 8/7 | Project 4 Comments Due Quiz 3 (3–6 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 (3–6 pm) | ||
| Thu 8/13 | No Lecture | No Lab | No Discussion | Final Project Due | |
| Fri 8/14 | No Lecture | No Lab |