| WEEK | DATES | DUE DATES | TOPICS | MATERIALS | EXERCISES | |
| UNIT 1: Programming Skills and Computer Organization | ||||||
| 1 | 08/26 Mon | Lecture: Course Intro & Algorithms and Abstraction | Mon slides | Ex1-1 | ||
| 08/27 Tue | ||||||
| 08/28 Wed | Pre-Semester Survey | Lecture: Programming Basics | Wed slides | Ex1-2 | ||
| 08/29 Thu | Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] - code | ||||
| 08/30 Fri | Lecture: Data Representation | Fri slides | Ex1-3 | |||
| 2 | 09/02 Mon | Labor Day: no classes | ||||
| 09/03 Tue | Check1 | |||||
| 09/04 Wed | Lecture: Function Calls |
Wed slides - code Bonus graphics slides - Graphics starter code |
Ex2-2 | |||
| 09/05 Thu | Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] - code | ||||
| 09/06 Fri | Lecture: Function Definitions | Fri slides - code | Ex2-3 | |||
| 3 | 09/09 Mon | Hw1 | Semester Add Deadline Lecture: Booleans, Conditionals, and Errors |
Mon slides - code | Ex3-1 | |
| 09/10 Tue | ||||||
| 09/11 Wed | Quizlet1 | Lecture: Circuits and Gates | Wed slides | Ex3-2 | ||
| 09/12 Thu | Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] - code - slides | ||||
| 09/13 Fri | Lecture: While Loops | Fri slides - code | Ex3-3 | |||
| 4 | 09/16 Mon | Check2 | Lecture: For Loops | Mon slides code | Ex4-1 | |
| 09/17 Tue | Check1 & Hw1 revisions | |||||
| 09/18 Wed | Quizlet2 | Lecture: String Indexing, Slicing, and Looping | Wed slides | Ex4-2 | ||
| 09/19 Thu | Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] - code | ||||
| UNIT 2: Data Structures and Efficiency | ||||||
| 09/20 Fri | Lecture: Lists and Methods | Fri slides - code | Ex4-3 | |||
| 5 | 09/23 Mon | Hw2 | Lecture: References and Memory | Mon slides - code | Ex5-1 | |
| 09/24 Tue | ||||||
| 09/25 Wed | Quizlet3 | Lecture: Recursion | Wed slides - code - Bonus slides | Ex5-2 | ||
| 09/26 Thu | Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] - code | ||||
| 09/27 Fri | Lecture: Recursion II & Search Algorithms | Fri slides - code | Ex5-3 | |||
| 6 | 09/30 Mon | Check3 | Exam1 Review | Mon slides | ||
| 10/01 Tue | Check2 & Hw2 revisions | |||||
| 10/02 Wed | Exam1 | Exam1 | ||||
| 10/03 Thu | Code review signups (due 11:59pm) | Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] - code | |||
| 10/04 Fri | Lecture: Dictionaries | Fri slides - code | Ex6-3 | |||
| 7 | 10/07 Mon | Hw3 | Semester drop deadline Lecture: Runtime and Big-O Notation |
Mon slides | Ex7-1 | |
| 10/08 Tue | ||||||
| 10/09 Wed | Quizlet4 | Lecture: Trees | Wed slides - code | Ex7-2 | ||
| 10/10 Thu | Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] - code | ||||
| 10/11 Fri | Exam Reflection (11:59pm) | Lecture: Graphs | Fri slides | Ex7-3 | ||
| Mon 10/14 - Fri 10/18 |
Fall Break: No classes |
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| 8 | 10/21 Mon | Lecture: Search Algorithms II | Mon slides | Ex8-1 | ||
| 10/22 Tue | Check3 & Hw3 revisions | |||||
| 10/23 Wed | Quizlet5 | Lecture: Tractability | Wed slides | Ex8-2 | ||
| 10/24 Thu | Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] - code | ||||
| UNIT 3: Scaling Up Computing | ||||||
| 10/25 Fri | Lecture: Parallel Programming | Fri slides | Ex8-3 | |||
| 9 | 10/28 Mon | Hw4 | Lecture: Distributed Computing and the Internet | Mon slides | Ex9-1 | |
| 10/29 Tue | ||||||
| 10/30 Wed | Quizlet6 | Lecture: Fault Tolerance and Security | Wed slides | Ex9-2 | ||
| 10/31 Thu | Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] | ||||
| 11/01 Fri | Lecture: Managing Large Code Projects |
Fri slides - TicTacToe lecture code - sample.txt - chat.txt |
Ex9-3 | |||
| 10 | 11/04 Mon | Check5 Hw4 revisions (Programming) |
Exam2 Review | Mon slides - solutions | ||
| 11/05 Tue | CMU Democracy Day | |||||
| 11/06 Wed | Exam2 | Exam2 | ||||
| 11/07 Thu | Hw4 revisions (Written) Code review signups (due 11:59pm) |
Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] - code | |||
| 11/08 Fri | Exam2 Makeup (See Piazza for more details, and read the slides) | Libraries and Documentation - code - bonus slides | ||||
| UNIT 4: CS as a Tool | ||||||
| 11 | 11/11 Mon | Hw5 | Semester P/NP deadline Lecture: Data Analysis - Modeling and Parsing |
Mon slides - code icecream.csv - icecream.json - sample.txt - chat.txt |
Ex11-1 | |
| 11/12 Tue | ||||||
| 11/13 Wed | Quizlet7 | Lecture: Simulation - Model, View, Controller | Wed slides - simulation starter - code | Ex11-2 | ||
| 11/14 Thu | Recitation | Rec problems [docx version] - code - data | ||||
| 11/15 Fri | Exam Reflection (11:59pm) | Lecture: Machine Learning - Learning, Reasoning, and Training | Fri slides bonus code - all-icecream.csv |
Ex11-3 | ||
| 12 | 11/18 Mon | Check6-1 | Lecture: Data Analysis - Analyzing and Visualizing | Mon slides - code - exam-reflections.csv | No Ex today! | |
| 11/19 Tue | Check5 & Hw5 revisions | |||||
| 11/20 Wed | Lecture: Simulation - Experiments and Trials | Ex12-2 | ||||
| 11/21 Thu | Recitation | |||||
| 11/22 Fri | Lecture: Machine Learning - Testing and Artificial Intelligence | Ex12-3 | ||||
| UNIT 5: CS in the World | ||||||
| 13 | 11/25 Mon | Quizlet8 | Check6-2 (UPDATED) | Check6-1 revisions | Lecture: Computer Science History | Ex13-1 | ||
| 11/26 Tue | ||||||
| 11/27 Wed | Thanksgiving Break | |||||
| 11/28 Thu | Thanksgiving Break | |||||
| 11/29 Fri | Thanksgiving Break | |||||
| 14 | 12/02 Mon | Lecture: Computer Science Ethics | Ex14-1 | |||
| 12/03 Tue | ||||||
| 12/04 Wed | Lecture: Computer Science Future | Ex14-2 | ||||
| 12/05 Thu | Recitation | |||||
| 12/06 Fri | Hw6 | Lecture: SCS Overview | ||||
| Finals | 12/09 - 12/16 | Final Exam: Monday, Dec. 9th, 1pm-4pm Do not schedule travel during or before the final exam! We cannot give the exam before the university-assigned date. |
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