Course Schedule

Due to the COVID-19 Epidemic, all classes and office hours from 03/16 onwards will be conducted remotely. Please refer to the class Piazza for links to the Zoom class sessions.

WEEK	DATES	TOPICS	SLIDES/READINGS	PRACTICE	HOMEWORK
UNIT: Programming Skills and Computer Organization
1	Mon 01/13 Wed 01/15 Thur 01/16 Fri 01/17	Lecture: Course Intro & Algorithms and Abstraction Lecture: Programming Basics Recitation Lecture: How Python Works	Mon slides Wed slides - code Rec problems - code Fri slides	Mon practice Wed practice Fri practice
2	Mon 01/20 Wed 01/22 Thur 01/23 Fri 01/24	MLK Day - no classes Lecture: Functions Recitation Lecture: Data Representation	Wed slides - code Rec problems - code Fri slides	Wed practice Fri practice	Check1 Due 01/20
3	Mon 01/27 Wed 01/29 Thur 01/30 Fri 01/31	Lecture: Booleans and Conditionals Lecture: Circuits and Gates Recitation Lecture: While Loops	Mon slides - code Wed slides Rec problems Fri slides - code	Mon practice Wed practice Fri practice	Hw1 Due 01/27
4	Mon 02/03 Wed 02/05 Thur 02/06 Fri 02/07	Lecture: Testing and Debugging Lecture: For Loops Recitation Lecture: Strings	Mon slides - code Wed slides - code Rec problems - code Fri slides - code	Mon practice Wed practice Fri practice	Check2 Due 02/03
5	Mon 02/10 Wed 02/12 Thur 02/13 Fri 02/14	Lecture: Fun Lecture: Input and Interactive Programs Lecture: Exam Review Recitation: Exam Review Lecture: Exam 1 [covers weeks 1-4]	Mon slides - code Lec1 code - Lec2 code Rec problems	Exam1 Extra Practice	Hw2 Due 02/10
UNIT: Data Structures and Efficiency
6	Mon 02/17 Wed 02/19 Thur 02/20 Fri 02/21	Lecture: Lists Lecture: Aliasing and Mutability Recitation Lecture: Recursion	Mon slides - code Wed slides - code Rec problems - code Fri slides - code	Wed practice Fri practice
7	Mon 02/24 Wed 02/26 Thur 02/27 Fri 02/28	Lecture: Search Algorithms Lecture: Runtime and Big-O Recitation Lecture: Sort Algorithms	Mon slides - code Wed slides Rec problems Fri slides - code	Mon practice Wed practice Fri practice	Check3 Due 02/24
8	Mon 03/02 Wed 03/04 Thur 03/05 Fri 03/06	Lecture: Hashing and Dictionaries Lecture: Trees Recitation Spring Break - no classes	Mon slides - code Wed slides - code Rec problems - code	Mon practice Wed practice	Hw3 Due 03/02
-	Mon 03/09 - Fri 03/13	Spring Break - no classes
9	Mon 03/16 Wed 03/18 Thur 03/19 Fri 03/20	No classes Lecture: Graphs Recitation Lecture: Tractability	Wed slides - code Rec problems - code Fri slides	Wed practice Fri practice
UNIT: Scaling Up Computing
10	Mon 03/23 Wed 03/25 Thur 03/26 Fri 03/27	Lecture: Fun Lecture: Graphics Lecture: Levels of Concurrency Recitation: Exam Review Lecture: Designing Concurrent Algorithms	Mon slides - code Wed slides Rec problems Fri slides - code	Mon practice Wed practice Fri practice	Hw4 Due 03/25
11	Mon 03/30 Wed 04/01 Thur 04/02 Fri 04/03	Lecture: Exam Review Lecture: Exam 2 [covers weeks 1-9, but primarily weeks 6-9] Recitation Lecture: How The Internet Works	Mon code - Big-O Kahoot Questions Rec problems Fri slides	Exam2 Extra Practice Fri practice
12	Mon 04/06	Lecture: Security - Authentication and Encryption	Mon slides	Mon practice
UNIT: CS as a Tool
	Wed 04/08 Thur 04/09 Fri 04/10	Lecture: Data Analysis - Modeling and Parsing Recitation Lecture: Simulation - Model, View, Controller	Wed slides - code - icecream.csv - chat.txt Rec problems - code - data Fri slides - class code simulation starter code	Wed practice Fri practice	Hw5 Due 04/09
13	Mon 04/13 Wed 04/15 Thur 04/16 Fri 04/17	Lecture: Machine Learning - Modeling and Learning Lecture: Data Analysis - Analyzing and Visualizing No class - Tuesday schedule Lecture: Simulation - Experiments and Trials	Mon slides Wed slides - code - data Fri slides - code	Mon practice Wed practice Fri practice	Check6-1 Due 04/15
14	Mon 04/20 Wed 04/22 Thur 04/23	Lecture: Machine Learning - Testing and Artificial Intelligence Lecture: Installing and Using External Modules Recitation	Mon slides Wed slides - code Rec problems	Mon practice Wed practice	Check6-2 Due 04/22
UNIT: CS in the World
	Fri 04/24	Lecture: CS History	Fri slides
15	Mon 04/27 Wed 04/29 Thur 04/30 Fri 05/01	Lecture: CS Ethics Lecture: CS Future Recitation: Exam Review No class - exam review instead	Mon slides Wed slides Rec problems		Hw6 Due 04/29
Final Exam	Mon 5/4 1pm-4pm	Exam 3 [covers all weeks, but primarily weeks 10-15]