Course Schedule

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
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	Wed slides - hash-sim.py - zombie-simulation.py	Ex12-2
	11/21 Thu		Recitation	Rec problems [docx version] - code - icecream-reci.csv
	11/22 Fri	Check6-2 meeting signups	Lecture: Machine Learning - Testing and Artificial Intelligence	Fri slides	Ex12-3
UNIT 5: CS in the World
13	11/25 Mon	Quizlet8 | Check6-2 (UPDATED) | Check6-1 revisions	Lecture: Computer Science History	Mon slides Optional content	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.