| DATE | TOPICS | ASSESSMENTS |
| Mon Jan 13 | 1: The Origins of Computing | |
| Wed Jan 15 | Video: Creation of the Computer (Babbage, Hollerith), Biography: Thomas Watson Jr. (Excerpts) | Academic Integrity Form due |
| Fri Jan 17 | 2: Charles Babbage and His Inventions | QUIZ 1 |
| Mon Jan 20 | No class (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) | |
| Wed Jan 22 | 3: The Advent of Punched Card Machines and IBM | |
| Fri Jan 24 | Video: The Strange Life and Death of Alan Turing | QUIZ 2 |
| Mon Jan 27 | 4: Early 20th Century Computing Machines and Thought | ASSIGNMENT 1 due |
| Wed Jan 29 | 5: Computers in World War II | |
| Fri Jan 31 | Video: The Machine That Changed The World (Part II) | QUIZ 3 |
| Mon Feb 3* | 6: Post War Computing (1945-1959) |
TERM PAPER sources due HUNT LIBRARY VISIT (TBA) |
| Wed Feb 5 | 7: Memory and the Invention of the Transistor | |
| Fri Feb 7 | Video: Silicon Valley | QUIZ 4 |
| Mon Feb 10 | 8: The 1960s and 1970s: IBM Mainframes and Dominance | ASSIGNMENT 2 due |
| Wed Feb 12 | 9: Minicomputers, Workstations and Portable Memory | |
| Fri Feb 14 | Video: Triumph of the Nerds (Excerpts) | QUIZ 5 |
| Mon Feb 17** | 10: The Microprocessor and the Personal Computer | ASSIGNMENT 3 due |
| Wed Feb 19 | 11: The GUI and the Rise of Microsoft | |
| Fri Feb 21 | Video: The Internet: Behind The Web + The Google Boys (Excerpt) | QUIZ 6 |
| Mon Feb 24 | 12: The Internet | TERM PAPER due |
| Wed Feb 26 | 13: Programming Languages and Artificial Intelligence | MINI-PRESENTATIONS |
| Fri Feb 28 | Video: Video Game Invasion | no quiz |
| Mon Mar 2 | 14: The World Wide Web and Social Computing | ASSIGNMENT 4 due |
| Wed Mar 4 | NO 15-292 CLASS (Mini-3 Reading Day) | |
| Fri Mar 6 | FINAL EXAM - TIME/LOCATION: 9:00-10:30AM, GHC 4307 | FINAL EXAM |