Semester Calendar
This page is a high level overview of the what the course will cover. The lectures are subject to change, and this page will be updated as changes are made. For a more detailed summary of the lectures, including suggested readings, class handounts, and demo code, you should refer to the lectures page.
| Week | Date | Event | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Aug | lecture | Types and Expressions |
| lab | Getting Started | ||
| 25 Aug | lecture | Variables and Assignments | |
| lab | Expressions & Variables | ||
| 2 | 30 Aug | lecture | Functions and Modules |
| lab | Modules | ||
| 1 Sep | lecture | User-Defined Functions | |
| lab | Functions | ||
| 3 | 6 Sep | lecture | Strings |
| lab | Strings | ||
| 8 Sep | lecture | Specifications and Testing | |
| lab | Testing | ||
| 4 | 13 Sep | lecture | Conditionals and Program Flow |
| lab | Conditionals | ||
| 15 Sep | lecture | Algorithm Design | |
| lab | Assignment 1 | ||
| 16 Sep | assignment | Currency | |
| 5 | 20 Sep | lecture | Objects |
| lab | Objects | ||
| 22 Sep | lecture | Memory in Python | |
| lab | Debugging | ||
| 23 Sep | assignment | Call Frames | |
| 6 | 27 Sep | lecture | Asserts and Error Handling |
| lab | Asserts | ||
| 29 Sep | lecture | Lists (and Sequences) | |
| lab | Sequences | ||
| 7 | 3 Oct | assignment | Color Models |
| 4 Oct | lecture | For-Loops | |
| lab | For-Loops | ||
| 6 Oct | lecture | Review Session | |
| 6 Oct | exam | Prelim 1 | |
| 8 | 13 Oct | lecture | Recursion |
| 9 | 18 Oct | lecture | More Recursion |
| 20 Oct | lecture | Nested Lists and Dictionaries | |
| lab | Nested Lists & Dictionaries | ||
| 10 | 25 Oct | lecture | Classes |
| lab | Blackjack | ||
| 26 Oct | assignment | Turtles | |
| 27 Oct | lecture | Object-Oriented Design | |
| lab | Object-Oriented Design | ||
| 11 | 1 Nov | lecture | Inheritance |
| lab | Subclasses | ||
| 3 Nov | lecture | Operators and Abstraction | |
| lab | Abstraction | ||
| 3 Nov | assignment | Class Folders | |
| 12 | 8 Nov | lecture | Advanced Error Handling |
| lab | Advanced Error Handling | ||
| 10 Nov | lecture | While Loops | |
| lab | While Loops | ||
| 13 | 15 Nov | lecture | GUI Applications |
| lab | GUI Classes | ||
| 15 Nov | assignment | Images | |
| 17 Nov | lecture | Searching and Sorting | |
| 17 Nov | exam | Prelim 2 | |
| 14 | 22 Nov | lecture | Advanced Sorting |
| 24 Nov | break | THANKSGIVING | |
| 15 | 29 Nov | lecture | Generators |
| lab | Generators | ||
| 1 Dec | lecture | Course Wrap-Up | |
| 5 Dec | assignment | Planetoids | |
| 13 Dec | exam | Final |