CS 112 Schedule - Spring 2014

1 Schedule

Week	week of…	Projects	Lecture Topics	Lab Topic	Readings (pre-lecture)
1	W 1/22
			course intro	(no lab this partial week)	Using the Zeus Cluster
2	M 1/27
			numbers, expressions		TEXT (0.1-0.7): basic intro to CS
			strings, printing
			types
			basic algorithms, pseudocode		LIB (4.4): numeric types
			variables, identifiers, keywords		TEXT (1.1-1.4): interactive session, parts of a program
			assignment, statements vs expressions		LANG (1.2): notation (BNF)
			getting user input		LANG (2.1.3 comments, 2.1.8 indentation, 2.3-2.3.1 identifiers and keywords, 2.5 operators)
			testing via print statements
					LIB (2 built-in functions)
			basic functions/returns (for projects)
				basics - setting up tools
3	M 2/3
				quiz 1 - basics
				expressions, booleans
			comments, code hygiene		TEXT (Ch.1 "beginnings", Ch.3 "Algorithms and Program Development")
			errors
			booleans, boolean operations		LANG (6.9-6.10) comparisons, boolean operations
		P1 due
4	M 2/10
				quiz 2 - booleans
				selection stmts
			selection statements		LANG (8.1) if statements
					LIB (4.1-4.3) truth-value testing, boolean operations, comparisons
					TEXT (Ch.2 "Control")
			looping statements: while, for		LANG (8.2-8.3) while, for statements
		(p2 tests due)
5	M 2/17
				quiz 3 - selection stmts
				control flow
			more control flow practice
			lists, tuples		LIB (4.6-4.6.1) string sequence type, common sequence operations
			string operations		TEXT (Ch.4, "Working with Strings")
					LIB (27.3-27.4) python debugger and commands
			testing via print statements		LIB (4.6.3) mutable sequence operations
					TEXT (Ch.7, "Lists and Tuples")
		P2 due
6	M 2/24
				quiz 4 - loops
				sequences
			more on sequences
			review
			>>> WEDNESDAY: TEST 1 <<<
		(p3 tests due)
7	M 3/3
				quiz 5 - sequences
				functions
			test recap
			functions intro		TEXT (Ch.8.1-8.2, "Functions and Scope")
			parameters, return values		TEXT (Ch. 6, "Functions - QuickStart")
		P3 due
–	M 3/10	–——	SPRING BREAK	–——	–——
8	M 3/17
				(no quiz)
				functions, sets, dicts
			scope, mutability across func. calls
			modules
			sets, dictionaries		LIB (4.9-4.10) sets, mapping types
					TEXT (Ch.9 "Dictionaries and Sets")
		(p4 tests due)
9	M 3/24
				quiz - functions
				exceptions
			finish sets/dictionaries
			brief intro to exceptions		LANG (4.2 Exceptions, 7.8 raise statement)
			file input/output		TEXT (CH.5 "Files and Exceptions I", 14.1-14.2 "More Details on Files" and "CSV Files")
		P4 due
10	M 3/31
				quiz - sets/dicts
				review for test 2
			review for test 2
			object oriented programming (OO)		TEXT (Ch. 11.1-11.2 OO Programming, 11.7 "Python and OOP")
					TEXT (Ch. 11.3-11.6, classes and objects in Python)
			>>> WEDNESDAY: TEST 2 <<<
		(p5 tests due)
11	M 4/7
				(no quiz)
				classes
			recap test 2
			classes/objects: creation, usage
		P5 due
12	M 4/14
				quiz - classes
				classes
			finish up OO
			exceptions		LANG (4.2 Exceptions, 7.8 raise statement)
13	M 4/21
				(no quiz)
				exceptions
			exceptions
			extra topics (vary by section)
		(p6 tests due)
14	M 4/28
				quiz - exceptions
				???
			extra topics
		P6 due
15	M 5/5
			extra topics	review/course evals
			Review for Final Exam

2 Projects:

P1: get used to marmoset and tools
P2: expressions, seletion statements, functions/returns, manual typechecks.
P3: loops
P4: more loops… not much different than P3, should they be combined/ one dropped? A simpler P3 would be one option
P5: dictionaries, file IO
P6: classes (TBD)