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COMP 141 Computer Science I: Programming Fundamentals (CRN 20528/20529, Spring 2020) |
Administrivia
Resources
Schedule
This is a tentative schedule and subject to change as needed.
| Date | Topic | Sections Covered | Materials | Assignments Out | Slides |
| W-January 15 | Introduction | Fill out "Getting to Know You" survey (link on Moodle) - due 1/17 | slides | ||
| F-January 17 | The python language, output, variables | 1.1-1.5 | zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 1/22 | slides | |
| M-January 20 | Holiday- No Class | ||||
| W-January 22 | Math operations, input from keyboard | 1.6 | zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 1/24 | slides | |
| F-January 24 | Literals, comments, intro wrap-up | 2.1-2.6 | lab | Program 1 - due 1/30 by 11:55pm zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 1/27 | slides |
| M-January 27 | if, if-else, relational operators | 4.1-4.2 | zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 1/29 | slides | |
| W-January 29 | if-elif-else, and/or | 4.3-4.4 | lab | slides | |
| F-January 31 | Functions | 6.1 | Program 2 - due 2/6 by 11:55pm zyBook HW, complete before class on 2/3 | slides | |
| M-February 3 | Functions that take arguments, local variables | 6.2 | slides | ||
| W-February 5 | Graphics, intro to simplegraphics | handout | slides | ||
| F-February 7 | Lab, Graphics and Functions | lab | Program 3 - due 2/13 zyBook Assignment, complete before class on |
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| M-February 10 | Functions that return values | 6.3 | slides | ||
| W-February 12 | Lab: Functions, if-elif-else | lab | zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 2/14 | ||
| F-February 14 | While Loops | 5.1-5.3 | Program 4 - due 2/23 | slides | |
| M-February 17 | General procedure for writing a while loop | zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 2/19 | slides | ||
| W-February 19 | Loops that count | 5.4 | slides | ||
| F-February 21 | Class canceled due to power outage | Practice Problems | zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 2/24 | ||
| M-February 24 | For Loops | 5.5-5.7 | slides | ||
| W-February 26 | Midterm 1 | ||||
| F-February 28 | break, continue | lab | slides | ||
| M-March 2 | Input Validation Loops | 5.10 | Program 5 - due | slides | |
| W-March 4 | Nested Loops | 5.8 | lab | zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 3/6 | slides |
| F-March 6 | Saving Previous Values in Loops (Sliding Window) | lab | slides | ||
| M-March 9 | Spring Break - No Class | ||||
| W- March 11 | Spring Break - No Class | ||||
| F-March 13 | Spring Break - No Class | ||||
| M-March 16 | Classes Suspended - COVID-19 | ||||
| W-March 18 | Classes Suspended - COVID-19 | ||||
| F-March 20 | Classes Suspended - COVID-19 | ||||
| M-March 23 | Reading/Writing data from/to a file | 12.1-12.2 | slides video |
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| W-March 25 | Using Loops to Read Files | files handout | slides 10am video 11am video |
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| F-March 27 | File Reading, Split Function | lab | Program 6 - due 4/5 | slides video |
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| M-March 30 | Strings I | 3.1 | slides video |
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| W-April 1 | Strings II | 7.1 | string reference | zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 4/3 | slides 10am video |
| F-April 3 | Strings III | Practice Problems lab |
slides video |
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| M-April 6 | Review for Exam | video | |||
| W-April 8 | Midterm 2 | Program 7 - due 4/19 | |||
| F-April 10 | Easter Break - No Class | ||||
| M-April 13 | Lists I | 8.1-8.3 | zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 4/15 | slides video |
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| W-April 15 | Lists II | list reference | slides 10am video |
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| F-April 17 | Lists III | lab | slides video |
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| M-April 20 | 2-D Lists I | 8.6 | zyBook Assignment, complete before class on 4/22 Program 8 - due 4/30 |
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| W-April 22 | 2-D Lists II | lab | slides 10am video 11am video |
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| F-April 24 | Tic-Tac-Toe with 2-D Lists | worksheet lab |
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| M-April 27 | Tic-Tac-Toe with Graphics | Practice Problems | slides video |
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| W-April 29 | More Tic-Tac-Toe with Graphics, Review | slides 10am video 11am video |
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| F-May 1 | Fill out Course Evals if you haven't already | ||||
| Tu-May 5 W-May 6 |
Final Exam: Handed out at 8:30am on 5/5; Turn in by 11:55pm on 5/6 | ||||