Course Schedule
Note this tentative schedule is subject to change. Please check the schedule regularly.
Last updated: 08/21/2023
| Week | Starting | Topics | Reading | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8/21/23 | M: Lec1 - Course Intro & Computer Science | ||
| W: Lec2 - Demo of Course Tools & First Program | Week1-1 | |||
| F: Lec3 - Values, Data Types and Operations | Week1-2 | |||
| 2 | 8/28/23 | M: Lec4 - Function Calls & Type Conversion Functions | Week2-1 | |
| W: Lec5 - Variables & Input, Lab 1 - Variables and I/O | Week2-2 | |||
| F: Dr. Li on Travel - Complete Lab 1 with TA | Week2-3 | |||
| 3 | 9/4/23 | M: Labor Day - No Class | ||
| W: Lec6 - Debut of Turtle & OOP Concepts | Week3-1 | Wed: Project 1 out. | ||
| F: Lec7 - A Herd of Turtles & More Turtle Methods | Week3-2 | |||
| 4 | 9/11/23 | M: Lec8 - Repetition with a for Loop | Week4-1 | |
| W: Lec9 - Boolean Expressions, Logical Operators | Week4-2 | |||
| F: Lab 2 - Conditions and Repetitions | Week4-3 | |||
| 5 | 9/18/23 | M: Lec10 - Conditional Execution | Week5-1 | |
| W: Lec11 - The Listener Loop: while Loops | Week5-2 | Wed: Project 1 due. Project 2 out. | ||
| F: Lec12 - Functions (1) | Week5-3 | |||
| 6 | 9/25/23 | M: Lec13 - Functions (2) | Week6-1 | |
| W: PE1 - Loops and Functions | Week6-2 | |||
| F: Lab 3 - Functions | Week 6-3 | |||
| 7 | 10/2/23 | M: Lab Test 1 | ||
| W: Midterm Exam | ||||
| F: Fall Break - No Class | ||||
| 8 | 10/9/23 | M: Lec14 - Strings | Week8-1 | |
| W: Lec15 - Tuples and Lists | Week8-2 | Wed: Project 2 due. Project 3 out. | ||
| F: Lec16 - Dictionaries | Week8-3 | |||
| 9 | 10/16/23 | M: Lec17 - Iterations | Week9-1 | |
| W: Lec18 - Accumulation | Week9-2 | |||
| F: PE2 - Data Structures | Week9-3 | |||
| 10 | 10/23/23 | M: Lec19 - OOP Classes and Objects. | Week10-1 | |
| W: Lec20 - Instance methods | Week10-2 | |||
| F: Lab 4 - Data Structures | Week10-3 | |||
| 11 | 10/30/23 | M: Lec21 - Class attribute and class methods | Week11-1 | |
| W: Lec22 - Class customization | Week11-2 | Wed: Project 3 due. Project 4 out. | ||
| F: PE3 - OOP | Week11-3 | |||
| 12 | 11/6/23 | M: Lab 5 - OOP | Week12-1 | |
| W: PE4 - OOP and Data Structures | Week12-2 | |||
| F: Lab Test 2 | ||||
| 13 | 11/13/23 | M: Lec23 - Python for Data Science and AI | Week13-1 | |
| W: Lec24 - Pandas DataFrame | Week13-2 | Wed: Project 4 due. Project 5 out. | ||
| F: Lec25 - DataFrame Operations | Week13-3 | |||
| 14 | 11/20/23 | M: Lec26 - Data Visualization | Week14-1 | |
| W: PE5 - Pandas | Week14-2 | |||
| F: Thanksgiving Break - No Class | ||||
| 15 | 11/27/23 | M: Lab 6 - Pandas | All | |
| W: Course Review | All | |||
| F: Final Exam Q&A | All | Fri: Project 5 due. | ||
| 16 | 12/4/23 | M: Final Exam: 7:30-10:30 AM | ||
| W: Good luck with your finals | ||||
| F: Good luck with your finals |