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0
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9/2, 9/4
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- Course overview and introduction
- Python basics
- Data types and expressions
- No labs this week
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1
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9/9, 9/11
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- Strings and lists
- A first look at functions
- No lecture on 9/7 (holiday)
- Problem Set 0 (all) due on 9/13
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2
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9/14, 9/16, 9/18
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- Making decisions (conditional execution)
- Functions (cont.)
- Local and global variables; the runtime stack
- Recursion
- 9/16: last day to add a class
- Problem Set 1, part I due on 9/17
- Problem Set 1, part II due on 9/20
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3
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9/21, 9/23, 9/25
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- Recursion (cont.)
- Recursive design
- List comprehensions
- Problem Set 2, part I due on 9/24
- Problem Set 2, part II due on 9/27
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4
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9/28, 9/30, 10/2
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- Lists of lists; encryption and decryption
- Algorithm design
- Representing information
- Problem Set 3, part I due on 10/1
- Problem Set 3, part II due on 10/4
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5
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10/5, 10/7,
10/9
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- Binary addition
- Gates and circuits
- Minterm expansion
- 10/7: last day to drop without a ‘W’
- Problem Set 4, part I due on 10/8
- Problem Set 4, part II due on 10/11
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6
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10/13, 10/14,
10/16
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- Arithmetic circuits
- Loops and imperative programming
- Cumulative computations
- No lecture on 10/12 (holiday)
- Lecture on 10/13 (Mon. schedule)
- No labs this week
- Midterm 1 on 10/14 from 6:30-7:45 pm
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7
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10/19,10/21,10/23
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- Loops (cont.); design using loops
- Nested loops
- Problem Set 5, part I due on 10/22
- Problem Set 5, part II due on 10/25
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8
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10/26,10/28,10/30
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- References; mutable vs. immutable data
- 2-D lists
- Object-oriented programming
- File processing
- Problem Set 6, part I due on 10/29
- Problem Set 6, part II due on 11/1
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9
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11/2, 11/4, 11/6
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- Classes: creating your own types of objects
- Dictionaries
- 11/6: last day to drop with a ‘W’ or
to designate a course Pass/Fail
- Problem Set 7, part I due on 11/5
- Problem Set 7, part II due on 11/8
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10
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11/9, 11/11,11/13
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- Classes (cont.)
- Midterm 2 on 11/11 from 6:30-7:45 pm
- Problem Set 8 (all) due on 11/15
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11
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11/16,11/18,11/20
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- Games and AI
- Inheritance
- Overview of the final project
- Problem Set 9, part I due on 11/19
- Problem Set 9, part II due on 11/22
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12
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11/23
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- Finite-state machines
- No lectures on 11/25, 11/27 (Thanksgiving)
- No labs this week
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13
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11/30, 12/2, 12/4
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- Finite-state machines (cont.)
- Algorithm efficiency
- Final-project milestone due on 12/3
- Problem Set 10 due on 12/6
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14
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12/7, 12/9
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- Efficiency and problem hardness (cont.)
- Course wrap-up
- Full final project due on 12/9
- 12/11-13: Study period
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14
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- Final exam: Friday, Dec. 18, 12:00-2:00 pm
- We will arrange an alternate exam time for anyone
with an exam-related conflict; those students
should remain available through the end of
the exam period on Friday evening, Dec. 18.
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