CS110 Spring '19
Intro to Computer Programming with Python

Schedule

This schedule is subject to change (as needed). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, homework and projects are always due on Thursday at 11:59PM.

Week Lecture Materials Readings & Resources Due
Week 1 Tu Apr 2
Introduction to programming with Python
slides 1 | slides 2
  1. Severance, Ch 1: Introduction
    videos | textbook
  2. Heinold, Ch 1: Introductory Samples
Th Apr 4
- Variables, operators, and data types
- Installing Anaconda + VS Code
slides | lecture files
  1. Severance, Ch 2: Variables
    videos | textbook
  2. ThinkCS, Ch 2: Variables
Week 2 Tu Apr 9
Functions and modules
slides | lecture files
  1. Severance, Ch 4: Functions
    videos | textbook
  2. ThinkCS, Ch 4: Functions
  3. ThinkCS, Ch 12: Modules
    Skim sections 12.1 through 12.4.
  4. What is PIP?
 Homework 1
Th Apr 11
Functions continued; lists and tuples (sequences)
slides | lecture files
  1. Review Tuesday's (4/9) readings
  2. Python for Everyone: Lists [1]
    videos | textbook
  3. Python for Everyone: Tuples
    videos | textbook
Week 3 Tu Apr 16
- Functions and Modules (more practice)
slides | lecture files
  1. Severance, Ch 3
    videos | textbook
  2. ThinkCS, Ch5
 Homework 2
Th Apr 18
Conditional Execution
slides | lecture files
  1. Severance, Ch 5
    videos | textbook
  2. ThinkCS, Ch7
Week 4 Tu Apr 23
Loops and Lists
slides | lecture files
  1. Heinold, Ch 5
    More looping algorithm practice
Th Apr 25
Iteration and looping algorithms (Continued)
slides | lecture files 		Homework 3
Week 5 Tu Apr 30
User Input and Events[2]
slides | lecture files
  1. Heinold, Ch16.8-9
  2. Tkinter Documentation (skim)
Th May 2
Exam 1 review
slides 		Homework 4
Week 6 Tu May 7
Exam 1 		Exam Practice Exam Solutions
Th May 9
Data: Strings and files
slides | lecture files
  1. Severance, Ch 6: Strings
    videos | textbook
  2. Severance, Ch 7: Files
    videos | textbook
Week 7 Tu May 14
Data: Dictionaries and lists
slides | lecture files
  1. Severance, Ch 9: Dictionaries
    videos | textbook
Th May 16
Data: Dictionary algorithms
slides | lecture files
  1. Heinold, Ch 11
Project 1
Week 8 Tu May 21
Dictionaries + Intro to Pandas & Matplotlib
slides | lecture files
  1. Severance, Ch 13: Web Services
    videos | textbook
Th May 23
Intro to cloud-based data services
slides | lecture files 		Homework 5
Week 9 Tu May 28
More practice with cloud-based data services
slides | lecture files 		TBD
Th May 30
Intro to the HTML file format: for outputting data presentations
slides | lecture files 		TBD
Week 10 Tu Jun 4
Exam Review 		Homework 6
Th Jun 6
Exam 2 		Exam Practice
Finals Week Tu Jun 11
 Project 2

Notes

[1] We will be covering loops in week 3, but for now, just focus on what lists and tuples are and how they can store and organize data.

[2] User input and events won’t be on the exam, but this information will be useful for Project 1.