CS 101 Spring, 2023-04 Schedule at a glance
Approximate schedule, subject to change. The homework assignments and labs will be added weekly, usually on Thursday evening. The assigned readings are direct links to the pdf versions of the chapters. They should, ideally, be read before the corresponding class. You are responsible for keeping up with the reading and for all material covered in class.
Tentative date for the midterm exam: February 24.
The week number contains a hyperlink to an overview of that week's course materials; a rundown of the topics, lecture notes (if any) lab, homework and supplemental “reading” information. Bold Dates signify no class for that day.
| Week | Topics of the Week | Mon | Wed | Fri | DCIC Readings and Assignments | |
| -1- | Introduction | 1/16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day | 1/18 | 1/20 Lab 1: Getting started | Read the syllabus (sidebar) Read How to Succeed (sidebar) 3 Getting Started 4 Naming Values | |
| -2- | Names and evaluation | 1/23 Expressions, values, and names | 1/25 Evaluating functions and conditionals | 1/27 Lab 2: Conditionals and reading code | Read 5 From Repeated Expressions to Functions Read 6 Conditionals and Booleans Read Vassar CS student integrity guide Assignment 1 | |
| -3- | Tabular data | 1/30 Tables | 2/1 Working with tables | 2/3 Lab 3: Candy analysis | Read 7 Introduction to Tabular Data Assignment 2 | |
| -4- | Data processing | 2/6 Designing programs for tables | 2/8 Tables and lists | 2/10 Lab 4: Squirrels | Read 8 Processing Tables Read 9 From Tables to Lists Assignment 3 | |
| -5- | Recursive data | 2/13 Data definitions | 2/15 Trees | 2/17 Lab 5: Call the plumber | Read 11 Introduction to Structured Data Read 13 Recursive Data Read 14 Trees Assignment 4 | |
| -6- | Recursive programs | 2/20 Further recursion | 2/22 Exam 1 review | 2/24 Exam 1 | ||
| -7- | Simulation and interaction | 2/27 Generating fractals | 3/1 Reactive programs | 3/3 Lab 6: 99 Luftballons | Read 16 Interactive games as reactive systems | |
| X | Spring Break No class | 3/6 No class | 3/8 No class | 3/10 No class | ||
| X | Spring Break No class | 3/13 No class | 3/15 No class | 3/17 No class | ||
| -8- | Python | 3/20 Python and notebooks | 3/22 Slicing and list comprehensions | 3/24 Lab 7: Python practice | Read 28 From Pyret to Python through Section 28.6.1 Assignment 5 | |
| -9- | Working with real data | 3/27 Tables in Python | 3/29 Data sanitizing | 3/31 Lab 8: Cleaning table data | Assignment 6 | |
| -10- | Exploration and design | 4/3 Visualization notebook And Intro to Cholera | 4/5 Tables and Prediction | 4/7 Mini-project Yet one more source of csv files! | ||
| -11- | Changes | 4/10 Iteration and mutation | 4/12 Dataclasses | 4/14 Lab 9: Toast! | Read 28 From Pyret to Python from Section 28.7 to Section 28.8.3 | |
| -12- | Memory | 4/17 Memory | 4/19 More... memory | 4/21 Lab 10: Vote for Python | Read 29 Modifying Structured Data Read 30 Modifying Variables Read 31 Revisiting Lists and Variables Assignment 7 | |
| -13- | Dictionaries | 4/24 Dictionaries | 4/26 JSON and Web APIs | 4/28 Lab 11: Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, err, Gathering Data | Read 32 Hashtables and Dictionaries Assignment 8, Last One! | |
| -14- | Short Presentation | 5/1 Computer Science I CEQs Exam 2 review will be scheduled during study week | 5/3 No class | 5/5 No class | ||
| Final Exam May 11, 5 pm | ||||||
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