CSC111
Intro to Computer Science through Programming
Syllabus (Fall 2021)

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*Week#*	*Dates*	*Topics*	*Notes*	*ZyBook Sections*	*Assigns/Quizzes*	*Feedback*
0	Sep 3	Overview How Programming Languages Work	Notes1	Readings Chapter 1	Five-Minute Biography A0 due Tue 14 Sep To access Quizzes: Moodle Sec01, Moodle Sec02
1	Sep 8,10 (LaborDay Sep 6)	Python basics: Assignments, expressions, `print()`, `input()` Variables, arithmetic operators Memory: disks → SSD `int(), float()`	Notes2 Notes3	Readings Chapter 1	Q1, A1 due Tue 14 Sep	Quiz1 Feedback Assign1 Feedback
2	Sep 13,15,17	Functions I: Modular structure, execution thread Parameters, arguments, return values Variable scope Turtle graphics (for fnc experience)	Notes4 Notes5 Notes6	Readings Chapter 5	Q2, A2 due Tue 21 Sep	Quiz2 Feedback Assign2 Feedback
3	Sep 20,22,24	Conditionals: `if, else, elif` Operators: math: `==, <=, >=, !=` Boolean logic: `and, or, not` Strings; membership `in`	Notes7 Notes8 Notes9	Readings Chapter 2	Q3, A3 due Tue 28 Sep	Quiz3 Feedback Assign3 Feedback
4	Sep 27,29, Oct 1 (Mountain Day Sep 27)	Strings, indexing Immutable vs. Mutable Slices String methods Eliza	Notes10 Notes11	Readings Chapter 3	Q4, A4 due Tue 5 Oct	Quiz4 Feedback Assign4 Feedback
5	Oct 4,6,8	Review for Test1 Test 1 Test 1 Take-home	Notes12 Test1 Instructions		Test 1: Oct 6,6-8	Test1 Feedback (PDF) Mid-course Correction
6	Oct 13,15 (FallBreak Oct 11)	Loops: `for`-loops `range()` Lists Strings Files	Notes13 Notes14	Readings Chapter 4	(No quiz, no Assignment)
7	Oct 18,20,22	`break, continue` Text files List methods Dictionaries `graphics.py` Class dot notation Colors in `graphics.py`	Notes15 Notes16 Notes17	Readings Chapter 6	Q5, A5 due Tue 19 Oct	Quiz5 Feedback Assign5 Feedback
8	Oct 25,27,29	Objects Attributes, methods Methods vs. functions Constructors `class Button`	Notes18 Notes19 Notes20	Readings Chapter 8	Q6, A6 due Tue 26 Oct	Quiz6 Feedback Assign6 Feedback
9	Nov 1,3,5	`class Button` revisited Animation I,II,III Structure of a class Methods vs. functions Instance vars vs. local vars	Notes21 Notes22 Notes23		Q7, A7 due Tue 2 Nov	Quiz7 Feedback Assign7 Feedback
10	Nov 8,10,12	`class` inheritance in `graphics.py` WrappingObjects → WrappingDisk, WrappingBox Sample Test2 Review for Test2	Notes24 Notes25	Readings Chapter 8.11	Q8, A8 due Tue 9 Nov Test 2: Nov 12,13-14	Assign8 Feedback
11	Nov 15,17,19	Recursion I: Binary search Numeric examples: Fibonacci, Towers of Hanoi Fractal tree Recursion II: Recursion in graphics Anitaliasing (~~jaggies~~) Ray Tracing algorithm	Notes26 Notes27	Readings Chapter 7	Work on Project deliverable I	Test2 Feedback (PDF)
12	Nov 22 (Thanksgiving Nov 24,26)	MyResearch :-)	Notes28	Groups	Project deliverable I, due Tue 23 Nov
13	Nov 29, Dec 1,3	Recursion III: Recursive Grammars Projects work Text-to-Speech; Speech-to-Text Miscellaneous Python: `try except`, `'__main__'`, `with`, `enumerate()`, ...	Notes29 Notes30 Notes31		Project deliverable II, due Tue 30 Nov
14	Dec 6,8,10	Projects work Accessing the web Many Programming Languages Java compilation Project Demos	Notes32 Notes33 Notes34		Project deliverable III, Tue 7Dec Project Presentation, 10 Dec.
15	Dec 14-17	Exam period			Project Final Submission, Project Reflections: both due 17Dec 4:30PM

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