CS 8, Spring 2017
Lectures
(Instructor: Costanzo)
| Week | Dates | Topics | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. 4/3 | Course introduction | |
| W. 4/5 | Computing, Python, problem solving;
Abstraction, types, variables, functions; Finding π; repetition, sums/products; Boolean expressions; selection; Characters and strings |
Chapter 1;
Chapter 2; Chapter 3 (start) |
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| 2 | M. 4/10 | ||
| W. 4/12 | |||
| 3 | M. 4/17 | ||
| W. 4/19 | |||
| 4 | M. 4/24 | Exam 1 | |
| W. 4/26 | Encoding/decoding text;
Processing lists and tuples; Python dictionaries; Statistical computations; Text file processing |
Chapter 3 (finish);
Chapter 4; Chapter 5 (start) |
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| 5 | M. 5/1 | ||
| W. 5/3 | |||
| 6 | M. 5/8 | ||
| W. 5/10 | |||
| 7 | M. 5/15 | Exam 2 | |
| W. 5/17 | More control structures;
Image processing techniques; Functions deeper; namespaces/scope; More programming and Python topics (as time permits) |
Chapter 5 (finish);
Chapter 6; Sections 7.4-5, 8.4.1, 8.4.5-6, 9.1-3, 10.1-3 |
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| 8 | M. 5/22 | ||
| W. 5/24 | |||
| 9 | M. 5/29 | ||
| W. 5/31 | |||
| 10 | M. 6/5 | ||
| W. 6/7 | Exam 3 |