CompSci 101, Fall 2021
CompSci 101 Calendar

All materials we use in class are accessible via this page.

This is a temporary schedule for what we will do, subject to change!

Information about grading and course logistics.

August 23-27 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	8/23	8/24	8/25	8/26 Topics: Python, Basic Program Structure (Main), Variables, Operators, Strings, Course Tools Textbook 1.1-1.5 2.1-2.7 2.9-2.11 9.3 Exercises are optional	8/23
LECTURE LAB		Lecture 1 Links Activity 1 Slides Video		Lecture 2 Links Activity 1 Slides Video	Lab 0 Lab 0 Video Review
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE				Assign 0 out APT-0 out

August 30-September 3 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	8/30	8/31 Topics: Main, Functions (Pre-Defined), Parameters, Scope, Function Composition, Flow, random Module Textbook Note about 6.1 6.1-6.2 6.4 6.6-6.7 6.10 5.4	9/1	9/2 Topics: Functions (Programmer-Defined), Flow, Conditionals Intro (if/else basic), 7 Steps Textbookhi 6.6-6.7 7.2-7.8 (7.8.1. not required)	9/3
LECTURE LAB		Lecture 3 Links Activity 1 Slides Video		Lecture 4 Links Activity 1 Slides Video	Complete pre-lab before coming to lab. Lab 1 Lab 1 Video Review
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE				APT-0 due APT-1 out

September 6-10 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	9/6	9/7 Topics: Selection/Conditionals, Boolean Textbook 6.6-6.7 7.1-7.8 (7.8.1 not required)	9/8	9/9 Topics: Lists, Sequences, Debugging, Objects, Totem Intro Textbook 7.1-7.2 9.1-9.4 9.6-9.8, 9.13 10.1-10.5, 10.7	9/10
LECTURE LAB		Lecture 5 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Slides Video		Lecture 6 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Slides Video	Lab 2 Lab 2 Video Review
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE		Assign 0 due		APT-1 due Assign 1 out

September 13-17 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	9/13	9/14 Topics: Mutating Lists, Debugging, List Methods, List Append Textbook 1.6-1.10 3 (all sections) 9.9 10.6, 10.8, 10.10-10.13	9/15	9/16 Topics: EXAM 1 Review Come to class with questions for this review.	9/17
LECTURE LAB		Lecture 7 Links Activity 1 Slides Video		EXAM REVIEW NO Slides Video	Complete Pre-lab 3 before coming to lab. Lab 3 Lab 3 Video Review
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE

September 20-24 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	9/20	9/21 No Reading No Videos No QZ	9/22	9/23 Topics: range Function, Indexing in Loops, Lists and for Loops Textbook 4.7 6.5 9.11, 9.14 10.17, 10.25	9/24
LECTURE LAB		Exam 1 Take between 7AM and 11PM (EST-Durham, NC)		Lecture 8 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Slides Video	No Lab
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE		APT-2 out		Assign 1 due Assign 2 out

September 27-October 1 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	9/27	9/28 Topics: Turtle, Loop Tracing, Files, Data Textbook 4.1-4.3, 4.6, 4.8, 4.9 11.1-11.3	9/29	9/30 Topics: Files (cont), while Loops, Parallel Lists Textbook 11.4-11.6 8.1-8.8	10/1
LECTURE LAB		Lecture 9 Links Activity 1 Code Slides Video		Lecture 10 Links Activity 1 (says 2 though) Activity 2 (says 3 though) Code Slides Video	Lab 4 Lab 4 Video Review
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE		APT-2 due APT-3 out

October 4-8 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	10/4	10/5 NO CLASS: FALL BREAK	10/6	10/7 Topics: List Comprehensions, Global, Transform Textbook 10.22-10.23 Check-in Form	10/8
LECTURE LAB		NO CLASS: FALL BREAK		Lecture 11 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Slides Video	Lab 5 Lab 5 Video Review APT Quiz 1 (10/8-10/11)
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE				Assign 2 due APT-3 due Assign 3 out

October 11-15 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	10/11	10/12 Topics: List Comprehension, DeMorgan's Law, Short-Circuiting, Tuples Textbook 8.11 (but we will use the Pillow Library, get the main idea from the textbook and functions from library documentation 10.26-10.28	10/13	10/14 Topics: Images, Tuples, Sets 8.11 (but we will use the Pillow Library, get the main idea from the textbook and functions from library documentation All the sections in "Sets" at wikibooks, except "frozenset"	10/15
LECTURE LAB	APT Quiz 1 (10/8-10/10)	Lecture 12 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Slides Video		Lecture 13 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Code from Class Slides Video	Complete Pre-Lab 6 before coming to lab. Lab 6 Lab 6 Video Review
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE		APT-4 out		APT-5 out

October 18-22 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	10/18	10/19 Topics: Dictionaries Textbook 12.1-12.4	10/20	10/21 EXAM 2 Review: Bring questions to class.	10/22
LECTURE LAB		Lecture 14 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Code from Class Slides Video		Exam 2 Review Slides Video	Complete Pre-Lab 7 before coming to lab. Lab 7 Lab 7 Video Review
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE		APT-4 due		Assign 3 due Assign 4 out

October 25-29 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	10/25	10/26 EXAM 2 NO READING NO QZ	10/27	10/28 Topics: Dictionaries, Jotto Textbook 12.1-12.4	10/29
LECTURE LAB		EXAM 2:		Lecture 15 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Code from Class Slides Video	No Lab
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE		APT-6 out		APT-5 due

November 1-5 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	11/1	11/2 Topics: Sorting, CSV Textbook ul> CSV Library Documentation Introduction csv.reader csv.writer csvwriter.writerow csvwriter.writerows First section on Lambdas of this Lambda Tutorial The following sections of Python.org's how-to on sorting: Introduction Sorting Basics First 2 examples in Key Functions Ascending and Descending	11/3	11/4 NO CLASS No QZ	11/5
LECTURE LAB		Lecture 16 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Code from Class Slides Video		NO CLASS	Lab 8 Lab 8 Video Review
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE		Assign 5 out		Assign 4 due APT-7 out

November 8-12 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	11/8	11/9 Topics: Stable Sorting, Lambda, Clever Hangman Sorting in Python3 is more stable. More details here. Wikeipedia: Sorting algorithm-Stability.	11/10	11/11 Topics: Greedy Algorithms, Modules, Exceptions Textbook 13.1-13.3	11/12
LECTURE LAB		Lecture 17 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Slides Video		Lecture 18 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Slides Video	Do PreLab 9 before attending lab Lab 9 Lab 9 Video Review APT QUIZ 2: (11/12-11/15)
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE		APT-6 due

November 15-19 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	11/15	11/16 Topics: Recommender	11/17	11/18 Topics: Recommender, Modules, Solving APTs No Reading	11/19
LECTURE LAB		Lecture 19 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Slides Video		Lecture 20 Links Activity 1 Slides Video	Lab 10 Lab 10 Video Review (The video says lab 11, but it is lab 10)
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE		Assign 5 due Assign 6 out		APT-8 out Assign 7 out	APT-7 due

November 22-26 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	11/22	11/23 No Class	11/24	11/25 No Class	11/26
LECTURE LAB		No Class		No Class	No Lab
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE

November 29-December 3 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
PRE- WORK	11/29	11/30 Topics: Recursion Textbook 16.1-16.3	12/1	12/2 Topics: Recursion (again), Wrap-Up Textbook 16.1-16.7	12/3
LECTURE LAB		Lecture 21 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Slides Video		Lecture 22 Links Activity 1 Activity 2 Slides Video	Lab 11 Lab 11 Video Review (The video says lab 12, but it is lab 11)
ASSIGNMENTS APTS DUE		Assign 6 due		APT-8 due Assign 7 due

December 6-10 Week

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
FINAL EXAM WEEK	12/6	12/7	12/8	12/9	12/10 FINAL EXAM: 9AM-12PM