CSCI 121: CS Fundamentals
I
Weekly Schedule
Below I will be adding lecture materials as the course progresses.
These will be lecture slides, code examples, relevant links, and
readings. For the readings
• “PP” is Adam Groce’s text Principled
Programming,
• “TP” is the Think
Python text, and
• “CP” is the Composing
Programs text.
I have also drafted a schedule that lays
out my sense of what we’ll be covering, how we’ll be covering it, and
when.
Week 1: scripting; computing
values
Reading: the syllabus on
the main page of this site.
Lecture
0: course overview.
Lecture
1: intro to Python.
• example code from
lecture.
Project 0:
set-up.
Homework 1:
scripting.
Lecture
2: more Python; conditionals.
Reading: PP Chs. 1.1-1.3; TP Ch.
1 and TP Ch.
2; CP Ch.
1.1 and 1.2
Week 1: scripts;
int, float, bool; the
if statement
Week 2: loops and iteration
Week 3: functions and
procedures
Week 4: lists and
dictionaries
Week 5: recursion
Week 6: object-orientation
Week 7: higher order
functions
Week 8: linked lists
Spring Break
Week 9: linked lists;
searching
Week 10:
efficiency, running time, and sorting
Week 11: binary search trees
Week 12: file I/O; exceptions
Week 13: review; evaluation