Course Links

• Class Schedule (below)
• Lab Schedule (below)
• Course Syllabus
• Think Python 2e, Allen B. Downey, Green Tea Press.
• Course Moodle:
  • Section 01 - Braught
  • Section 02 - Fruchter

Reference Links

• Markdown Cheatsheet
• Python 3 Beginner’s Reference Cheat Sheet
• Python’s built in functions: Simplified | Definitive
• Python’s String methods: Simplified | Definitive
• Python’s List methods: Simplified | Definitive
• Python’s File methods: Simplified | Definitive
• Python’s Dictionary methods: Simplified | Definitive
• Python math module: Simplified | Definitive
• Python random module: Simplified | Definitive
• Python turtle module: Simplified | Definitive
• Python time module: Simplified | Definitive
• Graphics.py Reference | Color Names
• matplotlib tutorial | Colors and Line Styles

Course Tools

• Microsoft OneDrive
• Anaconda Python Distribution
• graphics.py module

Important Dates

• 10/04/2019 (Fri) - Written Exam #1
• 10/15/2019 (Tue) - Lab Exam #1 - Section 02
  10/16/2019 (Wed) - Lab Exam #1 - Section 01
• 11/05/2019 (Wed) - Written Exam #2
• 12/03/2019 (Tue) - Lab Exam #2 - Section 02
  12/04/2019 (Wed) - Lab Exam #2 - Section 01
• 12/11/2019 (Wed) - Written Exam #3
• 12/16/2019 (Mon 9:00am) - Final Exam - Section 01
  12/18/2019 (Wed 9:00am) - Final Exam - Section 02

Class Schedule

Date	Topic	Reading/Preparation Before Class	Assignment/Activity In/After Class
M 09/02/2019	Computing & Algorithms	n/a	Class01 Due: 09/04 8:30am
W 09/04/2019	Algorithms & Ethics	Class02	Class02 Due: 09/06 8:30am
F 09/06/2019	Computing & The Greater Good	Class03	Class03 Due: 09/09 8:30am
M 09/09/2019	Types, Variables & Assignments	1.5-1.6 2.1-2.3	Class04 Due: 09/11 8:00am
W 09/11/2019	Functions & The math module	3.1-3.3	Class05 Due: 09/13 8:00am
F 09/13/2019	More Functions, Modules & Objects	4.1	Class06-07 Due: 09/18 8:00am
M 09/16/2019	Continued…
W 09/18/2019	User Defined Functions	3.4-3.6	Class08-10 Due: 09/25 8:00am
F 09/20/2019	Continued…	3.7-3.9
M 09/23/2019	Continued…	3.10-3.12
W 09/25/2019	Simple Repetition	4.2	Class11-12 Due 09/30 8:00am
F 09/27/2019	Continued…
M 09/30/2019	Encapsulation & Generalization	4.3-4.5	Class13-14 Due 10/07 8:00am
W 10/02/2019	Continued…	4.6-4.8, 4.10
F 10/04/2019	Exam #1 (Through 09/27/2019)
M 10/07/2019	Conditional Execution	5.2, 5.4-5.5	Class15-17 Due 10/14 8:00am
W 10/09/2019	Continued…	5.3
F 10/11/2019	Continued…	5.6-5.7, 5.12
M 10/14/2019	Fruitful Functions	6.1,6.4	Class18 Due 10/18 8:00am
W 10/16/2019	Incremental Development & Debugging	6.2-6.3	Class19-20 Due 10/25 8:00am
F 10/18/2019	Continued…	Assertions
M 10/21/2019	Fall Pause
W 10/23/2019	Recursion	5.8-5.10	Class21-22 Due 10/28 8:00am
F 10/25/2019	Continued…	6.5-6.9
M 10/28/2019	Conditional Iteration	7.1-7.3	Class23-24 Due 11/01 8:00am
W 10/30/2019	Continued…	7.4-7.5
F 11/01/2019	Program Development and Algorithms	7.6-7.7	Class25 Due 11/04 8:00am
M 11/04/2019	Strings and String Processing	8.1-8.5, 8.10	Class26-27 Due 11/11 8:00am
W 11/06/2019	Exam #2 (Through 10/30/2019)
F 11/08/2019	Continued…	8.6-8.7
M 11/11/2019	String Methods	8.8-8.9, 8.11	Class28 Due 11/13 8:00am
W 11/13/2019	File Processing	9.1-9.5	Class29-30 Due 11/18 8:00am
F 11/15/2019	Continued…	14.1-14.2, 14.4
M 11/18/2019	List Basics	10.1-10.6, 10.8	Class31 Due 11/20 8:00am
W 11/20/2019	List Processing	10.7	Class32-33 Due 11/25 9:00am
F 11/22/2019	Continued…	10.9-10.13
M 11/25/2019	Program Development and Algorithms		Class34 Due 12/02 8:00am
W 11/27/2019	Thanksgiving Break
F 11/29/2019	Thanksgiving Break
M 12/02/2019	Dictionaries	11.1-11.2	Class35-37 Due 12/09 8:00am
W 12/04/2019	Continued…	11.3-11.4
F 12/06/2019	Continued…	11.5,11.8
M 12/09/2019	Author Identification Project	8.8,13.1,13.3-13.5	Lab13 Due 12/13 11:59pm
W 12/11/2019	Exam #3 (through 12/06/2019)
F 12/13/2019	Continued…

Lab Schedule

Lab	Section 01	Section 02	Reading/Preparation Before Lab	Assignment In/After Lab
Lab #1 - Course Tools & Practices	09/04/2019	09/03/2019	Lab01 Preparation	Lab01
Lab #2 - Input, Computations & Errors	09/11/2019	09/10/2019	1.7, 2.6, 2.8, 5.11	Lab02
Lab #3 - Objects & Graphics	09/18/2019	09/17/2019	2.4, 2.7	Lab03
Lab #4 - Functional Decomposition	09/25/2019	09/24/2019	4.9 Review: 3.4,3.7,3.11	Lab04
Lab #5 - Scientific Simulations	10/02/2019	10/02/2019		Lab05
Lab #6 - Practice Lab Exam	10/09/2019	10/08/2019		Lab06
Lab #7 - Lab Exam #1	10/16/2019	10/15/2019		Lab07
Lab #8 - Ethics and Autonomous Vehicles	10/30/2019	10/29/2019	Lab08 Article and Video	Lab08
Lab #9 - Climate Modeling	11/06/2019	11/05/2019		Lab09
Lab #10 - Sentiment Analysis	11/13/2019	11/12/2019	9.1	Lab10
Lab #11 - Harnessing Evolution	11/20/2019	11/19/2019	10.7	Lab11
Lab #12 - Lab Exam #2	12/04/2019	12/03/2019		Lab12
Lab #13 - Author Identification Project	12/11/2019	12/10/2019		Lab13

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