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15-112 Schedule
Fall 2011 |
| Week | Dates | Event / Topics | Quizzes / Labs / Homeworks |
| Week #1 |
Mon 29-Aug to Fri 2-Sep |
Getting Started Types, Literals, Variables, Operators, and Expressions |
lab1 (due Sun 4-Sep at 10pm) hw1 (due Wed 7-Sep at 10pm) |
| Week #2 |
Mon 5-Sep to Fri 9-Sep |
Program Structure and Control Flow, part 1: Functions, Conditionals, Loops |
quiz1 (on
Thu 8-Sep, through wk1+hw1) lab2 (due Wed 14-Sep at 10pm) |
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Week #3 |
Mon 12-Sep to Fri 16-Sep |
Problem-Solving with Top-Down Design Program Properties, part 1: Efficiency |
practice-thru-week-3 (due never) quiz2 (on Thu 15-Sep, through wk2+lab2) hw2 (due Sun 18-Sep at 10pm) |
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Week #4 |
Mon 19-Sep to Fri 23-Sep |
Program Properties, part 2:
Style Sequences, part 1: Strings |
practice-thru-week-4 (due never) lab3 (due Wed 21-Sep at 10pm) quiz3 (on Thu 22-Sep, through wk3+lab3) contest1 (on Sat 24-Sep) hw3 (due Thu 29-Sep at 10pm) |
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Week #5 |
Mon 26-Sep to Fri 30-Sep |
Program Structure and Control Flow, part 2:
Exceptions Program Properties, part 3: Correctness + Debugging Sequences, part 2: 1d Lists + Tuples |
practice-thru-week-5 (due never) quiz4 (on Thu 29-Sep, through wk4+hw3) lab4 (due Sun 2-Oct at 10pm) |
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Week #6 |
Mon 3-Oct to Fri 7-Oct |
Sequences, part 3:
2d Lists Case Studies: wordSearch, connect4, matrices (optional) |
quiz5 (on Thu 6-Oct, through wk5+lab4) hw4 (due Mon 10-Oct at 10pm) |
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Week #7 |
Mon 10-Oct to Fri 14-Oct |
Sets +
Maps
(Dictionaries) Optional: Monte Carlo Methods Optional: Combinatorial Iterators |
quiz6 (on Thu 13-Oct, through wk6+hw4) lab5 (due Tue 18-Oct at 11:59pm) |
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Week #8 |
Mon 17-Oct to Fri 21-Oct |
Quick Tour of Python Libraries, Modules, and
Applications Programming with a Social Conscience Term Project Assignment Thu 20-Oct: Midterm #1 |
midterm1-practice (due never) midterm1 (on Thu 20-Oct, through wk7) |
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Week #9 |
Mon 23-Oct to Fri 28-Oct |
Programming Paradigms 1: Event-Based Programming Graphics + Animations Case Studies: Snake, drawStar Miscellaneous Python / Tkinter Demos (Optional) Optional: Making and Displaying Mazes |
practice-thru-week-9 (due never) quiz7 (on Thu 27-Oct, through wk9/Snake) lab6 (due Sun 30-Oct at 10pm) |
| Week #10 |
Mon 30-Oct to Fri 4-Nov |
Programming Paradigms 2: Functional Programming Recursion Optional: Higher-Order Functions, Map, Filter, Reduce Optional: Backtracking (Maze Solving, N-Queens) |
practice-thru-week-10 (due never) quiz8-practice (due never) quiz8 (on Thu 3-Nov, through wk10/Rec'n) hw5 (due Sun 6-Nov at 10pm) |
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Week #11 |
Mon 7-Nov to Fri 11-Nov |
Programming Paradigms 3: Object-Oriented Programming Writing Classes |
practice-thru-week-11 (due never) quiz9 (on Thu 10-Nov, through wk10/Rec'n) No hw (Open time for term projects) |
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Week #12 |
Mon 14-Nov to Fri 18-Nov |
Programming Paradigms 4: Web Programming Optional: Client-Server (with Google App Engine) and Peer-to-Peer Optional: Simple AI for One-Player and Two-Player Games |
practice-thru-week-12 (due never) quiz9-redux (on Thu 17-Nov) |
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Week #13 |
Mon 21-Nov to Fri 25-Nov |
Tue 22-Nov:
Midterm #2 Wed 23-Nov to Fri 25-Nov: Thanksgiving Holiday (No Classes) |
midterm2 (on Tue 22-Nov, through wk10) |
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Week #14 |
Mon 28-Nov to Fri 2-Dec |
Term Projects
+ Additional Topics Optional: How a Computer Works Writing Classes (redux) |
hw6 (due Fri 9-Dec at 10pm) |
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Week #15 |
Mon 5-Dec to Fri 9 Dec |
Term Projects + Additional Topics How a Programming Language Works Term Project Presentations |
term project (due Wed 7-Dec at 10pm) contest2 (on Sat 10-Dec) final exam practice (due never) |
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Mon 12-Dec to Fri 16-Dec |
Final Exam (Mon 12-Dec, 5:30pm - 8:30pm, UC McConomy) |