Schedule
This is a rough schedule of topics for each day, and the release and due dates for homework assignments.
Reading should be completed before the class day that they are listed; the morning reading quizzes will reflect those topics.
“Sweigart” refers to the textbook, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python 2nd ed. All reading should come with links.
| Date | Topics | Due (Before Class) | Assigned (After Class) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Setup & Bare Bones | |||
| M 9/12 | Intro to the course: Assessments, projects, and (un)grades | Syllabus | ||
| W 9/14 | Variables, Numbers, Types of Data (notes) | Sweigart 1 | HW 1 | |
| Th 9/15 | Lab: Setting up your Python environment | |||
| Week 2 | Conditionals & Loops | |||
| M 9/19 | if/else and match/case (notes) | Sweigart 2 through “elif statements”; Supplement: match-case | ||
| W 9/21 | for and while loops (notes) | Sweigart 2 remaining | HW 2 | |
| Th 9/22 | Lab: The Collatz Conjecture | HW1 | ||
| Week 3 | Functions | |||
| M 9/26 | Functions (notes) | Sweigart 3 through “The Call Stack” | ||
| W 9/28 | Call stacks and scope (notes) | Sweigart 3 remaining | HW 3 | |
| Th 9/29 | Lab: Revise and Resubmit | HW2 | ] | |
| Week 4 | Lists & Dictionaries | |||
| M 10/3 | Imports (notes) & Lists (notes) | Sweigart 4 | Mid-Semester Eval | |
| W 10/5 | Dictionaries (notes) | Sweigart 5 | HW4 | |
| Th 10/6 | Lab: Mini Battleship | HW3 | ||
| Week 5 | Strings & Pattern Matching | |||
| M 10/10 | Strings (notes) | Sweigart 6 | ||
| W 10/12 | Regex (notes) | Sweigart 7 | HW5 | |
| Th 10/13 | Lab: DNA Sequencing | HW4 | ||
| Week 6 | Basic File Handling | |||
| M 10/17 | Pathing (notes) | Final Project Proposal; Sweigart 9 through “Checking Path Validity” | ||
| W 10/19 | File I/O (notes) | HW5; Sweigart 9 remaining | ||
| Th 10/20 | NO LAB: READING PERIOD | |||
| Week 7 | Advanced File Handling | |||
| M 10/24 | File I/O Cont’d (notes) | |||
| W 10/26 | Individual Exploration & Review | CHOOSE ONE OF: Sweigart 12-19 | ||
| Th 10/27 | Lab: Heating Up | |||
| Week 8 | Debugging | |||
| M 10/31 | Documentation and Error Handling (notes) | |||
| W 11/2 | Asking Good Questions (notes) | |||
| Th 11/3 | [TAKE-HOME: NO CLASS] Lab: Debug Challenge | Final Project Draft | Final Project Peer Comments | |
| Week 9 | Modules and More | |||
| M 11/7 | File Imports (notes) | |||
| W 11/8 | Final Project Revisions | |||
| Th 11/9 | [CANCELLED: NO CLASS] | Final Project Peer Comments | ||
| Week 10 | Final Project & Course Wrap-Up | |||
| M 11/14 | Final Project Work | |||
| W 11/16 | Course Debrief & Feedback | (End-of-Term Eval) (Materials Consent) | ||
| Th 11/17 | Lab: Final Project Work |
Final Projects Due Tuesday, November 23 by 11:59 PM