| 2 | M | Jan 25 | No class - MLK Day observed | ||
| W | Jan 27 | Elementary computation | 2 - 2.3,ASCII | 1.4.1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 | |
| Th | Jan 28 | Thinking about functions | 2.4 | 2.2.1-2,8 & 2.3.4-8 | |
| F | Jan 29 | Visualizing abstraction | 3-3.2 | 2.4.1-3, 7, 8, 12, 13 quiz1 quiz1solutions |
| 3 | M | Feb 1 | Functional abstraction | 3.3 | 3.1.1,2,3; 3.2.1-5 |
| W | Feb 3 | Style / Functions | 3.4-3.5 | 3.3.1,5,7,8,9 | |
| Th | Feb 4 | Scope / Namespaces | 3.6 | 3.4.1,2; 3.5.3,4,8,9 | |
| F | Feb 5 | Iteration and population models | 4-4.2 | 3.6.2-3 quiz2 quiz2solutions |
| 4 | M | Feb 8 | Discrete models and accumulators | 4-4.2 | 4.1.1,2,7,13,18 |
| W | Feb 10 | Accumulators | 4.1.21, 23, 29, 37 quiz3 quiz3solutions |
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| Th | Feb 11 | Search / Pagerank | MacCormick Ch. 1-3 | 4.2.3, 4 | |
| F | Feb 12 | Exam 1 |
| 5 | M | Feb 15 | Conditional iteration (while loops) | 4.3 | |
| W | Feb 17 | Continuous models | 4.4,4.6 | 4.3.1-3,5 | |
| Th | Feb 18 | Random walks | 5-5.1 | 4.4.2,5 | |
| F | Feb 19 | Monte Carlo simulation | 5.1.1,2 quiz4 quiz4solutions |
| 6 | M | Feb 22 | Simulating probability distributions | 5.3 | Project 4.3 (p.177) report guidelines |
| W | Feb 24 | Back to Booleans | 5.4-5 | 5.3.1-2 | |
| Th | Feb 25 | Analyzing text | 6-6.1 | 5.4.1,3-6 | |
| F | Feb 26 | Text documents | 6.2 | 6.1.3-5 Paper1 |
| 7 | M | Feb 29 | Encoding strings | 6.3 | Project 5.1 (p.234) |
| W | Mar 2 | Analyzing text | 6.5 feedback |
6.3.1,2,5,6 quiz5 quiz5solutions |
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| Th | Mar 3 | Linear-time algorithms | 6.4 | 6.5.1,3 | |
| F | Mar 4 | Summarizing data | 8-8.1 | 6.4.1,2 |
| 8 | M | Mar 7 | Creating and modifyiing lists | 8.2 | Project 6.10 (p. 313) |
| W | Mar 9 | More lists | 8.1.3,11,14 quiz6 quiz6solutions |
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| Th | Mar 10 | Error-correcting codes | MacCormick, Ch. 5 | 8.2.5,6,14 | |
| F | Mar 11 | Exam 2 |
| 9 | M to F | Mar 14 to 18 | Spring break |
| 10 | M | Mar 21 | Warmup / Problem-solving | ||
| W | Mar 23 | Frequencies/Data files csv |
8.3,8.4 | ||
| Th | Mar 24 | Linear Regression | 8.6 | 8.3.1,2,5 | |
| F | Mar 25 | Two-dimensional data | 9-9.2 | 8.6.1,2 |
| 11 | M | Mar 28 | Images image.py | 9.3 | Project 8.4 (p. 428) |
| W | Mar 30 | Fractals | 10-10.1 | 9.1.1-3, 9.2.5,7 Paper2 quiz7 quiz7solutions |
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| Th | Mar 31 | Recursion and Iteration | 10.2 | 10.1.1-3 | |
| F | Apr 1 | More recursion | 10.2.1,2,4 Final project topic due |
| 12 | M | Apr 4 | Recursive linear search | 10.4 | 10.2.7,9,10 quiz8 quiz8solutions |
| W | Apr 6 | Divide and conquer | 10.5 | Project 9.1 (p. 471) | |
| Th | Apr 7 | Binary search | 11-11.1 | 10.5.2,7 quiz8 quiz8solutions |
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| F | Apr 8 | Selection sort | 11.2 |
| 13 | M | Apr 11 | Insertion sort | 11.3 | |
| W | Apr 13 | Merge sort | 11.4 | Final project checkpoint quiz9 quiz9solutions |
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| Th | Apr 14 | Data Compression | MacCormick, Ch. 7 | ||
| F | Apr 15 | Networks | 12-12.1 | Project 10.2 (p. 531) |
| 14 | M | Apr 18 | Network algorithms | 12.2 | |
| W | Apr 20 | Networks / Abstract Data Types | |||
| Th | Apr 21 | Exam review | |||
| F | Apr 22 | Exam 3 |
| 15 | M | Apr 25 | Final project work day | ||
| W | Apr 27 | Presentations | Final project due | ||
| Th | Apr 28 | Presentations | |||
| F | Apr 29 | Presentations / Evaluations | Project 12.1 (p. 612) |
| 16 | M | May 2 | Course wrapup | Paper3 | |
| Final Exam, Wednesday, May 4, 9-11am |