Syllabus
Logistics
Main Classroom Meetings: Tue Thu, 11:00-12:30, DMP 301
Lab Meetings: enroll in one of Mon, Tue, Thu
Staff
| Name: | Role: | Ofc Hr: | Location: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinda Heeren | Instructor | Tue 12:30-14:00 | ICCS 233 |
| Sim Sanghera | TA | Tues 9:30-10:30 & Wed 10:00-11:00 | ICCS X341 |
| Lulu Aygun | TA | Tues 14:00-15:00 & Thurs 12:30-13:30 | ICCS X141 |
| Raghav Aggarwal | UA | Wed 13:00-14:00 & Fri 13:00-14:00 | Demco Table 6 |
Course Components
Class Meetings (5%):
Student active engagement and ongoing feedback is welcomed and expected.
Projects (4 x 7.5% = 30%):
You will be asked to complete 4 increasingly complex programming assignments over the course of the semester. Duration of these projects will be approximately 2 weeks.
Lab Meetings (10%):
This semester the lab meeting content will be shaped by the programming projects. They will be a perfect opportunity for students to discuss design ideas and directions with course staff, and to receive debugging assistance. Marking will be based on attendance.
Exams (15% + 25%):
There will be one midterm and one final exam in the course. Midterm is scheduled for Oct 24, in class. The final exam is scheduled by the university. We expect to announce its details by Nov 1.
Problems of the Day (50 x 0.30% = 15%):
We believe that programming fluency comes with regular practice. To reinforce the concepts we introduce in the classroom, and to build fluency, we will be assigning short daily exercises for you to complete. These exercises, referred to as POTD, will likely take around 15minutes. You will complete the POTD using an online tool called repl.it, and submit your response to another tool called Gradescope for very light autograding.
Schedule
Reading
We will be suggesting readings from two different interactive Python texts. Both of them use turtle graphics as a sandbox for learning how to think about the sequential execution of code. We will not use turtle graphics for any of our explorations, but you may enjoy learning about it. Here are the links to the texts: