(full semester) Introduction to CS and Programming using Python
(Spring 2022)

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Calendar and Materials 6.s061 - Spring 2022

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1/31: Lecture 1 zip
Introduction to Python: knowledge, machines, objects, types, variables, bindings, IDEs
Readings: Ch 1, Ch 2.1-2.2
Lec1 Finger Ex. out PS 1 out
2/1
2/2: Lecture 2 zip
Core elements of programs: strings, input/output, f-strings, operators, branching, indentation
Readings: Ch 2.3-2.4
Lec2 Finger Ex. out Lec1 Finger Ex. due
2/3
Microquiz 0 (testing microquiz mechanics, not for points, take it on your own between 4:30pm and 9:30pm)
2/4: Recitation 1 notes PS 0 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 0)
2/7: Lecture 3 zip
Program Flow: control flow, loops
Readings: Ch 2.5-2.8
Microquiz 1 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)
Lec3 Finger Ex. out Lec2 Finger Ex. due
2/8
2/9: Lecture 4 zip
Iteration, simple programs: guess and check, binary, fractions
Readings: Ch 3.1, 3.3
Lec4 Finger Ex. out Lec3 Finger Ex. due
2/10
2/11: Recitation 2 notes
2/14: Lecture 5 zip
Simple Algorithms: approximation method, floats
Readings: Ch 3.3, 3.2
Microquiz 2 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)
Lec5 Finger Ex. out Lec4 Finger Ex. due PS 1 halfway-handin due at 9PM
2/15
2/16: Lecture 6 zip
Simple Algorithms: bisection search, Newton-Raphson
Readings: Ch 3.4, 3.5
Lec6 Finger Ex. out Lec5 Finger Ex. due
2/17
2/18: Recitation 3 notes
2/21: Holiday No Class or OH
2/22: Lecture 7 zip
Functions: decomposition, abstraction, specifications
Readings: Ch 4.1-4.2
Microquiz 3 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)
Lec7 Finger Ex. out Lec6 Finger Ex. due
2/23: Lecture 8 zip
Functions: environments, scope, functions as objects
Readings: Ch 4.3-4.6
Lec8 Finger Ex. out Lec7 Finger Ex. due PS 2 out PS 1 due at 9PM
2/24 PS 1 Checkoffs start
2/25: Recitation 4 notes
2/28: Lecture 9 zip
Tuples and lists
Readings: Ch 5.1-5.3
Microquiz 4 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)
Lec9 Finger Ex. out Lec8 Finger Ex. due
3/1
3/2: Lecture 10 zip
List operations, mutability: mutation, aliasing, tricky examples with loops over L
Readings: Ch 5.3-5.5
Lec10 Finger Ex. out Lec9 Finger Ex. due PS 2 halfway-handin due at 9PM
3/3 PS 1 Checkoff due
3/4: Recitation 5 notes Last day to add 6.s061
3/7: Lecture 11 zip
Alising and cloning, list comprehensions
Readings: Ch 5.3-5.5
Microquiz 5 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)
Lec11 Finger Ex. out Lec10 Finger Ex. due
3/8
3/9: Lecture 12 zip
More functions as objects, keyword arguments, default arguments, Debugging: glass box/black box testing, examples
Readings: Ch 4.4, Ch 8
Lec12 Finger Ex. out Lec11 Finger Ex. due PS 3 out PS 2 due at 9PM
3/10 PS 2 Checkoffs start
3/11: Recitation 6 notes
3/14: Lecture 13 zip
Exceptions, assertions
Readings: Ch 9
Microquiz 6 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)
Lec13 Finger Ex. out Lec12 Finger Ex. due
3/15
3/16: Lecture 14 zip
Dictionaries: keys, values, mutability, iteration over a dict, examples
Readings: Ch 5.7
Lec14 Finger Ex. out Lec13 Finger Ex. due Office hours 9am to 3pm only
3/17 PS 2 Checkoff due Office hours 2pm to 9pm only
3/18: Recitation 7 notes NO office hours today
3/21: Spring Break No Class or OH
3/22: Spring Break No Class or OH
3/23: Spring Break No Class or OH
3/24: Spring Break No Class or OH
3/25: Spring Break No Class or OH
3/28: Lecture 15 zip
Recursion: iteration vs recursion, inductive reasoning
Readings: Ch 6.1
Microquiz 7 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)
Lec15 Finger Ex. out Lec14 Finger Ex. due
3/29
3/30: Lecture 16 zip
Recursion: fibonacci, fibonacci with a dict, recursion on non-numerics, recursion on lists, Towers of Hanoi (extra)
Readings: Ch 6.2-6.4
Lec16 Finger Ex. out Lec15 Finger Ex. due PS 3 halfway-handin due at 9PM
3/31
4/1: Recitation 8 notes
4/4: Lecture 17 zip
Object Oriented Programming: data abstraction, class def, class instances, methods
Readings: Ch 10.1
Microquiz 8 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)
Lec17 Finger Ex. out Lec16 Finger Ex. due
4/5
4/6: Lecture 18 zip
Object Oriented Programming: dunder methods, examples
Readings: Ch 10.1
Lec18 Finger Ex. out Lec17 Finger Ex. due PS 4 out PS 3 due at 9PM
4/7 PS 3 Checkoffs start
4/8: Recitation 9 notes
4/11: Lecture 19 zip
Inheritance: hierarchies, subclasses, using inherited methods, examples
Readings: Ch 10.2
Lec19 Finger Ex. out Lec18 Finger Ex. due
4/12
4/13: Lecture 20 zip
Inheritance: more examples
Readings: Ch 10.4
Lec20 Finger Ex. out Lec19 Finger Ex. due PS 4 halfway-handin due at 9PM
4/14 PS 3 Checkoff due
4/15: Recitation 10 notes
4/18: Holiday No Class or OH
4/19 Drop Date
4/20: Lecture 21 zip
Complexity: measuring efficiency, timing programs, counting operations
Readings: Ch 11
Lec20 Finger Ex. due PS 5 out PS 4 due at 9PM No L21 Finger Ex.
4/21 PS 4 Checkoffs start
4/22: Recitation 11 notes
4/25: Lecture 22 zip
Complexity: Big-Oh notation, Big-Theta notation, complexity relations and classes, calc complexity
Readings: Ch 11
Microquiz 9 (45 minutes in-class on your computer)
Lec22 Finger Ex. out
4/26
4/27: Lecture 23 zip
string and list examples, analyzing complexity, Search: indirection, linear search, bisection search
Readings: Ch 12.1
Lec23 Finger Ex. out Lec22 Finger Ex. due
4/28 PS 4 Checkoff due
4/29: Recitation 12 notes
5/2: Lecture 24 zip
Sort: bogo, bubble, selection, merge sort
Readings: Ch 12.2
Microquiz 10 (30 minutes in-class on your computer)
Lec23 Finger Ex. due PS 5 halfway-handin due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 5) No L24 Finger Ex.
5/3
5/4: Lecture 25 zip
Visualization library
Readings: Ch 13
No L25 Finger Ex.
5/5
5/6
5/9: Lecture 26 zip
Extras: lists in memory, hashing, simulations, wrap-up
Readings: Ch 12.3, Ch 17
PS 5 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 5) No L26 Finger Ex.
5/10 No OH rest of the week
5/11
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5/16
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