Introduction to Computer Science Programming in Python
(Fall 2024)

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Lectures

Mon and Wed
3–4:30 pm in 26-100
(No lecture recordings will be available!)
Slides and Code
In calendar below

Recitations

Fridays (and optional)
10 am in 1-190
11 am in 2-190
1 pm in 6-120
2 pm in 6-120
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This Week's Pset

Finished with 6.100A Psets!
Due:

Office Hours

In 38-370
Mon–Thu: 11 am–9 pm
(Closed during MW 3–5 pm)
Fri: 11 am–5 pm
Instructor OH: Thu 2–3pm in 38-648

Calendar and Materials 6.100A – Fall 2024

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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9/2
9/3 Pset 0 out
9/4: Lecture 1
Overview and intro, objects and types, variables
Readings: Ch 1, 2.1, 2.4
Lec 1 Finger Ex. out Pset 1 out
9/5
Microquiz 0 (not graded, demonstrates microquiz mechanics, available during 4:30-9:30PM)
9/6: Recitation 1 Pset 0 due at 10PM (No checkoff for Pset 0)
9/9: Lecture 2
String operations, conditionals, loops, enumeration
Readings: Ch 2.3, 2.5-2.7, 5.2, 3.1
Lec 1 Finger Ex. due at 3PM Lec 2 Finger Ex. out Pset 2 out
9/10
9/11: Lecture 3
Floats, approximation, bisection search
Readings: Ch 3.2-3.4
Microquiz 1 (25 minutes at the end of class)
Lec 2 Finger Ex. due at 3PM Lec 3 Finger Ex. out Pset 1 due at 10PM
9/12 Pset 1 Checkoffs start
9/13: Recitation 2 Add deadline: last day to add 6.100A or to switch to 6.100L
9/16: Lecture 4
Decomposition and abstraction, functions, scope
Readings: Ch 4.1-4.3
Lec 3 Finger Ex. due at 3PM Lec 4 Finger Ex. out Pset 3 out Pset 2 due at 10PM
9/17 Pset 2 Checkoffs start
9/18: Lecture 5
Tuples, lists, mutation, aliasing
Readings: Ch 5.1, 5.3, 5.5
Lec 4 Finger Ex. due at 3PM Lec 5 Finger Ex. out
9/19 Pset 1 Checkoff due at 8PM
9/20: Holiday No Class or OH
9/23: Lecture 6
Exceptions, testing
Readings: Ch 9, 8.1
Microquiz 2 (25 minutes at the end of class)
Lec 5 Finger Ex. due at 3PM Lec 6 Finger Ex. out
9/24 Pset 3 due at 10PM
9/25: Lecture 7
Debugging, dictionaries
Readings: Ch 8.2, 5.7
Lec 6 Finger Ex. due at 3PM Lec 7 Finger Ex. out Pset 4 out Pset 3 Checkoffs start Pset 2 Checkoff due at 8PM
9/26
9/27: Recitation 3
9/30: Lecture 8
Function objects, comprehension, recursion
Readings: Ch 4.4, 5.4, 5.3.2, 5.8, 6
Lec 7 Finger Ex. due at 3PM Lec 8 Finger Ex. out
10/1
10/2: Lecture 9
Data abstraction, classes, attributes and methods
Readings: Ch 10.1, 4.5
Microquiz 3 (25 minutes at the end of class)
Lec 8 Finger Ex. due at 3PM No Lec 9 Finger Ex. Pset 5 out Pset 3 Checkoff due at 8PM
10/3 Pset 4 due at 10PM
10/4: Recitation 4 Pset 4 Checkoffs start Drop deadline
10/7: Lecture 10
Inheritance, class attributes
Readings: Ch 10.2, 10.4
No Lec 10 Finger Ex.
10/8
10/9: Lecture 11
Program timing, complexity
Readings: Ch 11.1-11.2
Microquiz 4 (30 minutes at the end of class)
No Lec 11 Finger Ex.
10/10 Pset 5 due at 10PM
10/11: Recitation 5 Pset 5 Checkoffs start Pset 4 Checkoff due at 4PM
10/14: Holiday No Class or OH
10/15: Holiday No Class or OH
10/16: Lecture 12
Complexity classes, sorting algorithms
Readings: Ch 11.3, 12.1-12.2
No Lec 12 Finger Ex.
10/17
10/18: Recitation 6 Pset 5 Checkoff due at 4PM
10/21: Lecture 13
Amortization, hashing, wrap-up
Readings: 12.3
No Lec 13 Finger Ex. Review Session: 7:30-9:30PM in 10-250
10/22
10/23: Lecture 14
Final Exam in-class
Readings: none
FINAL EXAM (80 minutes, full class time in 26-100)
No Lec 14 Finger Ex.
10/24
10/25