Introduction to CS and Programming using Python
(Fall 2023)

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Lecture Material

In-person Lectures
Mon and Wed at 3pm-4:30pm
in 26-100 (no lecture recordings will be available!) Slides and Code
in Calendar below

Office Hours

In-person in 38-370 and on Zoom
(get a spot via the Help Queue)
No OH during lecture hours
OH start Thursday the first week
Monday-Thursday: 9am-9pm
Friday 9am-5pm

This Week's Pset

Finished with 6.100A Psets!

Recitation Schedule

In-person on Fridays (and optional)
10am in 2-190
11am in 2-190
1pm in 6-120
2pm in 6-120
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Calendar and Materials 6.100A - Fall 2023

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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9/4 PS 0 out
9/5
9/6: Lecture 1 zip
Admin and overview, what is computation, intro to programming languages and Python, assignment, types (int, float, str), objects
Readings: Ch 1, Ch 2.1-2.3
Lec1 Finger Ex. out PS 1 out
9/7
Microquiz 0 (testing microquiz mechanics, not for points, take it on your own between 4:30pm and 9:30pm)
9/8: Recitation 1 notes PS 0 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 0)
9/11: Lecture 2 zip
String operations, branching, indentation, iteration (while loops, basic for loops with range), guess and check algorithms
Readings: Ch 2.4-2.7, 3.1
Lec2 Finger Ex. out Lec1 Finger Ex. due
9/12 Last Day We Accept Adds
9/13: Lecture 3 zip
Floating point, approximate solutions, bisection methods
Readings: Ch 3.2-3.4
Microquiz 1 (30 minutes at the end of class)
Lec3 Finger Ex. out Lec2 Finger Ex. due
9/14
9/15: Recitation 2 notes
9/18: Lecture 4 zip
Decomposition, abstraction, functions, scope, tuples, lists
Readings: Ch 4.1-4.3, 5.1-5.3.1
Lec4 Finger Ex. out Lec3 Finger Ex. due PS 2 out
9/19 PS 1 due at 9PM
9/20: Lecture 5 zip
Mutability, aliasing, for loops over sequences
Readings: Ch 5.3-5.5
Microquiz 2 (30 minutes at the end of class)
Lec5 Finger Ex. out Lec4 Finger Ex. due PS 1 Checkoffs start
9/21
9/22: Holiday No Class or OH
9/25: Lecture 6 zip
Exceptions, assertions, testing and debugging
Readings: Ch 8, 9
Lec6 Finger Ex. out Lec5 Finger Ex. due PS 3 out
9/26 PS 2 due at 9PM
9/27: Lecture 7 zip
Dictionaries, functions as objects, recursion
Readings: Ch 4.4, 5.7-5.8, 6
Lec7 Finger Ex. out Lec6 Finger Ex. due PS 2 Checkoffs start
9/28 PS 1 Checkoff due at 8PM
9/29: Recitation 3 notes
10/2: Lecture 8 zip
Data abstraction, start classes, attributes and methods
Readings: Ch 10.1, 4.5
Microquiz 3 (30 minutes at the end of class)
Lec8 Finger Ex. out Lec7 Finger Ex. due PS 4 out
10/3 PS 3 due at 9PM
10/4: Lecture 9 zip
Inheritance, subtyping, substitution rule, extended example using classes, class attributes
Readings: Ch 10.2-10.4
PS 3 Checkoffs start No L9 Finger Ex.
10/5 PS 2 Checkoff due at 8PM
10/6: Recitation 4 notes PS 5 out Drop Deadline
10/9: Holiday No Class or OH
10/10: Holiday No Class or OH
10/11: Lecture 10 zip
Program timing, counting ops, introduce big O/Theta
Readings: Ch 11.1-11.2
Microquiz 4 (30 minutes at the end of class)
Lec8 Finger Ex. due No L10 Finger Ex.
10/12 PS 4 due at 9PM PS 3 Checkoff due at 8PM
10/13: Recitation 5 notes PS 4 Checkoffs start
10/16: Lecture 11 zip
Complexity analysis, binary search, selection sort
Readings: Ch 11.3, 12.1
No L11 Finger Ex.
10/17
10/18: Lecture 12 zip
Merge sort, amortized analysis, implementing lists using indirection, hashing
Readings: Ch 12.2-12.3
No L12 Finger Ex.
10/19 PS 5 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 5) PS 4 Checkoff due at 8PM
10/20
10/23: Lecture 13 zip
Plotting, wrap-up
Readings: Ch 13
Review Session Slides Review Session: 7:30pm in 26-100 No L13 Finger Ex.
10/24 Sample Questions for Final Exam
10/25: Lecture 14 zip
Final Exam in-class
Readings: none
FINAL EXAM LINK (80 minutes, 3-4:30pm in 26-100)
No L14 Finger Ex.
10/26
10/27