Introduction to CS and Programming using Python
(Spring 2021)

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Calendar and Materials 6.0001 - Spring 2021

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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
2/15 PS 0 out
2/16
2/17: Lecture 1
Admin and overview, what is computation, intro to programming languages and Python, assignment, types (int, float, str), objects, branching, indentation
Readings: Ch 1, Ch 2.1-2.3
Lec1 Finger Ex. out PS 1 out
2/18
2/19 PS 0 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 0)
2/22: Lecture 2
Iteration (while loops, basic for loops with range), guess and check algorithms, Strings (insertion, deletion)
Readings: Ch 2.4-2.8, 3.1
Microquiz 0 (30 minutes within a 14 hour time period)
Lec2 Finger Ex. out Lec1 Finger Ex. due
2/23
2/24: Lecture 3
Floating point, approximate solutions, bisection methods
Readings: Ch 3.2-3.5
Microquiz 1 (30 minutes within a 14 hour time period)
Lec3 Finger Ex. out Lec2 Finger Ex. due
2/25
2/26: Recitation 1 Last day to add 6.0001
3/1: Lecture 4
Decomposition, abstraction, functions, scope, tuples, lists
Readings: Ch 4.1-4.3, 5.1-5.3
Lec4 Finger Ex. out Lec3 Finger Ex. due PS 2 out PS 1 due at 9PM
3/2 PS 1 Checkoffs start
3/3: Lecture 5
Mutability, aliasing, for loops over sequences, exceptions, assertions
Readings: Ch 5.3-5.5, 9
Microquiz 2 (30 minutes within a 14 hour time period)
Lec5 Finger Ex. out Lec4 Finger Ex. due
3/4
3/5: Recitation 2
3/8: Student holiday No Class or OH
3/9: Lecture 6
Dictionaries, functions as objects, recursion
Readings: Ch 4.4, 5.7, 6
Lec6 Finger Ex. out Lec5 Finger Ex. due PS 3 out PS 2 due at 11PM PS 1 Checkoff due
3/10: Lecture 7
Data abstraction, start classes, subtyping, substitution rule
Readings: Ch 10.1
Microquiz 3 (30 minutes within a 14 hour time period)
Lec6 Finger Ex. due PS 2 Checkoffs start No L7 Finger Ex.
3/11
3/12: Recitation 3
3/15: Lecture 8
Inheritance, extended example using classes, class attributes
Readings: Ch 10.2-10.5
Lec8 Finger Ex. out PS 4 out PS 4 Checkoffs start(after code submitted)
3/16 PS 3 due at 9PM
3/17: Lecture 9
Introduce algorithm analysis, implementing lists using indirection
Readings: Ch 11
Microquiz 4 (45 minutes within a 14 hour time period)
Lec8 Finger Ex. due PS 3 Checkoffs start PS 2 Checkoff due No L9 Finger Ex.
3/18
3/19: Recitation 4 6.0001 drop deadline
3/22: Student holiday No Class or OH
3/23: Student holiday PS 5 out No Class or OH
3/24: Lecture 10
Binary search, selection sort, merge sort, amortized analysis
Readings: Ch 12.1,12.2
PS 4 due at 9PM No L10 Finger Ex.
3/25 PS 3 Checkoff due
3/26
3/29: Lecture 11
Hashing and Plotting (not necessary for 6.0001, but necessary for 6.0002)
Readings: Ch 12.3, Ch 13
No L11 Finger Ex.
3/30
3/31 PS 5 due at 9PM (No checkoff for PS 5) PS 4 Checkoff due
4/1
4/2