Office Hours Schedule

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
4-10pm (WVH 162)	12-3pm (KA 308) 3:30-5:30pm (WVH 310) 6-9pm (WVH 162)	12-2pm (SL 047) 3:30-5:30pm (WVH 310) 6-9pm (WVH 162)	none	12:30-6pm (KA 308) 6-9pm (WVH 162)	none	3-9pm (WVH 162)

Class Schedule

Note: It's likely that the topics will change, but very UNlikely that the dates of labs, homeworks, or exams will. Homeworks are assigned on Thursday, and they are due the following Wednesday at 11:59pm (unless otherwise noted). Labs are also on thursday, during your scheduled CS5003 recitation section. Quizzes and exams are given during lecture, on Monday.

Week Of	Reading	Topics	HW	Lab	Quiz/Exam	Materials
Sep 3	--	Welcome to CS5001! Lab, no lecture Everyone in WVH 210				Slides: Intro Day PP#1
Sep 10	Ch 1, 2.1-2.4	Variables Assignment Arithmetic operations Python IDEs	HW1	Lab 1 Some examples (a few solutions the from hand-in server)... Eating out v1 Eating out v2 Eating out v3 Eating out v4		Handout: Variables Sample code: Winner/Loser Slides PP#2 Handout: How to approach a programming assignment
Sep 17	Ch 2.6, 5.1-5.7	Branching Boolean expressions Strings	HW2	Lab 2 + Align Seminar		Formatting examples (sample code) Handout: Strings PP #3 Worksheet: Conditionals Slides: Boolean Expressions Conditionals examples (aka, examples where Laney always wins the card game)
Sep 24	Ch 7, 10.1-10.3	Iteration (while loops) Iteration (for loops) Lists	HW3	Lab 3 + Loops Worksheet + code (to verify worksheet answers) Lab3 sample solutions logarithm.py binary_conversion.py star.py	Quiz 1	Handout: Lists Handout: Nested Lists PP #4 HW1 Examples Sample code: User Interface, section 1 Sample code: User Interface, section 2 Sample code: A more complete user interface
Oct 1	Ch 3	Functions Parameter passing Scope Testing and debugging	HW4 HW4 Starter Code mbta_directions.py kmeans_viz.py Some hw4 solutions we liked password test mbta kmeans	Lab 4	Quiz 2	Handout: Variable scope PP #5 Worksheet: Defining functions Sample code: mbta module Calling pydoc on the mbta module Handout: Testing Sample code: palindrome in a function (from testing handout) Sample code: test suite for palindrome function (from testing handout) HW2 Examples
Oct 8	INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY	Monday: No lecture Thursday: Regular lab		Lab 5		PP #6
Oct 15	Ch 5.8-5.12, 6	Recursion Tracing recursive functions		Lab 6, Part one + Part two Sample code + solns: Recursion #1 Recursion #2 Recursion #3		Sample code: Variable Scope + Functions Recursion handout Recursion worksheet PP #7 Recursive examples from class... Find max element Sum the elements of a list Spam mystery function Eggs mystery function Midterm Study Sheet Midterm Review Slides
Oct 22		MONDAY: MIDTERM EXAM		Lab 7 + Align Seminar	Midterm
Oct 29	Ch 14.1-14.5	File processing Exception handling	HW5	Lab 8		Handout: Dictionaries Handout: File Processing PP #8 The Python exception hierarchy every_website_ever.py error_handling.py PP #9
Nov 5	Ch 15	Classes and Objects Data encapsulation	HW6 and 7	Lab 9	Quiz 3	Worksheet: Classes and Objects Handout: Classes and Objects Code from the handout: car.py car_driver.py car_test.py Sample class from lecture: coffee.py test_coffee.py coffee_driver.py Testing user input in unittest test_user_input.py user_input_functions.py Slides: Classes and Objects PP #10
Nov 12	VETERANS' DAY	Monday: No lecture Thursday: Regular lab		Lab 10 + Align Seminar		PP #11 HW5 sample solution towers of hanoi spaceship_viz.py (visualization) spaceship.py (functions) spaceship_game.py (driver) test suite
Nov 19	Ch 15	Monday: Regular lecture Thursday: No lab Classes and Objects cont'd Stack data structure				Slides: Computers vs Data Worksheet: stack applications Sample code: STAX stack class small driver using a stack object reverse a string and test reverse convert to binary and test your conversion is string balanced and test your balance PP #12
Nov 26	Appendix B	Algorithmic complexity Search		Lab 11	Quiz 4	Slides: algorithmic complexity Handout: algorithmic complexity Final exam review sheet
Dec 3	Appendix B	Algorithmic complexity Quadratic sorting n lg n sorting		Align Seminar (student panel) Sec 1 -- 3:30pm WVH 210 Sec 2 -- 6:00pm WVH 210		Exam practice questions Handout: sorting algorithms Slides: Final exam review
Dec 10		FINAL EXAM (both sections) 6-9:00pm			Final Exam