Office Hours Schedule

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
2-5pm (KA204)	11am-2pm (KA208) 3-6pm (WVH310) 6-9pm (SL049)	12-3pm (KA204) 5-10pm (SL049)	2-5pm (KA308)	3-6pm (SL043)

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 Thursday at 9:00am (unless otherwise noted). Labs are also on thursday, during your scheduled CS5003 recitation section. The midterm exam is given during lecture, as are most quizzes.

Week Of	Reading	Topics	HW	Lab	Quiz/Exam	Materials
Jan 7	Ch 1, 2.1-2.5	Variables Assignment Arithmetic operations Python IDEs	HW1 Sample soln: change.py	Lab 1 Ex: trick.py		Sample code: discount price Slides: Variables, data types (multiple choice) Handout: Variables and Arithmetic Practice Problem #1 Handout: How to Approach a Programming Assignment
Jan 14	Ch 3, 5.1-5.4	Functions Passing Branching	HW2 Ex: nn.py	Lab 2		Handout: Writing functions Handout: Testing + Debugging Worksheet: GPA function Practice Problem #2 Sample code: Functions from the NEU menu GPA functions and test code: gpa.py (the GPA function) gpa_testcases.py (testing the old, more tedious way) test_gpa.py (improvement #1: testing with printing the expected vs actual results) test_improved.py (improvement #2: testing with programmatically verifying each result
Jan 21	MLK DAY	Monday: No class Thursday: Lab (quiz + Seminar)		Seminar	Quiz 1 (During Lab on Thursday)	Brainteasers w/ answers Megan Smith article PP #3 Handout: Conditionals
Jan 28	(Laney at a conference) Ch 5.6-5.7, 7.1-7.4, 10.1-10.4	Monday: No class Thursday: Lecture during Lab TOPICS: Branching cont'd Iteration (while loops) Repeat Until... Breaking loops Lists Intro	HW3 Ex: baseball.py sox18.py			Handout: Lists Worksheet: Lists for the card game Code from class: validate_input.py cards module card_game.py (v1) card_game.py (v2) PP #4
Feb 4	Ch 8, 10.1-10.4	Iteration cont'd List comprehensions Strings	HW4	Lab 3 + test code + Bonus PP#6		Handout: strings Worksheet: Loops + Lists PP #5 Code from class: lists worksheet.py sentiment.py reviews.py Handout: Nested Lists
Feb 11	Ch 5.8-5.12, 11	Recursion Tracing recursive functions Dictionaries	HW5	Lab 4 Ex: log.py	Quiz 2(during lecture)	Handout: Recursion Worksheet: recursion Slides: dictionaries handout: dictionaries PP #7 Sample code from class: recursive functions test suite Midterm review sheet
Feb 18	PREZ DAY	Monday: No lecture Thursday: Regular lab		Lab 5 + Seminar Ex: lab5.py (solutions to the recursive questiosn) PS recursion is not on the exam, these were for fun :)		Slides: Midterm review
Feb 25	MIDTERM	Monday: Exam Thursday: No lab			Midterm
Mar 4	SPRING BREAK	Spring break!!
Mar 11	Ch 14.1-14.5	File processing Exception handling	HW6	Lab 6		every_website_ever.py encryption and menu (helper modules for website program) error_handling.py Handout: Files PP8 Python Exceptions Freeman Hrabowski TED Talk
Mar 18	Ch 15	Classes and Objects Unit testing		Lab 7	Quiz 3 (during lecture)	Code from class: coffee.py (class definition) sbux.py (driver, making objects) test.py (unit tests, more on Thursday!) Slides: classes and objects Worksheet: the coffee class Handout: Classes and objects PP9 Unittest code examples: distance (HW2) scrabble (HW5)
Mar 25	Ch 15	Classes and Objects cont'd Stack data structure	HW7	Lab 8 + Seminar		Sample code (testing with files): website_funcs (from every website every) unittests.py (testing those functions Slides: Stacks are important PP10 Worksheet: Stack applications Stack code from class: stack.py, the stack class reversal.py, reverse a string worksheet, convert to binary and check for balance stacktests.py the unit tests we had to pass
Apr 1	Appendix B	Algorithmic complexity		Lab 9 Unofficial lab, improving run-time complexity. Here are... Problem 1 O(n^2) SAD Problem 2 O(n^2) SAD Goal: Make these sad solutions better -- O(n). Don't click through till you've come up with your own though! Problem 1 O(n) solution Problem 2 O(n) solution	Quiz 4 (during lecture)	Slides: Algorithmic complexity Handout: Algorithmic complexity Crossword solns (missing: Wendy Williams and Paws)
Apr 8	Appendix B	Searching Sorting		Lab 10 + Exam practice problems		Code from class: selection_sort.py binary_search.py sort unittest search unittest Handout: Sorting Article about Linus Torvalds C++ More Popular Final exam review sheet
Apr 15	MARATHON MONDAY	Monday: No lecture Thursday: Regular lab (Seminar)		Seminar + Exam Review		Slides: Final Exam Review
Apr 22	FINAL EXAM 4/22 6-9:00pm			Final Exam