| Date | Topic | Required Reading | Notes | Assignments Out | Slides |
| 1/9 | Intro, algorithms, abstraction | slides | |||
| 1/11 | Started python, print statement | 2.1-2.3 | program1.py | ||
| 1/14 | Data types, literals, variables | 2.5 | program2.py | ||
| 1/16 | Input from the keyboard | 2.6 | program2-new.py, program3.py | MPL Assignment 1, due 11:59pm 1/23. | |
| 1/18 | Comments, math operations | 2.7 | program4.py | Project 1, due on Moodle 11:55pm 1/28. | |
| 1/23 | Functions | 3.1-3.3 | rap.py, cookies.py | slides | |
| 1/25 | Local variables, functions that take arguments | 3.4, 3.5 | tricky.py, avg.py | slides | |
| 1/28 | Graphics I | tricky2.py, firstgraphics.py | Assignment canceled; wrong problems assigned. |
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| 1/30 | Graphics II | graphics2.py | Project 2, due on Moodle 11:55pm 2/6. | ||
| 2/1 | If-else statements | 4.1-4.3 | |||
| 2/4 | If-elif-else statements | 4.5, 4.6 | birthday.py | ||
| 2/6 | Functions that return values | time.py, returnval.py | slides | ||
| 2/8 | Practice with functions and if-else | MPL Assignment 2, due 11:59pm 2/11. | |||
| 2/11 | While loops | 5.1, 5.2 | postage2.py, name.py | ||
| 2/13 | Exam 1 | ||||
| 2/15 | General algorithm for any while loop | comparenames.py, atm.py | Project 3, due on Moodle 11:55pm 2/22. | ||
| 2/18 | Loops that count | countloop.py | |||
| 2/20 | For loops | 5.3 | countloop2.py, f2c.py | ||
| 2/22 | Calculating a running total (James Bond) | 5.4 | jamesbond.py | ||
| 2/25 | Input validation loops & sentinels | 5.5, 5.6 | totalscores.py, totalscores2.py, totalscores3.py, productscores.py, validscores.py | ||
| 2/27 | Nested loops | 5.7 | Project 4, due on Moodle 11:55pm 3/6. and MyProgrammingLab Assignment 3, due 3/4 11:55pm. |
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| 3/1 | Saving previous values in loops | productscores2.py, james3.py, james2.py, diff.py, drawlines.py, drawlines2.py | |||
| 3/4 | Reading from files I | 7.1 | |||
| 3/6 | Reading from files II | 7.2 | |||
| 3/8 | (No class, professor out of town) | ||||
| 3/18 | Reading from files III | Project 5, due on Moodle 11:55pm 3/25. | slides | ||
| 3/20 | Strings I | 9.1 | slides | ||
| 3/22 | Strings II | 9.2 | slides | ||
| 3/25 | Strings III | 9.3 | slides | ||
| 3/27 | Exam 2 | ||||
| 3/29 | No class - Easter break | ||||
| 4/1 | Strings wrapup | Project 6, due on Moodle 11:55pm 3/8. MPL "Assignment Strings" due before class on Friday, 3/5. |
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| 4/3 | Lists I | 8.1-8.3 | |||
| 4/5 | Lists II | 8.4-8.6 | |||
| 4/8 | Lists III | 8.7 | slides | ||
| 4/10 | Lists IV (Angry Birds) | Project 7, due on Moodle 4/17, 11:55pm. | |||
| 4/12 | Binary numbers | 1.3 | |||
| 4/15 | Lists wrapup | ||||
| 4/17 | 2-d lists, tic-tac-toe | 8.8 | Project 8, due on Moodle 4/27, 11:55pm. | slides | |
| 4/19 | Tic-tac-toe w/ graphics | ||||
| 4/22 | Running time of algorithms | slides | |||
| 4/24 | Sorting | slides |