CPSC 231: Fall 2012

Index

• Lecture information

• Tutorial & Lab information

• Course topics and notes for the lecture

• Assignments and exams

Lecture Information

Tutorial and lab Information (commence the week of September 17)

Tutorials:

• Tutorials are a mandatory component of the courses. Time will be spent on the following: TA's teaching new skills, discussion of assignment requirements, completion of graded quizzes, and if possible some question and answer time.
• Schedule of activities for the tutorials: [Teaching teaching schedule] (Example programs that I provide the TA's can be found on this link)

Tutorial	Date/Time	Location	Instructor	Email
T05	TR: 2:00 - 2:50 PM	MS160	Andrew Wu	andrewwu23@gmail.com
T06	MW: 12:00 - 12:50 PM	MS160	Omar Addam	okaddam@ucalgary.ca omaddam@gmail.com
T07	MW 4:00 - 4:50 PM	MS176	Omar Addam	okaddam@ucalgary.ca omaddam@gmail.com
T08	TR: 11:00 - 11:50 AM	MS160	Bradley Cosette	cossette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca

Lab (Continuous tutorials or CT for short):

• In addition to my office hours and your time in lab there will be time set aside for you to ask questions. These sessions will typically be staffed by the tutorial instructors but they are not mandatory for students and are provided so that you can get help while you are in the computer lab.
• The CT is located in the first floor Math Sciences computer lab (there will be signs near the cubical desks).
• Continuous tutorial schedule (commences Wed Sept 19): [CPSC 217/231 Fall 2012 CT]

 

Course topics and notes for lectures

No.	Topic list (links to programs that I cover in lecture can be found in this table,  examples for tutorials can be found on the link for the [Tutorial teaching schedule]).	Python: Visual QuickStart guide (online book)
0	Getting started in Computer Science (computer labs, sources of help, working from home etc.): [Orientation link]	Not applicable
1	Introduction to the course [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes]	Not applicable
2	Introduction to computer programming [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 1 - 3, Appendix A (for sources help and other resources)
3	Branching [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 7 (from "Using if Conditionals" to "Using if-elif-else Conditionals")
4	Loops [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 7 (from "Using while Loops" to "Exiting a Loop")
5	Introduction to functions and problem decomposition [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 8
6	Introduction to composite types [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs] Additional notes on composite types and parameter passing [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 4,5,6
7	File input and output, exceptions [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 10,11
8	Classes and objects [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 12
9	Recursion [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Not applicable
10	Introduction to graphical user interfaces (if there is time - may be covered in tutorial instead) [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Not applicable
11	Introduction to Computer Science (if there is time) [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes]	Not applicable
12	Computer history (if there is time) [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes]	Not applicable

Assignments and exams