CPSC 217: Winter 2013

Index

• Lecture information

• Tutorial & Lab information

• Course topics and notes for the lecture

• Assignments and exams

Lecture Information

Tutorial and lab Information (tutorials commence the week of January 14)

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)

Tutorials	Date/Time	Location	Instructor	Email
T01	TR 13:00 - 13:50	MS160	Amani AlAli	aialali@ucalgary.ca
T02	MW 16:00 - 16:50	MS160	Omar Addam	omaddam@gmail.com
T03	TR 10:00 - 10:50	MS160	Seyed Naghibi	snaghibi@ucalgary.ca
T04	MW 10:00 - 10:50	MS160	Shang Gao	shangao@ucalgary.ca
T05	TR 15:00 - 15:50	MS160	Madeena Sultana	msdeena@ucalgary.ca
T06	TR 14:00 - 14:50	MS160	Madeena Sultana	msdeena@ucalgary.ca
T07	TR 12:00 - 12:50	MS160	Amani AlAli	aialali@ucalgary.ca
T08	MW 15:00 - 15:50	MS160	Omar Addam	omaddam@gmail.com
T09	MW 13:00 - 13:50	MS160	Shahbano Farooq	sfaroo@ucalgary.ca
T10	TR 11:00 - 11:50	MS160	Seyed Naghibi	snaghibi@ucalgary.ca

Lab (Continuous tutorials or CT for short): CT commences the week of January 20 - 26).

• 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: [CPSC 217 winter 2013 CT]

Extra Help ('PASS' sessions conducted by a former student: Luis Wellbanks): Commence week of Jan 20

• Tuesdays at 14hrs in TFDL 403
• Wednesdays at 10hrs in TFDL 355D
• Fridays at 10hrs in TFDL 355D

The PASS program is run directly by the Faculty of Science rather than the CPSC 217 course instructor so if you have questions you should contact Luis directly: lcwelban@ucalgary.ca

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]).	Textbook: "Starting Out with Python"(Gaddis T) Addison-Wesley. Other sources of help includes the (free) online library website: [Safari]
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 computers [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes]	Section 1.2, 1.4
3	Introduction to computer programming [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 2, Appendix A (Getting Python fully installed), Appendix C (ASCII tables)
4	Branching/Decisions [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 4
5	Loops/Repetition [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 5
6	Introduction to functions and problem decomposition [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 3, 6
7	Introduction to composite types [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 8, 9
8	File input and output, exceptions [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 7
9	Recursion (if there is time) [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 13
10	Introduction to graphical programs (may be covered in tutorial instead) [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Chapter 14
11	Introduction to Computer Science [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes]	Not applicable
12	Computer history [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes]	Not applicable
	Problem solving strategies (to be covered sometime during the semester) [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Examples]	Not applicable

Assignments and exams