CPSC 231: Fall 2016

Index

• Lecture and important assignment information

• Tutorial & Lab information

• Course topics and notes for the lecture

Lecture and important assignment information

Tutorial and lab Information

Tutorials (commence the week of September 18 - 24):  rafaelsimonmaia@gmail.com

• 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 schedule] (Example programs that I provide the TA's can be found on this link)

Lecture #2 Tutorials	Date/Time	Location	Instructor	Email
T05	TR 14:00 - 14:50	MS 160	KHAN, FAHIM HASAN	fahimhasan.khan@ucalgary.ca
T06	MW 12:00 - 12:50	MS 160	Khalid, Asma	asmakhalid@gmail.com
T07	MW 16:00 - 16:50	MS 176	Marbouti, Mahshida	mmarbout@ucalgary.ca
T08	TR 11:00 - 11:50	MS 160	Ang, Kathleen Danielle	kdang@ucalgary.ca

Lab (Continuous tutorials or CT for short): CT start date is Oct 2 - 8

• 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 231 fall 2016 CT]

Course topics and notes for lectures

Approximate time each topic will be covered in lecture	Topic list (links to programs that I cover in lecture can be found in this table "Example programs",  examples for tutorials can be found on the link for the [Tutorial teaching schedule]).	Relevant textbook chapters: "Starting Out with Python" (Gaddis T) Addison-Wesley. Note: Other sources of help includes the (free) online library website: [Safari]	Graded component occurring during the week: Note that all assignments are due at 4 PM
	Getting started in Computer Science (computer labs, sources of help, working from home etc.). A portion will be covered in tutorial during the second week of term, other resources are available for your reference: [Orientation link]	Not applicable
Sept 11 - 17	Introduction to the course [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes]   Introduction to computer programming [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs!]	Introduction to programming: Chapter 1 & 2, Appendix A (if you want to install Python on your own computer - not the recommended approach to take for this course)
Sept 18 - 24	Introduction to computer programming (continued)		A0 due Friday Sept 23 (submitting files using D2L and checking submissions, not graded)
Sept 25 - Oct 1	Introduction to computer programming (continued)		Mini A1 due Monday Sept 26 Full A1 due Friday Sept 30
Oct 2 - 8	Branching/decisions [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Branching: Chapter 3	Mini A2A due Friday Oct 7
Oct 9 - 15 Monday Oct 10: Thanksgiving day holiday	Looping/repetition [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Loops: Chapter 4	Mini A2B due Friday Oct 14
Oct 16 - 22	Looping/repetition (continued)   Functions/decomposition [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Functions: Chapter 5 (don't worry about the material in Section 5.9, 5.10 yet)
Oct 23 - 29	Functions/decomposition (continued)   Midterm review [Link with info for the exam]		Full A2 due Monday Oct 24 Out of class midterm: Thursday Oct 27 at 6:30 - 7:45 PM (This lecture, L02: writes in ST148)
Oct 30 - Nov 5	Functions/decomposition (continued)   Composites [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Composites, Lists & Tuples: Chapter 7 Composites, Strings: Chapter 8	Mini A3A due Monday Oct 31
Nov 6 - 12 Reading Days Nov 10 - 13 (No classes on Thursday)	Composites (continued)		Mini A3B due Monday Nov 7
Nov 13 - 19	Composites (continued)   Files and exceptions [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Files: Chapter 6	Full A3 due Tuesday Nov 15 Thursday November 17   Mini-A4A due Friday Nov 18
Nov 20 - 26	Introduction to problem solving [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]   Classes and objects [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Object-Oriented programming: Chapter 10	Mini-A4B due Monday Nov 21 Wednesday Nov 23   Full A4 due Friday Nov 25 Tuesday Nov 29
Nov 27 - Dec 3	Classes and objects (continued) Recursion [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes] [Example programs]	Recursion: Chapter 12	Mini A5 Due Monday Nov 28
Dec 4 - 10	Computer history [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes]   Introduction to Computer Science [Acrobat notes] [PowerPoint notes]   Final exam review [Info link]	Not applicable	Full A5 due Friday Dec 9
	The final exam will to be scheduled by university admin staff and not your course instructor: [See the exam schedule in PeopleSoft when the Office of the Registrar has scheduled it].