Spring 2025 Schedule

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January

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
19	20	21 First day of classes Lec 1: Course Overview and Big Ideas Exercises 1 out (Python basics) hw0 out project01 out (Python basics)	22 Lab 1: Workflow, Thonny and Python	23 Lab 1: Workflow, Thonny and Python Quiz 0 (course policies) quiz due 11pm in Gradescope hw0 due by 11:00pm	24 Lec 2: Introduction to Python	25
26	27 Exercises 1 due Exercises 2 out (functions)	28 Lec 3: Functions I project01 due 11pm (Python basics) project02 out (functions) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	29 Lab 2: Functions 1 Quiz 1 (Python basics)	30 Lab 2: Functions 1 Quiz 1 (Python basics) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	31 Last day to add a class (4pm) Lec 4: Functions II Connection topic

February

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1
2	3 Exercises 2 due (functions) Exercises 3 out (more functions and boooleans)	4 Lec 5: Functions III Quiz 1 retake (Python basics) project02 due 11pm (functions) project03 out (more functions) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	5 Lab 3: Functions 2 Quiz 2 (Functions)	6 Lab 3: Functions 2 Quiz 2 (Functions) Quiz 1 retake (Python basics) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	7 Lec 6: Intro to Booleans	8
9	10 Exercises 3 due (more functions and booleans) Exercises 4 out (conditionals and while loops)	11 Lec 7: Conditionals Quiz 2 retake (Functions) project03 due 11pm (more functions) project04 out (booleans and conditionals) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	12 Lab 4: Conditionals Quiz 3 (Functions & Booleans)	13 Lab 4: Conditionals Quiz 3 (Functions & Booleans) Quiz 2 retake (Functions) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	14 Last day to drop a class (4pm) Lec 8: While Loops Connection topic	15
16	17 President's Day (no classes) Exercises 5 out (sequences and loops)	18 Monday Schedule Quiz 3 retake (Functions & Booleans) Exercises 4 due (conditionals and while loops) project04 due 11pm (booleans and conditionals) project05 out (sequences and loops) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	19 Lab 5: Loops Quiz 4 (Conditionals & While loops)	20 Lab 5: Loops Quiz 4 (Conditionals & While loops) Quiz 3 retake (Functions & Booleans) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	21 Lec 9: Sequences & Loops 1	22
23	24 Exercises 5 due (sequences and loops) Exercises 6 out (loops and lists)	25 Lec 10: Sequences & Loops 2 Quiz 4 retake (Conditionals & While loops) project05 due 11pm project06 out (lists and more loops) 8-10pm Quiz Session H105 -- Note different time	26 Lab 6: More loops Quiz 5 (Sequences and loops)	27 Lab 6: More loops Quiz 5 (Sequences and loops) Quiz 4 retake (Conditionals & While loops) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	28 Lec 11: Lists and Memory Diagrams Connection topic

March

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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2	3 Exercises 6 due (loops and lists)	4 Lec 12: List Processing Patterns Quiz 5 retake (Sequences and loops) project06 due 11pm (lists and more loops) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	5 Lab 7: Lists and Mem Diagrams	6 Lab 7: Lists and Mem Diagrams Quiz 5 retake (Sequences and loops) 7-9pm Quiz Session H305 -- Note different room	7 MIDTERM I Exercises 7 out (nested loops) project07 out (memory diagrams and nested loops)	8
9	10	11 Lec 13: Nested Loops 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	12 Lab 8: Nested Loops Quiz 6 (List Processing)	13 Lab 8: Nested Loops Quiz 6 (List Processing) Exercises 7 due (nested loops) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	14 Lec 14: AI Discussion, Testing & Debugging project07 due 11pm (memory diagrams and nested loops) Connection topic	15
16	17 Spring Break	18 Spring Break	19 Spring Break	20 Spring Break	21 Spring Break	22
23	24 Exercises 8 out (LC, sorting, tracing, files)	25 Lec 15: Files and File Operations Quiz 6 retake (List processing) project08 out (files and list comprehensions) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	26 Lab 9: Tracing & Files Quiz 7 (Memory diagrams and nested loops)	27 Lab 9: Tracing & Files Quiz 7 (Memory diagrams and nested loops) Quiz 6 retake (List processing) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	28 Lec 16: List Comprehensions; Sorting Connection topic	29
30	31 Exercises 8 due (LC, sorting, tracing, files) Exercises 9 out (dictionaries)

April

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 Lec 17: Intro to Dictionaries Quiz 7 retake (Memory diagrams and nested loops) project08 due 11pm (files and list comprehensions) project09 out (dictionaries) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	2 Lab 10: Dictionaries Quiz 8 (LC, sorting, files)	3 Lab 10: Dictionaries Quiz 8 (LC, sorting, files) Quiz 7 retake (Memory diagrams and nested loops) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	4 Lec 18: Dictionary Accumulation Patterns	5
6	7 Exercises 9 due (dictionaries) Exercises 10 out (recursion)	8 Fall Registration (Day 1) Lec 19: Intro to Recursion Quiz 8 retake (LC, sorting, files) project09 due 11pm (dictionaries) project10 out (recursion) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	9 Fall Registration (Day 2) Lab 11: Simple Recursion Quiz 9 (Dictionaries) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	10 Fall Registration (Day 3) Lab 11: Simple Recursion Quiz 9 (Dictionaries) Quiz 8 retake (LC, sorting, files)	11 Lec 20: Fruitful Recursion Connection topic	12
13	14 Exercises 10 due (recursion)	15 Lec 21: Catch up Quiz 9 retake (Dictionaries) project10 due 11pm (recursion) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	16 Ruhlman Conference (no classes) no lab this week	17 no lab this week Quiz 9 retake (Dictionaries) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	18 MIDTERM II	19
20	21 Patriot's Day (no classes) Exercises 11 out (real-world data, directories)	22 Lec 22: CSV Format and Real-World Data project11 out (real-world data, directories) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	23 Lab 12: Working with Data Quiz 10 (Recursion)	24 Lab 12: Working with Data Quiz 10 (Recursion) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	25 Lec 23: File Trees and Directories Connection topic	26
27	28 Exercises 11 due (real-world data, directories)	29 Lec 24: TBD Quiz 10 retake (Recursion) project11 due 11pm (real-world data, directories) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	30 no lab this week

May

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Monday Schedule Deadline to withdraw (4pm) Last Day of Classes Quiz 10 retake (Recursion) 7-9pm Quiz Session H105	2 Reading Period	3 Reading Period
4 Reading Period	5 Reading Period	6 Final Exams	7 Final Exams	8 Final Exams	9 Final Exams	10

December

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

Lectures

• Lec 1: Course Overview and Big Ideas
• Lec 2: Introduction to Python
• Lec 3: Functions I
• Lec 4: Functions II
• Lec 5: Functions III
• Lec 6: Intro to Booleans
• Lec 7: Conditionals
• Lec 8: While Loops
• Lec 9: Sequences & Loops 1
• Lec 10: Sequences & Loops 2
• Lec 11: Lists and Memory Diagrams
• Lec 12: List Processing Patterns
• Lec 13: Nested Loops
• Lec 14: AI Discussion, Testing & Debugging
• Lec 15: Files and File Operations
• Lec 16: List Comprehensions; Sorting
• Lec 17: Intro to Dictionaries
• Lec 18: Dictionary Accumulation Patterns
• Lec 19: Intro to Recursion
• Lec 20: Fruitful Recursion
• Lec 21: Catch up
• Lec 22: CSV Format and Real-World Data
• Lec 23: File Trees and Directories
• Lec 24: TBD

Labs

• Lab 1: Workflow, Thonny and Python
• Lab 2: Functions 1
• Lab 3: Functions 2
• Lab 4: Conditionals
• Lab 5: Loops
• Lab 6: More loops
• Lab 7: Lists and Mem Diagrams
• Lab 8: Nested Loops
• Lab 9: Tracing & Files
• Lab 10: Dictionaries
• Lab 11: Simple Recursion
• no lab this week
• Lab 12: Working with Data
• no lab this week

Exercises

• Exercises 1 out (Python basics)
• Exercises 2 out (functions)
• Exercises 3 out (more functions and boooleans)
• Exercises 4 out (conditionals and while loops)
• Exercises 5 out (sequences and loops)
• Exercises 6 out (loops and lists)
• Exercises 7 out (nested loops)
• Exercises 8 out (LC, sorting, tracing, files)
• Exercises 9 out (dictionaries)
• Exercises 10 out (recursion)
• Exercises 11 out (real-world data, directories)

Projects

• hw0 out
• project01 out (Python basics)
• project02 out (functions)
• project03 out (more functions)
• project04 out (booleans and conditionals)
• project05 out (sequences and loops)
• project06 out (lists and more loops)
• project07 out (memory diagrams and nested loops)
• project08 out (files and list comprehensions)
• project09 out (dictionaries)
• project10 out (recursion)
• project11 out (real-world data, directories)