CS111 Syllabus, Fall 2006

Computer Science 111
Computer Programming and Problem Solving
Syllabus, Fall 2006

The syllabus below contains links to lecture and laboratory notes as well as problem sets. Lecture notes in PDF format. To display or print PDF documents, you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. This program is installed on most public computers at Wellesley College. If your computer does not have a working copy of Acrobat Reader, it is available for free from Adobe for all major computer platforms. Click the icon below to download the latest version. There are PDF browser plug-ins installed on most public computers as well, and these are also freely available from Adobe.

Remember: Problem sets are due at the start of class on the due date, and late homeworks are not accepted.

Mon	Tue	Wed/Thu	Thu	Fri
^04Sep	^05Sep Welcome! Buggles and Bagels BuggleWorld.html BreakfastWorld.html PS 0 due 4pm today	^06Sep Lab 1: Introduction to Fetch, DrJava, and Java Programming in BuggleWorld		^08Sep Four Big Ideas PS 1 out (methodless buggles)
	^12Sep Learning new words: Methods PuppyWorld.html	^13Sep Lab 2: JEMs and Java Methods Checks solutions		^15Sep Fruitful methods in BuggleWorld SpiralWorld.html FruitfulSpiralWorld.html PS 2 out (Buggle methods) PS 1 due (solutions) Add/Drop ends
	^19Sep Introduction to PictureWorld SimplePictureWorld.html	^20Sep Lab 3: Fruitful Methods in PictureWorld Solutions		^22Sep Divide, conquer, & glue in PictureWorld MyQuiltWorld.html AutumnLeaves.html PS 3 out (Fruitful methods, PictureWorld) PS 2 due (solutions) Credit/Non ends
	^26Sep Conditional Statements WallHuggerWorld.html	^27Sep Lab 4: More PictureWorld and Simple Conditionals Solutions		^29Sep More Conditionals: Booleans and their Friends GoblinWorld.html SnakeWorld.html PS 4 out (Conditionals) PS 3 due (solutions) Drop deadline
	^03Oct Inheritance	^04Oct Lab 5: Conditionals Solutions Solution code in cs111d download		^06Oct Buggle Recursion BagelForward.html BagelLine.html BagelRect.html PS 4 due (solutions)
^9–10Oct Fall Break		^11Oct Lab: Exam 1 Review		^13Oct Midterm Examination 1 (solutions)
	^17Oct Recursion in TurtleWorld SpiralWorld.html TreeWorld.html Sample invocation tree SnowflakeWorld.html PS 5 out (Buggle&Turtle recursion)	^18Oct Lab 7: Buggle and Turtle Recursion Solns		^20Oct Fruitful Recursion RecursivePictureWorld.html DistanceWorld.html TreeLineWorld.html Sample invocation tree
	^24Oct Tanner Conference	^25Oct Lab 8: More Recursion Solns		^27Oct Mutual Recursion and Classic recursion PathFinderWorld.html Thing.java Factorial.java Fibonacci.java Hanoi.java PS 6 out (Fruitful recursion) PS 5 due (solutions)
	^31Oct Int Lists and filters	^01Nov Lab 9: Lists/Strings See cs111d/lab_solutions/lab9_solutions		^03Nov More Lists Tail Recursion IntListOps.java Factorial.java Fibonacci.java PS 7 out (Lists, iteration) PS 6 due (solutions)
^06Nov Spring registration begins	^07Nov Iteration Reiterated	^08Nov Lab 10: Iteration Solns	^09Nov Spring registration ends	^10Nov Arrays Exam 2 (Takehome) out PS 7 due (solutions)
	^14Nov Exceptions and I/O Magic8Ball.html	^15Nov Lab 11: Arrays and File I/O		^17Nov More Arrays; Nested Arrays and Lists
	^21Nov Abstraction Midterm Examination 2 due (solutions)	^{22–26Nov Thanksgiving}
^{Sun 26Nov} PS 8 out (Arrays, I/O, Data Abstraction)	^28Nov Graphics GraphicsDemo.html Circles.html Ovals.html SimpleButton.html ActionButton.html TinmanButton.html	^29Nov Lab 12:Graphics		^01Dec Inside TurtleWorld SimpleSpiralWorld.html SimpleTreeWorld.html
	^05Dec Animations AnimationWorld contract LectureShowcase.html PS 9 out (Graphics, simple animation, open-ended animation) PS 8 due (solutions)	^06Dec Lab 13: Animation		^08Dec What else is there in CS?
	^12Dec Jeopardy! PS 9 due (solutions) Last day of classes	^13Dec Begin reading period	^14Dec End reading period	^15Dec Begin final exams
			^21Dec End final exams	^22Dec

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Computer Science 111 Computer Programming and Problem Solving Syllabus, Fall 2006

Computer Science 111
Computer Programming and Problem Solving
Syllabus, Fall 2006