CS 171 & 171L Introduction to Computer Science I & Lab Fall 2019 

Course Schedule

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Course Introductions
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 9B

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Lab 1: Introduction to Java and Processing
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Computer Systems
Processing Basics

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Computer Systems
Java Basics

Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 40B
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Week 1

 

September
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Java Methods
Chapter 28
HW 1
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Lab 2: Java Methods
Chapter 28


Labor Day - no classes
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Conditional Statements
Chapter 12
Chapter 13

Last day to Drop and/or Add a course
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Silicon Run Lite
Overview of Computers
Chapter 1
Chapter 2 Video on Kanopy
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Week 2
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Lab 3: Conditionals and Booleans

Last day to register for CR/NC option
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Event Driven Programs
switch
Loops
Chapter 43
HW 2
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Code.org Video
Loops and repetition
Java Loops

Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19
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Week 3
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for loops
Chapter 41 Chapter 42
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Lab 4: Loops
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Loops,printing
print(), println() printf()
HW 3
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Festival of the Forks
Week 4
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Festival of the Forks
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ASCII, Unicode, Strings
Chapter 29
Chapter 29B
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Lab 5: Strings
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Strings
HW 4
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Objects
Chapter 25: Objects
Chapter 26: Object References
Chapter 27: More about Objects and Classes

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Week 5
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Objects
Chapter 30: Defining your own Classes
Chapter 31: Class Design Example (MPG)
Chapter 32: Class Design Example (checking account)

     

 

October
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Lab 6: Complex Number Objects
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HW 5
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Test #1
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Walk the Beat
Homecoming
Week 6
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Walk the Beat
Homecoming
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Homecoming
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Lab 7: Quadratics
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Arrays
Chapter 46

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Arrays
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Week 7
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Fall Break
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Fall Break
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Arrays
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Week 8
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Arrays
Chapter 48
Chapter 49A

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Lab 8: Arrays

Academic Advising
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Sieve of Eratosthenes
HW 6

Academic Advising
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Academic Advising
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Sorting and Searching: Sequential Search, Selection Sort, Binary Search

Academic Advising
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Academic Advising
Week 9
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Insertion Sort, Merge-Sort
Chapter 49B

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Lab 9: Polynomials

Academic Advising
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2D Arrays
Chapter 49C


Academic Advising
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Academic Advising		  

 

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2D Arrays
HW 8
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Lab 10: 2D arrays

Last day to withdraw from class with a grade of "W"
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Image Processing
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Test #2
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Week 11
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2D Images
HW 9
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Lab 11: Images
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Recursion
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 75

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Recursion
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Week 12
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Recursion
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Lab 12: Recursion
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Recursion
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Thanksgiving Break
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Fractals
2D Transforms
Nature of Code: Chapter 8
Chapter 74


Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving Break
Week 13
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3D Graphics

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Lab 13: Fractals
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Week 14

 

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3D Graphics in Processing
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Lab 14: 3D Graphics
HW 13
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3D Graphics
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Course Review
HW 14
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Last day of classes
Week 15
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Final Exam
3:00 - 5:00 pm
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Final Exams
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Final Exams
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Final Exams
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Final Exams
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