MCS-177: Introduction to Computer Science I (Fall 2000)

We'll endeavor to keep to this schedule, but circumstances may require minor adjustments. In the column Daily, "Daily 2" means problem number 2 from the daily exercises on the homework handout.

DateReading Daily Topic Due

9/6 1.1-1.2 Introduction, simple expressions
9/7 Project 0: Getting started
9/8 1.2-1.3 Ex 1.5 Compound procedures, conditionals

9/112.1 Ex 2.1 Recursion
9/12 Project 1: Quilting
9/132.2 Ex 2.4 Induction
9/14 Project 1: Quilting
9/152.3-2.4 Ex 2.9 Further examples, custom-sized quilt HW 1

9/183.1 Ex 3.1 Iteration
9/19 Project 1: Quilting
9/203.2 Try Ex 3.5 Using invariants
9/21 Project 1: Quilting
9/223.3 Ex 3.13 Perfect numbers, internal definitions, let HW 2

9/25 (none) Iterative improvement, lab write-up discussion
9/26 Project 1: Quilting
9/27 (none) Review/catch-up Project 1
9/28 Project 1.5: Card sorting Exam 1 7-9pm
9/294.1 Orders of Growth

10/2 4.1 More on orders of growth
10/3 Nobel conference (no class)
10/4 Nobel conference (no class)
10/5 Project 2: Sum of divisors
10/6 4.2 Tree recursion and digital signatures HW 3

10/9 Ex 4.13 More on tree recursion and digital signatures Project 2 code
10/10 Project 2: Sum of divisors (groups of 2)
10/115.1 Ex 5.1 Procedural parameters
10/12 Project 2: Sum of divisors (groups of 2)
10/13 (none) Discussion of project 2

10/165.2 Ex 5.4 Uncomputability
10/17 Project 2: Sum of divisors (groups of 2)
10/185.3 (none) Procedures that return procedures Project 2
10/19 Project 3: Fractal curves HW 4
10/20 Reading break

10/23 Reading break
10/24 Project 3: Fractal curves
10/255.4 Ex 5.10 Application of higher-order programming
10/26 Project 3: Fractal curves
10/276.1-6.2 Data abstraction Project 3

10/306.3 Ex 6.5 Representations and implementations
10/31 Project 4: Nim with strategies
11/1 6.4 Ex 6.11 Three-pile nim
11/2 Project 4: Nim with strategies
11/3 7.1-7.2 Lists, SETs HW 5

11/6 Review/catch-up
11/7 Exam 2 in evening (no lab) Exam 2 7-9pm Olin 103
11/8 7.3 Basic list processing
11/9 Project 4: Nim with strategies
11/107.4 Ex 7.5(b) Iterative list processing

11/137.5 Ex 7.15 Tree recursion and lists
11/14 Project 4: Nim with strategies
11/157.6 Movie query system Project 4
11/16 Project 5: Movie queries (groups of 2)
11/178.1 Ex 8.2 Binary search trees

11/208.2 Ex 8.3 Efficiency issues with binary search trees
11/21 Project 5: Movie query system
11/22 TBA Catch-up
11/23 Thanksgiving
11/24 Thanksgiving

DateReading Daily Topic Due

11/278.3 Ex 8.15 Expression trees
11/28 Project 5: Movie queries (groups of 2)
11/299.1-9.2 Ex 9.1 Generic operations: multiple representations HW 6
11/30 Project 5: Movie queries (groups of 2)
12/1 9.3 9.10, 9.12 Exploiting commonality

12/4 9.4 (questions) Implementing computer graphics Project 5
12/5 Project 6: Implementing graphics
12/6 More on implementing computer graphics
12/7 Project 6: Implementing graphics
12/8 TBA

12/11 Overview of CS major and CS minor
12/12 Project 6: Implementing graphics
12/13 Review/Evaluations Project 6

12/16 Exam 3 (Hvidsten's 1:30 class) 1-3pm Exam 3 1-3pm
12/18 Exam 3 (Wolfe's 11:30 class) 1-3pm Exam 3 1-3pm