MCS-177: Introduction to Computer Science I (Fall 2013)

Note: This web site will be modified as the semester progresses. You are responsible for all the updates made here, so please check this page often.

- August 15th, 2013: the course page is up and running. The lecture notes and corresponding examples will be posted 1 day before the lecture.

• Course Information
• Syllabus/Schedule/Archive
• Instructor Information/Availability
• Useful Links
• Projects
  • Project 1: Candy temperatures
  • Project 2: Twelve days of Christmas
  • Project 3: Pig Latin
  • Extra Credit 1: Integers and Strings
  • Project 4: Pig Latin Revisited
  • Project 5: Your IMDb
  • Project 6: Plotting Earthquakes
  • Project 7: Image Processing
  • Project 8: L-Systems
  • Project 9: Music Library
  • Project 10: Facebook
• Lecture Notes (will be available on Moodle)
  • lab1 (09/03/2013)
  • lecture1 (09/04/2013)
  • lab2 (09/05/2013)
  • lecture2 (09/06/2013)
  • lecture3 (09/09/2013)
  • lecture5 (09/13/2013)
  • lecture6 (09/16/2013)
  • lecture7 (09/18/2013)
  • Lab6 (09/19/2013)
  • Lecture8 (09/20/2013)
  • Lecture9 available on Moodle (09/23/2013)
  • Lecture10 available on Moodle (09/25/2013)
  • Lecture11 available on Moodle (09/27/2013)
  • Lecture12 available on Moodle (09/30/2013)
  • Lecture13 available on Moodle (10/09/2013)
  • Lecture14 available on Moodle (10/11/2013)
  • Lecture15 available on Moodle (10/14/2013)
  • Lecture16 available on Moodle (10/16/2013)
  • Lecture17 available on Moodle (10/18/2013)
  • Lecture18 available on Moodle (10/23/2013)
  • Lecture19 available on Moodle (10/25/2013)
  • Lecture20 available on Moodle (10/28/2013)
  • Lecture21 available on Moodle (10/30/2013)
  • Lecture22 available on Moodle (11/01/2013)
  • Lecture23 available on Moodle (11/04/2013)
  • Lecture24 available on Moodle (11/06/2013)
  • Lecture25 available on Moodle (11/13/2013)
  • Lecture26 available on Moodle (11/15/2013)
  • Lecture27 available on Moodle (11/18/2013)
  • Lecture28 available on Moodle (11/20/2013)
  • Lecture29 available on Moodle (11/22/2013)
  • Lecture30 available on Moodle (11/25/2013)
  • Lecture31 available on Moodle (12/02/2013)
  • Lecture32 available on Moodle (12/04/2013)
  • Lecture33 available on Moodle (12/06/2013)
• Examples worked in class
  • Turtle graphics
  • Archimedes's method, in the book's style
  • Archimedes's actual method (more or less)
  • Accumulator pattern for summing the first 5 positive integers - step 1
  • Accumulator pattern for summing the first 5 positive integers - step 2
  • Accumulator pattern for summing the first 5 positive integers - step 3
  • The leibniz procedure - version 1
  • The leibniz procedure - version 2
  • The Wallis Formula - step 1
  • The Wallis Formula - step 2
  • Factorial - function to compute the product of the first N numbers
  • Example - if else
  • Example - nested if
  • Example - if elif
  • Computing pi using the Monte Carlo simulation
  • Adding graphics to the Monte Carlo simulation
  • Adding graphics to the Monte Carlo simulation
  • Transposition cipher - encryption and decryption
  • Substitution cipher
  • Key generation for substitution cipher
  • Exercise: find money
  • Exercise: find symbols
  • Function for removing duplicate letters from a string
  • Function for removing characters in one string from another
  • Function for generating keys from users' passwords
  • Functions for computing the maximum value, mean, and range of a list
  • Functions for computing the mode of a list
  • Function for reading from a text file (of a web graph)
  • Function to count the number of lines in head and body of an html code
  • Function for reading from a text file (of a web graph)
  • Function that takes a file name that contains temperature data, and return the list of al the average temperatures
  • Function for manipulating an image from file (negative and grey)
  • General function for manipulating an image from file (negative and grey)
  • Function for enlarging and flipping an image
  • Function that checks if the given phrase is a palindrome or not
  • Class implementing a bank account
  • Class implementing a raccoon
  • Class implementing baseball players
  • Classes implementing authors and books
  • Class implementing a traffic light
• Test and Exam Preparations
  • Test 1 preparation notes is now available on Moodle
  • Test 2 preparation notes is now available here