Spring 2005 Semester
Course Schedule: CSCI120A
Introduction
to Computer Science
and
Programming
This document is current at: Thursday 31st March 2005, 6:40 PT
Schedule subject to change (please check this schedule
regularly)
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:05 - 11:35 pm, Room
1
Instructor: Dr Anne H. Dawson:
adawson@coquitlamcollege.com
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Date
Lectures / Labs
Assignments Reading
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AP
= Assignment Presentation HW = Homework Assignments Required
Textbook
SR
= Status Report All example programs Reference Textbook #1
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Week 1 Jan 3 No class
Ref Textbook Lessons 1 and 7
Jan 5 Course Details Intro
to Computer Science, Programming and Python Ref History
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Week 2
Jan 10 Intro to
Programming Intro to Python Programming HW1 Chaps 1 & 2
Jan 12 Lab
1 Programming
Languages
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Week 3 Jan 17 AP Data Types and
Processing Python Help Debugging
Chapter
2
Jan 19 Lab
2 Debugging Chapter 2
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Week 4 Jan 24 AP Selection
HW2
issued Debugging Sections 4.1 - 4.8
Jan 26 Lab
3
Debugging Sections 4.1 - 4.8
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Week 5 Jan 31 AP Repetition
and String Formatting
Debugging Sections
6.1 - 6.4
Feb 2 Lab 4 HW2 due Quiz 1 (on topics of
week 1 - 5) Debugging Sections 6.1 - 6.4
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Week 6 Feb 7 AP Functions Quiz 1 Results Ref Textbook #2 Chapter
3 Sections 6.5 - 6.9
Feb 9
Lab 5
HW3 issued Chapter
3 Sections 6.5 - 6.9
Fri Feb 11 - Midterm break - College closed
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Week 7 Mon Feb
14 - Midterm break - College closed
Feb 16 AP Lists
HW3 due
Chapter
8
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Feb 23 The Midterm Exam
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Week 9 Feb 28 AP
Strings Exam
Results SR Chapter 7
Mar 2 Lab 7 Course
Evaluation
SR
Chapter
7
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Week 10 Mar
7 AP
Files Final Assignment issued
Chapter 11
Mar 9 Lab
8 Chapter 11
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Week 11 Mar 14 AP Searching Quiz
2 (on topics of week 8 -10)
Mar 16 Lab 9
Quiz 2 Results
SR
Friday 18th March 2005 -
Course Drop Deadline
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Week 12 Mar 21 AP Sorting and
Complexity
Computational
Complexity
Mar 23 Lab 10 Lab
Reviews
SR
Computational
Complexity
Good Friday - College closed
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Week 13 Mar 28 Easter Monday - College
closed
Mar 30 Final Assignment
Presentations (10%) SR
Course
Evaluation
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Week 14
The
Final Exam (40% - on all of
the above topics)
Date of Final Exam: Wednesday 6th April, 8:30 – 11:30 am, Room 104
Check
Administration Office notice board for any updates.
Report exam conflicts (within this college) ASAP.
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(Final 40%, Mid-term 30%
Quizzes 10%, Labs and Homeworks 10%, Final Assignment 10%)
Thursday April 14th: final marks mailed to students
Monday 25th April 2005
- Summer 2005 Semester
Classes Begin
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