CSE 8A Course Schedule Fall 2020

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1	Week #	Date	Lecture Topic	Readings	Videos	RQ Release/Due	PA Release/Due	Lab Release/Due	Discussion
2	0	Thu, Oct 1	Course Intro + Logistics + Hello World Gerald's Lecture 0 Slides \| Sorin's Lecture 0 Slides	No Reading!	No Video!
3		Fri, Oct 2							Discussion 0 Mac \| Windows
4		Sat, Oct 3
5	1	Sun, Oct 4
6		Mon, Oct 5				RQ 1 Release
7		Tue, Oct 6	Expressions, Data Types, Variables, and Errors Gerald's Lecture 1 Slides \| Sorin's Lecture 1 Slides	Stepik Chapter 1.1 - 1.5	1) Expressions [In lecture] 2) Order of Operations [In lecture] 3) Numeric Data Types [In lecture] 4) Variables - Motivation [NOT in lecture] 5) Variables - Intro [In lecture] 6) Strings [In lecture]
8		Wed, Oct 7					PA 1 Release	Lab 1 Lab 1 Solution
9		Thu, Oct 8	Using Functions, Getting Input from User, Type Conversions, and Defining Functions Lecture 2 Slides	Stepik Chapter 1.6 - 1.7 ATBS Chapter 1	1) Using Functions 2) Getting Input from User 3) Type Conversions - Part 1 4) Type Conversions - Part 2 [NOT in lecture] 5) Defining Functions - Blooper [NOT in lecture] 6) Defining Functions 7) Writing a full program using Functions
10		Fri, Oct 9						Lab 1 Due	Discussion 1
11		Sat, Oct 10
12	2	Sun, Oct 11				RQ 1 Due
13		Mon, Oct 12				RQ 2 Release
14		Tue, Oct 13	Booleans and Conditional Statements Lecture 3 Slides	ATBS Chapter 2 (until "elif Statements") Stepik Chapter 2.1 and 2.2	1) Booleans 2) IF/Else Basics 3) Nested Ifs 4) Else If (elif) 5) If without else		PA 1 Due
15		Wed, Oct 14					PA 2 Release	Lab 2 Lab 2 Solution
16		Thu, Oct 15	Strings and Lists Lecture 4 Slides	Stepik Chapter 2.3 and 2.4 ATBS Chapter 4 (until "Removing Values from Lists with del Statements")	1) List Basics 2) List Indexing 3) List Slicing 4) List Membership 5) Functions over Lists
17		Fri, Oct 16						Lab 2 Due	Discussion 2
18		Sat, Oct 17
19	3	Sun, Oct 18				RQ 2 Due
20		Mon, Oct 19				RQ 3 Release
21		Tue, Oct 20	For Loops and Range Lecture 5 Slides Lecture 5 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 3.1	1) For Loop Basics 2) For Loop With Variable Updates 3) For Loop With Variable Updates (More Details) 4) Range Basics 5) Functions with For Loops and Range		PA 2 Due
22		Wed, Oct 21					PA 3 Release	Lab 3
23		Thu, Oct 22	While Loops, Break, Continue Lecture 6 Slides Lecture 6 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 3.2 and 3.3 ATBS Chapter 2 (from "While loop statements" till the end)	1) While Loop Basics 2) Importing Modules 3) While Loop With Variable Updates 4) Inifite Loops
24		Fri, Oct 23						Lab 3 Due	Discussion 3
25		Sat, Oct 24
26	4	Sun, Oct 25				RQ 3 Due
27		Mon, Oct 26				RQ 4 Release
28		Tue, Oct 27	References, Objects, Methods, and Mutations Lecture 7 Slides Lecture 7 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 4.1 and 4.2	1) References and Objects 2) List Update 3) Modifying a List within a Function 4) Methods 5) Writing Functions using Methods		PA 3 Due
29		Wed, Oct 28					PA 4 Release	Lab 4
30		Thu, Oct 29	How Functions Work: Call Stack, Scope of Variables (Local vs Global), Passing Parameters/Arguments to Functions Lecture 8 Slides Lecture 8 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 4.3 and 4.4	1) Call Stack with One Stack Frame 2) Call Stack with Two Stack Frames 3) Modifying Global Variables in Functions
31		Fri, Oct 30						Lab 4 Due	Discussion 4
32		Sat, Oct 31
33	5	Sun, Nov 1				RQ 4 Due
34		Mon, Nov 2				RQ 5 Release
35		Tue, Nov 3	Incremental Coding, Iterative Development, Testing, and Debugging Lecture 9 Slides Lecture 9 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4	1) Programming Processes
36		Wed, Nov 4						Lab 5
37		Thu, Nov 5	Midterm Review Midterm Review Slides Midterm Review Code + Annotated Slides		No Video
38		Fri, Nov 6	MIDTERM EXAM						No Discussion
39		Sat, Nov 7						Lab 5 Due
40	6	Sun, Nov 8				RQ 5 Due
41		Mon, Nov 9				RQ 6 Release
42		Tue, Nov 10	Nested For Loops and 2d Lists Lecture 11 Slides Lecture 11 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 6.1 and 6.3	1) Nested For Loops 2) 2d Lists 3) Accessing 2d Lists using Nested For Loops 4) Variable Updates in Nested For Loops		PA 4 Due
43		Wed, Nov 11	Veteran's Day Holiday				PA 5 Release	No Lab 6 (holiday!)
44		Thu, Nov 12	Images, Tuples, Images using 2d Lists, Basic Image Transformations Lecture 12 Slides Lecture 12 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 6.2 and 6.4	1) Basics of Images 2) Images as 2d Lists of Tuples 3) Using the CSE8AImage Library
45		Fri, Nov 13							Discussion 5
46		Sat, Nov 14
47	7	Sun, Nov 15				RQ 6 Due
48		Mon, Nov 16				RQ 7 Release
49		Tue, Nov 17	Image Transformations using Functions Lecture 13 Slides Lecture 13 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 7.1 and 7.2	No Video		PA 5 Due
50		Wed, Nov 18					PA 6 Release	Lab 7
51		Thu, Nov 19	Modifying Images in Functions Lecture 14 Slides Lecture 14 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 7.3 and 7.4	1) Modifying Images - Basics 2) Modifying an Image in a Function 3) Modifying a New Image in a Function
52		Fri, Nov 20						Lab 7 Due	Discussion 6
53		Sat, Nov 21
54	8	Sun, Nov 22				RQ 7 Due
55		Mon, Nov 23				RQ 8 Release
56		Tue, Nov 24	Dictionaries Lecture 15 Slides Lecture 15 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 8.1 and 8.2	1) Dictionary Basics 2) Modifying a Dictionary 3) Dictionary Methods		PA 6 Due
57		Wed, Nov 25					PA 7 Release	Lab 8 (Take home) No lab meeting!
58		Thu, Nov 26	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
59		Fri, Nov 27							No Discussion
60		Sat, Nov 28
61	9	Sun, Nov 29				RQ 8 Due
62		Mon, Nov 30				RQ 9 Release
63		Tue, Dec 1	More Dictionaries Lecture 16 Slides Lecture 16 Code	Stepik Chapter 9.1	1) Tuples as Keys 2) Lists as Values 3) Dicts as Values		PA 7 Due	Lab 8 Due
64		Wed, Dec 2					PA 8 Release	Lab 9
65		Thu, Dec 3	Data Processing Lecture 17 Slides Lecture 17 Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 9.2	1) Comma Separated Values 2) List of Dictionaries 3) Dictionary of Dictionaries
66		Fri, Dec 4						Lab 9 Due	Discussion 7
67		Sat, Dec 5
68	10	Sun, Dec 6				RQ 9 Due
69		Mon, Dec 7				RQ 10 Release
70		Tue, Dec 8	More Data Processing Lecture 18 Slides Lecture 18 Code + Annotated Slides		1) Plotting data using bar charts 2) Plotting data using pie charts		PA 8 Due
71		Wed, Dec 9						Lab 10
72		Thu, Dec 10	Final Exam Review Final Review Slides Final Review Code + Annotated Slides	Stepik Chapter 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4
73		Fri, Dec 11						Lab 10 Due	Discussion 8
74		Sat, Dec 12	FINAL EXAM
75		Sun, Dec 13				RQ 10 Due
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