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Introduction to Computer Programming

New York University

Department of Computer Science

Schedule

Date	Class	Topics	Notes	Helpful resources	Quiz due	Assignment due
5/22	1	Overview	1. Syllabus 2. Why are you here? 3. Variables, literals, & expressions	1. Basic computer concepts 2. terminology
5/23	2	Input & output	- Discord for Education - Input & output	1. Clone from GitHub 2. Setup Python in Visual Studio Code Optional: Wentworth et al., Chapter 1	Student intake questionnaire	1. Complete consent form 2. Join Discord 3. Set up Python 4. Complete practice project
5/24	3	Data types	Data types	Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 2	Basic computer concepts
5/25	4	Strings	1. Strings 2. raw strings 3. formatting strings	Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 8	Numeric expressions	Input & output
5/29	n/a	no class
5/30	5	Boolean logic	Boolean logic		Data types, variables, and literals	Data types
5/31	6	Decision-making	- Decision-making - Flow charts	Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 5	String operations
6/1	7	Functions	Functions	Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 4	Boolean expressions
6/5	8	Functions		Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 6	Decision-making	Boolean logic
6/6	9	Review	Review			Decision-making
6/7	10	Exam 1				Exam 1 practice
6/8	11	Modules	Modules			String operations
6/12	12	Exam #1 post-mortem				Functions
6/13	13	For loops	For loops	Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 7	Functions
6/14	14	Text files	Text files	Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 13
6/15	15	While loops	While loops		For loops	For loops
6/19	n/a	no class
6/20	16	Loops recap	Loops recap
6/21	17	Lists	Lists	Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 11	While loops	While loops
6/22	18	More Lists	More Lists
6/26	19	Dictionaries	Dictionaries	Optional: Wentworth et al, Chapter 20	Lists	Lists
6/27	20	More Dictionaries	More Dictionaries
6/28	21	Review			Dictionaries	Dictionaries (no late work accepted past this date)
6/29	22	Exam 2			Student outtake questionnaire