The course has lectures on Tuesday mornings and recitation sections offered throughout the week (you must register both for the lecture and a recitation section).
Course Coordinators:
Tutor/UTA Coordinator:
Lab Hours: There is a dedicated computer laboratory, North 1001E for this course:
Lecture & Recitation Instructors:
| Sections: | Time: | Instructor: | E-mail: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | T, 11:10-12:25pm, North 118 | Dr. Katherine St. John | katherine stjohn AT hunter cuny edu |
| Dr. William Sakas | sakas AT hunter cuny edu | ||
| 1R01 | W, 9:45-11am, North 1001E | Mr. Jiaxing Tan | jtan AT gradcenter cuny edu |
| 1R02 | M, 11:10am-12:25pm, North 1001E | Ms. Katherine Howitt | kghowitt AT gmail com |
| 1R03 | M, 1:10-2:25pm, North 1001E | Ms. Basak Taylan | btaylan AT gradcenter cuny edu |
| 1R04 | M, 2:45-4pm, North 1001E | Ms. Basak Taylan | btaylan AT gradcenter cuny edu |
| 1R05 | M, 4:10-5:25pm, North 1001E | Ms. Basak Taylan | btaylan AT gradcenter cuny edu |
| 1R06 | M, 5:35-6:50pm, North 1001E | Ms. Basak Taylan | btaylan AT gradcenter cuny edu |
| 1R07 | M, 7-8:15pm, North 1001E | Ms. Xiaojie Zhang | xz326 AT hunter.cuny.edu |
| 1R08 | T, 9:45-11am, North 1001E | Ms. Ekaterina Kistanova | ekistanova AT gradcenter cuny edu |
| 1R09 | T, 12:45-2pm, North 1001E | Mr. Minh Nguyen | mnguyen AT gradcenter cuny edu |
| 1R10 | T, 2:45-4pm, North 1001E | Mr. Gwenael Gatto | ggatto2 AT gmail com |
| 1R11 | T, 4:10-5:25pm, North 1001E | Mr. Gwenael Gatto | ggatto2 AT gmail com |
| 1R12 | Th, 1:10-2:25pm, North 1001E | Ms. Katherine Howitt | kghowitt AT gmail com |
| 1R13 | Th, 2:45-4pm, North 1001E | Ms. Katherine Howitt | kghowitt AT gmail com |
| 1R14 | Th, 4:10-5:25pm, North 1001E | Mr. Xiaoke (Jimmy) Shen | jim morris shen AT gmail com |
| 1R15 | W, 11:10am-12:25pm, North 1001E | Mr. Jiaxing Tan | jtan AT gradcenter cuny edu |
| HC1R | M, 9:45-11am, North 1001E | Mr. Subhadarshi Panda | spanda AT gradcenter cuny edu |
| Week: | Topics: | Handouts: | Quiz Topics: | Reading: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Lecture: 30 January |
Syllabus & Class Policies, Introductions, Introduction to Python: definite loops, simple output, primitive data types, overview of objects & modules; What is an algorithm? | Syllabus, Programming Assignments, Hello, World, Hexagon example, Fancier hexagon, Lecture Notes |
Think CS: Chapter 1 & Chapter 4 | |
| Recitations: 29-31 January, 1 February |
Getting started with Python & IDLE; Using modules and definite loops | Lab 1 | Academic Integrity | ||
| #2 | Lecture: 6 February |
Strings & Lists: looping through strings, console I/O, ASCII representation |
Loop Puzzle 1, Loop Puzzles 2, Caesar Cipher example, input() example, Lecture notes |
Think CS: Chapter 2 & Chapter 3 | |
| Recitations: 5-8 February |
String methods; Problem solving and the design process (simple parsing and translating) | Lab 2 | Loops & Turtles | ||
| 12 February | No Classes: Lincoln's Birthday (observed) | ||||
| #3 | Lecture: 13 February |
Files & 2D Arrays, Hexadecimal notation CS Survey: Prof. William Sakas (computational linguistics) |
Slicing Challenges, Color Challenges, Lecture notes | Think CS: Section 8.10 &
Chapter 11, Numpy tutorial (DataCamp) |
|
| Recitations: 13-15,20 February |
Arrays and images in numpy, hexadecimal representation of colors (image processing) | Lab 3 | Strings & Lists | ||
| 19 February | No Classes: Presidents' Day | ||||
| 20 February | Classes follow Monday schedule | ||||
| #4 | Lecture: 27 February |
More on Lists & Arrays; Decisions; CS Survey: Citi Bike's Bike Angels Team |
Loop & Slice Challenges, Decision Challenges, turtleString.py, Lecture notes |
Think CS: Chapter 7 & Chapter 11 | |
| Recitations: 21-22,26-27 February |
Programming with decisions & files (flood maps) | Lab 4 | Colors & Images in numpy | ||
| #5 | Lecture: 6 March |
Logical Expressions, Circuits; Open Data Week |
Types & Decisions Challenges, Logical Operators Challenges, Basic Gates, Circuit Challenges, Lecture notes |
Think CS: Chapter 7, Burch's Logic & Circuits, Explain Logic Gates |
|
| Recitations: 28 February, 1,5-6 March |
More on Decisions (snow pack); Circuits & Logical Expressions |
Lab 5 | Decisions & Color | ||
| #6 | Lecture: 13 March |
Accessing formatted data;
Functions
CS Survey: Prof. Katherine St. John (computational biology) |
Arithmetic Challenges, List/String Challenges, Lecture notes |
Think CS: Chapter 6, 10-minutes to Pandas Tutorial, DataCamp Pandas Tutorial, Ubuntu Terminal Reference Sheet |
|
| Recitations: 7-8,12-13 March |
CSV files via pandas (population change); Shell Scripts |
Lab 6 | Circuits, Truth Tables, & Logical Expressions | ||
| #7 | Lecture: 20 March |
More on Functions & Open data;
CS Survey: Mitsue Iwata, NYC Open Data Team |
Motto Challenge, quarterImage.py, Hello with main(), Prep #1.2, Total & Tax Challenge, Lecture notes |
Think CS: Chapter 6, 10-minutes to Pandas Tutorial, DataCamp Pandas Tutorial |
|
| Recitations: 14-15,19-20 March |
OpenData NYC (shelter data); Using main() functions; Python from the command line |
Lab 7 | Formatted Data & Shell Commands | ||
| #8 | Lecture: 27 March |
Parameters & Functions;
CS Survey: Anna Whitney, Storage Infrastructure Team, Google NYC |
Greet Example, Happy Example, Jam Example, Decisions & Functions Example, Foo example, Sisters Example, Lecture notes |
Think CS: Chapter 6 | |
| Recitations: 21-22, 26-27 March |
Binning data (parking tickets); Top-down design (herd of turtles); github |
Lab 8 | Functions & More Pandas | ||
| 30 March - 6 April | Spring Break: No Classes | ||||
| 11 April | Classes follow Friday schedule | ||||
| #9 | Lecture: 10 April |
Programming with Functions & Decisions, Top-down Design, Code Reuse | Dessert Exam Questions, num2words example, Koalas, Lecture notes |
Think CS: Chapter 6, folium tutorial |
|
| Recitations: 28-29 March, 9-11 April |
Folium/leaflet.js (mapping CUNY locations);
Finding errors; command line git |
Lab 9 | Parameters & Functions | ||
| #10 | Lecture: 17 April |
Indefinite Loops; Simulations CS Surveys: Prof. Susan Epstein (machine learning) |
Distance Check, Nums & While, Max Num, Search, Random Walk, Lecture notes |
Think CS: Chapter 8 | |
| Recitations: 12,16-18 April |
Program design with indefinite loops; Writing functions; unit testing (simple recommender system); | Lab 10 | More on Functions & Top-down Design | ||
| #11 | Lecture: 24 April |
Machine Language Overview | WeMIPS Emulator, Lecture notes |
U Idaho reference sheet, MIPS Wikibooks | |
| Recitations: 19,23-25 April |
Simplified machine language | Lab 11 | Indefinite Loops & Simulations | ||
| #12 | Lecture: 1 May |
Introduction to C++: program structure, data representation and I/O. | cin/cout example, convert example, loops example, growth example, nested loops, Lecture notes |
Cplusplus Tutorial, C++ Tutorials Point, The Rook's Guide to C++ |
|
| Recitations: 26,30 April, 1-2 May |
Using gcc | Lab 12 | Simplified Machine Language | ||
| #13 | Lecture: 8 May |
C++ control structures | Decision example (C++), Logical Expressions (C++), Input Checking (C++), Input Checking, II (C++), Growth Example (C++), USGS Hawai'i Earthquakes, Turtle Quakes Demo NYC Urban Forest: Street Trees, Lecture notes |
Cplusplus Tutorial, C++ Tutorials Point, The Rook's Guide to C++ |
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| Recitations: 3,7-9 May |
Control Structures in C++ | Lab 13 | Introduction to C++ | ||
| #14 | Lecture: 15 May |
Review | Final Exam Information | ||
| Recitations: 10,14-16 May |
Review | End-of-semester Survey | |||
| Tuesday, 22 May 2018 9:00 - 11:00 am | Final Exam | ||||