Schedule
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| Section | Days/Time | Room | Instructor |
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| Class Meeting | Thu, 3:00pm-4:20pm | McCosh 50 | David August |
| Precept P01 | Mon/Wed, 11:00am-11:50am | Friend 009 | Kathryn Wantlin |
| Precept P10 | Mon/Wed, 11:00am-12:20pm | Friend 109 | Darby Haller |
| Precept P02 | Mon/Wed, 12:30pm-1:20pm | Friend 009 | Andrea Wynn |
| Precept P02A | Mon/Wed, 12:30pm-1:20p | Friend 109 | Malinda Huang |
| Precept P03 | Mon/Wed, 1:30pm–2:20pm | Friend 009 | Prachi Sinha |
| Precept P11 | Mon/Wed, 1:30pm–2:50pm | Friend 109 | Seanna Zhang |
| Precept P04 | Mon/Wed, 2:30pm–3:20pm | Friend 009 | Tinotenda Chinamora |
| Precept P12 | Mon/Wed, 3:00pm–4:20pm | Friend 109 | Mikako Inaba |
| Precept P05 | Mon/Wed, 3:30pm–4:20pm | Friend 009 | Charlie Smith |
| Precept P13 | Mon/Wed, 4:30pm–5:50pm | Friend 109 | Max Tchouambe |
| Precept P06 | Mon/Wed, 7:30pm–8:20pm | Friend 009 | Alfredo Velasco |
| Precept P14 | Tue/Thu, 8:30am–9:50am | Friend 109 | Anja Kalaba |
| Precept P07 | Tue/Thu, 9:00am–9:50am | Friend 009 | Nanqinqin Li |
| Precept P08 | Tue/Thu, 10:00am-10:50am | Friend 009 | Yuhan Zheng |
| Precept P08A | Tue/Thu, 10:00am-10:50am | Friend 109 | Ben Strekha |
| Precept P15 | Tue/Thu, 11:00am-12:20pm | Friend 005 | Alan Kaplan |
| Precept Make-up | Tue/Thu, 7:30pm-8:20pm | Zoom | Promise Epko |
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Please note that errata for the lecture videos and textbook can be found here.
| Week | Date | Topic | Due dates & Notes |
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| 0 | Mon, Jan 30 & Tue, Jan 31 |
No precept | Install COS 126 IntelliJ on your laptop: Mac OS X Windows Linux |
| Wed, Feb 1 & Thu, Feb 2 |
Lecture: Intro to Java Part 1 Video
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Reading: 1.1-2 Precept: Command Line |
See Ed for instructions for accessing the lecture videos. |
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| Thu, Feb 2 | Class Meeting: Welcome to COS 126! Slides |
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| Sun, Feb 5 | Hello due | ||
| 1 | Mon, Feb 6 & Tue, Feb 7 |
Lecture: Intro to Java Part 2 Video
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Reading: 1.2 Precept: Data Types |
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| Wed, Feb 8 & Thu, Feb 9 |
Lecture: Conditionals & Loops Video
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Reading: 1.3 Precept: Conditionals & Loops |
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| Thu, Feb 9 | Class Meeting: Debugging and Testing Slides |
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| Sun, Feb 12 | Loops due | ||
| 2 | Mon, Feb 13 & Tue, Feb 14 |
Lecture: Arrays Video
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Reading: 1.4 Precept: Arrays |
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| Wed, Feb 15 & Tue, Feb 16 |
Lecture: IO Video
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Reading: 1.5 Precept: IO |
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| Thu, Feb 16 | Class Meeting: N-Body Overview Slides |
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| Sun, Feb 19 | N-Body due | ||
| 3 | Mon, Feb 20 & Tue, Feb 21 |
Lecture: Functions Video
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Reading: 2.1-2 Precept: Functions |
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| Wed, Feb 22 & Thu, Feb, 23 |
Precept: Functions: Passing Arguments and Returning Values | ||
| Thu, Feb 23 | No Class Meeting | ||
| Sun, Feb 26 | Functions due | ||
| 4 | Mon, Feb 27 & Tue, Feb 28 |
Lecture: Recursion Video
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Reading: 2.3 Precept: Recursion |
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| Wed, Mar 1 & Thu, Mar 2 |
Lecture: Computing Machine Video
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Reading: 6.1-2 Precept: Computing Machine |
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| Thu, Mar 2 | Class Meeting: Programming Exam 1 | ||
| Sun, Mar 5 | Graphics due | ||
| 5 | Mon, Mar 6 & Tue, Mar 7 |
Lecture: von Neumann Machine Video
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Reading: 6.3-4 Precept: von Neumann Machine |
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| Wed, Mar 8 & Thu, Mar 9 |
Precept: Written Exam 1 Review | ||
| Thu, Mar 9 | Class Meeting: Written Exam 1 | ||
| Mon, Mar 13 - Fri, Mar 17 |
Break | ||
| Sun, Mar 19 | Hamming due View Current Leaderboard |
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| 6 | Mon, Mar 20 & Tue Mar 21 |
Lecture: Abstract Data Types Video
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Reading: 3.1 Precept: Abstract Data Types |
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| Wed, Mar 22 & Thu Mar 23 |
Lecture: Creating Data Types Video
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Reading: 3.2-3 Precept: Creating Data Types |
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| Thu, Mar 23 | Class Meeting: Image Classifier Overview Slides |
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| Sun, Mar 26 | Image Classifier due | ||
| 7 | Mon, Mar 27 & Tue, Mar 28 |
Lecture: Performance Video
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Reading: 4.1 Precept: Performance |
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| Wed, Mar 29 & Thu, Mar 30 |
Lecture: Sorting & Searching Video
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Reading: 4.2 Precept: Sorting & Searching, More Objects |
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| Thu, Mar 30 | Class Meeting: Guitar Hero Overview Slides |
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| Sun, Apr 2 | Guitar Hero due | ||
| 8 | Mon, Apr 3 & Tue, Apr 4 |
Lecture: Stacks & Queues Video
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Reading: 4.3 Precept: Stacks & Queues |
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| Wed, Apr 5 & Thu, Apr 6 |
Lecture: Symbol Tables Video
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Reading: 4.4 Precept: Symbol Tables |
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| Thu, Apr 6 | Class Meeting: Markov Overview Slides |
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| Sun, Apr 9 | Markov due | ||
| 9 | Mon, Apr 10 & Tue, Apr 11 |
Lecture: Theory of Computing Video
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Reading: 5.1 Precept: Theory of Computing |
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| Wed, Apr 12 & Thu, Apr 13 |
Lecture: Turing Machines Video
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Reading: 5.2-4 Precept: Theory of Computing, CircularQuote |
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| Thu, Apr 13 | Class Meeting: TSP Overview Slides |
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| Sun, Apr 16 | TSP due View Current Leaderboard |
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| 10 | Mon, Apr 17 & Tue, Apr 18 |
Lecture: Intractability Video
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Reading: 5.5 Precept: Intractability |
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| Wed, Apr 19 & Thu, Apr 20 |
Lecture: Combinational Circuits Video
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Reading: 7.1-3 Precept: Combinational Circuits |
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| Thu, Apr 20 | Class Meeting: Programming Exam 2 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Apr 24 & Tue, Apr 25 |
Precept: Final Project - Atomic | |
| Wed, Apr 26 & Thu, Apr 27 |
Precept: Java Jeopardy | ||
| Thu, Apr 27 | Class Meeting: Written Exam 2 | ||
| 12 | Tue, May 9 | Dean’s Date Final Project due at 5pm |