| date | topic | reading | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tue, Jan 4 | Introduction, computer hardware | White, §1 |
| 2. | Thu, Jan 6 | More about computer hardware | White, §2 |
| 3. | Tue, Jan 11 | Brief history of computing; operating systems due: Lab exercise 1 | White, pp. 2–9; §3,4 |
| 4. | Thu, Jan 13 | Transistors and microprocessors; storing data due: Prospectus | White, §5, 6, 10, 11 |
| 5. | Tue, Jan 18 | Storing data; input and output due: Lab exercise 2 | White, §12–16 |
| 6. | Thu, Jan 20 | Guest lecture on writing a term paper; input, output | White, §17–19 |
| 7. | Tue, Jan 25 | Output, printers due: Lab exercise 3 | White, §32, 33 |
| 8. | Thu, Jan 27 | Multimedia due: Progress report | White, §20, 21 |
| 9. | Tue, Feb 1 | Games due: Lab exercise 4 | White, §22, 23 |
| 10. | Thu, Feb 3 | Networks and the Internet (part 1) | White, §24–27 |
| 11. | Tue, Feb 8 | Networks and the Internet (part 2) due: Lab exercise 5 | White, §28–31 |
| 12. | Thu, Feb 10 | Midterm | |
| 13. | Tue, Feb 15 | Programming languages and software applications | White, §7–9 |
| 14. | Thu, Feb 17 | Introduction to Python due: “Spew” paper | Dawson, §1 |
| 15. | Tue, Feb 22 | Values: strings and numbers due: Lab exercise 6 | Dawson, §2 |
| 16. | Thu, Feb 24 | Variables, operations, input and exceptions | Dawson, §2 |
| 17. | Tue, Mar 1 | Conditional statements, while loops due: Lab exercise 7 | Dawson, §3 |
| 18. | Thu, Mar 3 | For loops, tuples, lists due: Final term paper | Dawson, §4, 5 |
| 19. | Tue, Mar 8 | Functions due: Lab exercise 8 | Dawson, §6 |
| 20. | Thu, Mar 10 | File I/O, exceptions | Dawson, §7 |
| Thu, Mar 17 | Final Examination (10:30AM–12:30PM) | ||
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