CSC148, Winter 2015

Welcome to CSC148, Introduction to Computer Science. In this course you will think scientifically about program design concepts such as modularity, encapsulation, and information hiding, about powerful programming techniques such as recursion and linked structures, and criteria for comparing programs such as efficiency.

This page is for St. George Campus.There are related pages for CSC148 at UTM and CSCA48 at UTSC

Extra help: Every Monday through Thursday, 4–6 p.m., the CSC Help Centre awaits your questions.

Below you'll find a calendar with entries for all significant course events

Week:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week #1 Reading: Course notes, chapter 1	Jan 5 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Jan 6	Jan 7 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116 Lecture 6:10–8:00 MS3153	Jan 8	Jan 9
Week #2 Reading: Course notes, chapter 1 Stacks, in Think like a Computer Scientist Code like a Pythonista lab #1 handout lab #1 sample solution	Jan 12 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Jan 13	Jan 14 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116 Lecture 6:10–8:00 MS3153	Jan 15 Lab 1 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 9–11 a.m. 11–1 p.m. 1–3 p.m. 3–5 p.m. 5–7 p.m. 7–9 p.m.	Jan 16 Lab 1 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 11–1 p.m.
Week #3 Reading: Course notes, chapter 1 lab #2 handout lab #2 sample solution Writing: Start your SLOG with a couple of paragraphs about why geeks need to know how to write. Some blogs to get you started... Logs for catching bugs... More logs for catching bugs... Debugging journal Joel Spolsky on writing Blog post ideas	Jan 19 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Jan 20	Jan 21 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116 Lecture 6:10–8:00 MS3153	Jan 22 SLOG handout Submit SLOG URL on MarkUs by 10 p.m. Rubric for evaluating SLOG Lab 2 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 9–11 a.m. 11–1 p.m. 1–3 p.m. 3–5 p.m. 5–7 p.m. 7–9 p.m.	Jan 23 Lab 2 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 11–1 p.m.
Week #4 Reading: Think like a computer scientist (recursion) handout for lab #3 Writing: Write your impression of first few weeks in your SLOG	Jan 26 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Jan 27	Jan 28 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116 Lecture 6:10–8:00 MS3153	Jan 29 Assignment 1 due at 10 p.m. Weight of each assignment #1 component pep8.py style checker Lab 3 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 9–11 a.m. 11–1 p.m. 1–3 p.m. 3–5 p.m. 5–7 p.m. 7–9 p.m.	Jan 30 Lab 3 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 11–1 p.m.
Week #5 Reading: Handout for lab #4 queue sample solution queue sample unit tests Writing: Write your impressions of tracing recursion from week 4	Feb 2 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Feb 3	Feb 4 Test, 9:10–10:00 in EX100 Test 10:10–11:00 in EX100 Test 6:10–7:00 Surnames A–I: GB404 Surnames J–O: GB405 Surnames P–Z: SF3202 Last year's test, which was held later in the semester. first page of this year's test last page of this year's test	Feb 5 Lab 4 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 9–11 a.m. 11–1 p.m. 1–3 p.m. 3–5 p.m. 5–7 p.m. 7–9 p.m.	Feb 6 Lab 4 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 11–1 p.m.
Week #6 Reading: Lab #5 handout Lab #5 sample solution Writing: Your summary of Object-Oriented Programming concepts	Feb 9 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Feb 10	Feb 11 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116 Lecture 6:10–8:00 MS3153	Feb 12 Lab 5 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 9–11 a.m. 11–1 p.m. 1–3 p.m. 3–5 p.m. 5–7 p.m. 7–9 p.m.	Feb 13 Lab 5 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 11–1 p.m.
Reading week!
Week #7 Reading: Lab #6 handout Lab #6 sample solution writing: Choose your summary of Object-Oriented Programming OR recursion OR Abstract Data Types as a topic to be graded. Be sure you have a couple of paragraphs on your chosen topic.	Feb 23 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Feb 24	Feb 25 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116 Lecture 6:10–8:00 MS3153	Feb 26 Lab 6 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 9–11 a.m. 11–1 p.m. 1–3 p.m. 3–5 p.m. 5–7 p.m. 7–9 p.m.	Feb 27 Lab 6 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 11–1 p.m.
Week #8 Reading: linked list reading Lab #7 handout Lab #7 sample solutions Writing: Write your impressions of week 7.	Mar 2 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Mar 3	Mar 4 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116 Lecture 6:10–8:00 MS3153	Mar 5 Assignment 2 due at 10 p.m. Lab 7 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 9–11 a.m. 11–1 p.m. 1–3 p.m. 3–5 p.m. 5–7 p.m. 7–9 p.m.	Mar 6 Lab 7 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 11–1 p.m.
Week #9 Reading: Lab #8 handout Lab #8 solution Writing: Write your impressions of week 8.	Mar 9 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Mar 10	Mar 11 Test, 9:10–10:00 in EX100 Test 10:10–11:00 in EX100 morning test solutions Test 6:10–7:00 Surnames A–L: HA403 Surnames M–Z: SF3202 evening test solutions	Mar 12 Lab 8 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 9–11 a.m. 11–1 p.m. 1–3 p.m. 3–5 p.m. 5–7 p.m. 7–9 p.m.	Mar 13 Lab 8 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 11–1 p.m.
Week #10 Reading: lab #9 handout Some assertions for bt_functions.py Some assertions for node_sol.py More unit tests for minimax Python assert statement Python unit testing Writing: Write your impressions of week 9.	Mar 16 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Mar 17	Mar 18 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116 Lecture 6:10–8:00 MS3153	Mar 19 Lab 9 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 9–11 a.m. 11–1 p.m. 1–3 p.m. 3–5 p.m. 5–7 p.m. 7–9 p.m.	Mar 20 Lab 9 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 11–1 p.m.
Week #11 Reading Lab #10 handout graph of various sorts Writing: Revisit an earlier SLOG posting of yours. See whether you agree or disagree with your earlier self. Compare your experience to your classmates.	Mar 23 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Mar 24	Mar 25 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116 Lecture 6:10–8:00 MS3153	Mar 26 Lab 10 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 9–11 a.m. 11–1 p.m. 1–3 p.m. 3–5 p.m. 5–7 p.m. 7–9 p.m.	Mar 27 Lab 10 in BA3175, 3185, 3195 11–1 p.m.
Week #12 Reading: slides Writing: Last impressions. Look back over the course, conceptual hurdles, course events.	Mar 30 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116	Mar 31	Apr 1 Lecture 9:10–10:00 WB116 Lecture 10:10–11:00 WB116 Lecture 6:10–8:00 MS3153	Apr 2	Apr 3 Assignment 3 due at 10 p.m.