CSCE 110: Programming I (4 credits)

Announcements

• 5/1: Sample questions for the final exam are now available.
• 5/1: Final exam list of topics is now available.
  
• 4/26: The final exam revew will be on Thursday, May 3rd at 11:10 am in Scoates (SCTS) 208.
  
• 4/13: The answer key for Exam #2 is now available.
• 3/31: Sample questions for Exam #2 are now available.
• 3/29: Exam #2 list of topics is now available.
  
• 3/20: Exam #2: Thursday, April 5th.
  
• 3/1: The answer key for Exam #1 is now available.
  
• 2/28: There will be no quiz this week.
  
• 2/18: Sample questions for Exam #1 are now available.
  
• 2/18: Exam #1 list of topics is now available.
• 2/7: Exam #1: Thursday, February 23rd.
  
• 2/2: Made an update to Part 2 of the Basics of Python notes.
  
• 1/17: There are no labs during the first week of classes (January 17th to January 20th).
  

Instructor

Dr. Tiffani L. Williams
office: 328C Harvey R. Bright Bldg
email: tlw [at] cse.tamu.edu
url: http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/tlw
office phone: 979-845-7977
Office Hours: T, Th: 2:00pm-3:00pm and by appointment

Teaching Assistants (TAs)

The course lecture is supported by two 50 minute lab sessions per week.  Danielle Cummings and Stephanie Valentine will be assisting with the course.

Danielle Cummings ( daniellencummings [*at*] gmail.com )

• Section 503: MW 11:30 - 12:20PM (RDMC 111H)
  
• Section 505: TR   3:55 - 4:45PM (RDMC 111A)
  

       Office hours: Fridays, 12:45 - 1:45PM, Teague 323 

Stephanie Valentine ( steph.lynn.valentine [*at*] gmail.com )

• Section 501: MW 9:10 - 10:00AM  (RDMC 111B)
  
• Section 502: MW 10:20 - 11:10AM (RDMC 111H)
  
• Section 504: TR 9:35 - 10:25AM (RDMC 111H)
  

        Office hours: Fridays, 11AM - 12PM, Teague 323
 

Peer Tutors

In addition to the teaching assistants, we have two peer tutors for the course.  They will be assisting in the following labs.

Keith Walker

• Section 502: M 10:20 - 11:10AM (RDMC 111H)
• Section 503: M 11:30 - 12:20PM (RDMC 111H)

Khoa Bui

•  Section 505: TR   3:55 - 4:45PM (RDMC 111A)

Course Objectives

This is an introductory course designed for any student interested in using computation to enhance their problem solving abilities. No prior experience in programming is necessary.  More specifically, this course will cover basic concepts, nomenclature and historical perspective of computers and computing; internal representation  of data; software design principles and practices; use of terminals, operation of editors and execution of student-written programs.

Course Schedule

Week Beginning	Topics	Resources/Handouts	Lab Activities
Jan. 17th	Course introduction What is programming? Getting Started with Python	Syllabus Puzzle: How to Follow Directions Basics of Python (Part 1)	No labs this week
Jan. 23rd	Variables Expressions Input/Output A Quick Look at Strings	Quiz #1 notes Basics of Python (Part 2)	Lab #1: Account Setup and Exploring WingWare IDE 101 Lab #2: Interactive Execution, Expressions, and Value Types (available on elearning)
Jan. 30th	Decision-Making (if-else, if-elif-else) Different ways to detect even and odd numbers Repetition (while) Guessing Game	Quiz #2 notes	Lab #3: Writing our first programs that implement fun mathematical tricks. (available on elearning)
Feb. 6th	The Guessing Game (computer guesses a number selected by the user) Lists and Tuples for loops	Basics of Python (Part 3) Quiz #3 notes	Lab #4: ASCII Art and Rock, Paper, Scissors (available on elearning)
Feb. 13th	for loops Lists and Tuples	Quiz #4 notes Exam #1 topics Exam #1 sample questions	Lab #5: Guessing Game and more ASCII Art (available on elearning)
Feb. 20th	Exam #1 review (Tues, Feb. 21st) Exam #1 (Thurs., Feb. 23rd)		Lab #6: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, and Spock (available on elearning)
Feb. 27th	Functions Exam #1 returned (3/1)	No quiz this week Updated: Basics of Python (Part 3) Exam #1 answer key	Lab #7: 196 algorithm and Blackjack Dice (available on elearning)
March 5th	List Comprehension Rolling Dice	Quiz #5 notes Simulation and Plotting	Lab #8: Histograms and manipulating strings (available on elearning)
March 12th	SPRING BREAK!	SPRING BREAK!	SPRING BREAK!
March 19th	Simulation Sets Monty Hall problem Making plots	Quiz #6 notes	Lab #9: ASCII Dice Art and Coin Flipping problem (avalable on elearning)
March 26th	Plots	Quiz #7 notes Exam #2 topics Exam #2 sample questions	Lab #10: Yahtzee Simulator and Extending the Monty Hall problem (available on elearning)
April 2nd	Exam #2 review Exam #2 (Thurs., April 5th)		Lab #11: Plot different Monty Hall behaviors (available on elearning)
April 9th	Reading files CSV Nathan's Hot Dog Contest Dictionaries	No quiz this week Nathan's Hot Dog Contest Dictionaries Exam #2 answer key	Lab #12: Cost of Missing Cost, Craps, and Cost of Paying Credit Card Balance (available on elearning)
April 16th	Dictionaries Writing files Binary numbers	Quiz #8 notes	Lab #13: Wing Bowl, File Analysis, Lingo (available on elearning)
April 23rd	Computer Art Course wrap-up	No quiz this week Python Image Library Final remarks	Lab #14: Winners of WingBowl and Poker Square