Computer Science 1

Preparation:
START HERE! in CougarVIEW (includes the Syllabus)
Register for Textbook (Course Name: columbusstateuniversity_cpsc1301_summer24)
Computational Thinking slides
General Introduction Sections: 1.1 - 1.2

Exercises:
Computational Thinking

Lab Work:
CodeCombat / Hour of Code (Submit screenshot to CougarVIEW, go to the Assessments menu, then Assignments)

Preparation:
Watch one or more Computational Thinking videos:

• Solving Problems at Google Using Computational Thinking (3:43)
• Improving the World’s Videos with Algorithms and the Internet (4:17)
• Using Data and Creativity to Provide Support in Times of Disaster (4:24)
• Using Balloons and Data to Bring the Internet to the World (3:56)
• Findable Photos Using Data and Algorithms (3:41)
• Facilitating Software and Game Development though Abstraction (4:05)
• Computational thinking: A digital age skill for everyone

Time Management Webpages (identify 3 things you're going to try/improve upon):

• US News & World Report
• The Huffington Post
• University of Georgia

Flowchart slides

Exercises:
Flowcharts (exercises)
Python Intro (exercises)

Lab Work:
codePost Registration

Due:
Welcome & Syllabus Quiz (CougarVIEW) (up to 3 attempts allowed)
CodeCombat / Hour of Code (Submit screenshot to CougarVIEW, go to the Assessments menu, then Assignments)

Preparation:
General Introduction: 1.3 - 1.14
Intro to IDLE (10:44)
If you have your own computer or smartphone, install Python on it (see Want to learn more about Python? in Section 1.3)

Exercises:
Python Intro (exercises)
Errors (exercises)
Comments (Example)

Lab Work:
Write a Hello, World! script
ASCII Art Assignment
Intro Practice Assignments

Due:
Time Management Quiz
Python Intro Quiz (Covers all of Chapter 1)
Introduction Discussion (CougarVIEW: Assessments menu, then Discussions)
Flowcharts (CougarVIEW)

Preparation:
Python Beyond the Browser
Decimal system refresher (Khan Academy Computing) (1:29)
The binary number system (Khan Academy Computing) (5:44)
Patterns in binary numbers (Khan Academy Computing) (5:37) (Optional)

Exercises:
Binary numbers (exercises)
ASCII Characters (exercises)

Lab Work:
ASCII Art Assignment
Mad Libs Generator Assignment (optional)
Intro Practice Assignments

Due:
ASCII Art Assignment

Preparation:
Simple Python Data: 2.1 - 2.7

Exercises:
Strings Introduction (exercises)
Data Types & Types Conversion (exercises)

Lab Work:
Intro Practice Assignments

Due:
Python Data: 2.1 - 2.7 Quiz
Project 1: Hello, world

Memorial Day

Preparation:
Simple Python Data: 2.8 - 2.13
Operator precedence table

Exercises:
User Input (input()) (exercises)
Variables & Keywords (exercises)
Operators and operands (exercises)
round()

Due:
Python Data: 2.8 - 2.13 and Operator Precedence Quiz
Intro Practice Assignments

Preparation:
Debugging: 3.1 - 3.5

Exercises:
Debugging (exercises)

Due:
Debugging: 3.1 - 3.5 Quiz
Independent Programming 1 - Input & Output Practice

Preparation:
Review feedback on Independent Programming 1 - Practice (in CougarVIEW, Assignments)
Turtle Graphics: 4.1 - 4.11
Copy Modules Module Exercises Workbook

Exercises:
Turtle Graphics (module documentation)

Due:
Turtle Graphics: 4.1 - 4.11 Quiz
Independent Programming 1 - Input & Output

Preparation:
Modules: 5.1 - 5.6

Exercises:
Turtle Graphics (turtleTurtle.py, cheat sheet, exercises)
For Loops (intro exercises)

Lab Work:
Modules Practice Assignments

Due:
Modules: 5.1 - 5.6 Quiz

Exercises:
For Loops (intro exercises) (flowchart)
range() (exercises)
Python Modules (Python Module Index)
Math module (documentation)
Random module (documentation, exercises)

Lab Work:
Exam 1 Preparation (topics)

Due:
Modules Practice Assignments
Project 2: Turtle Graphics

Preparation:
Functions: 6.1
Functions: 6.2 - 6.3
Make a copy of the Functions Module Exercises Workbook

Exercises:
Functions Introduction (exercises)

Due:
Exam 1 Prep:

• 'Write a script' (means everything is needed)
• Indent with 4 spaces (tab doesn't work in browsers)

Exam 1 (topics) (Go to CougarVIEW, Assessments , Quizzes, Exam 1 ….)

Preparation:
Functions: 6.4 - 6.5

Exercises:
Functions Introduction (exercises)
Function return values (exercises)

Lab Work:
Functions Practice Assignments

Due:
Functions: 6.1 Quiz
Functions: 6.2 - 6.3 Quiz
Functions: 6.4 - 6.5 Quiz

Preparation:
Functions: 6.6 - 6.7

Exercises:
Function return values (exercises)
Function Parameters (exercises)

Lab Work:
Functions Practice Assignments

Due:
Functions: 6.6 - 6.7 Quiz

Preparation:
Functions: 6.8 - 6.12

Exercises:
Unit Testing (exercises)
Scope & Local Variables
Accumulator Pattern
Functions Can Call Other Functions
Implementing & Testing Functions
main() function

Due:
Functions: 6.8 - 6.12 Quiz
Functions Practice Assignments

Preparation:
Selection: 7.1 - 7.3

Exercises:
Boolean Values and Boolean Expressions (exercises)
Comparison Operators (==, <, <=, >, >=, !=) (exercises)
Logical Operators (and, or, not) (exercises)
Precedence of Operators (exercises)

Lab Work:
Selection Practice Assignments

Due:
Selection: 7.1 - 7.3 Quiz
Independent Programming 2 - Functions Practice

Preparation:
Selection: 7.4 - 7.5

Exercises:
Precedence of Operators (exercises)
if-else Statements (exercises)
if Statements (exercises)

Lab Work:
Selection Practice Assignments

Due:
Selection: 7.4 - 7.5 Quiz
Independent Programming 2 - Functions

Preparation:
Selection: 7.6 - 7.10

Exercises:
if-else Statements (exercises)
if Statements (exercises)
if-elif-else Statements (exercises)
Nested Branches (exercises)
Boolean Functions

Due:
Selection: 7.6 - 7.8 Quiz
Selection Practice Assignments

Preparation:
Review Loops intro exercises
Loops: 8.1 - 8.2

Exercises:
For Loops (exercises, alphabet.py)

Lab Work:
Loops Practice Assignments

Due:
Loops: 8.1 - 8.2 Quiz
Independent Programming 3 - Functions & Selection Practice
Project 3

Preparation:
Loops: 8.3 - 8.7

Exercises:
While Loops
Input Validation (guessingGame.py, Random Turtles, exercises )

1. Categorical Input Validation
2. Numerical Ranges Input Validation

Lab Work:
Loops Practice Assignments

Due:
Loops: 8.3 - 8.7 Quiz
Independent Programming 3 - Functions & Selection

Preparation:
Loops: 8.8 - 8.9

Exercises:
Infinite Loops (exercises)
For Loops vs. While Loops
Loop examples

Lab Work:
Loops Practice Assignments

Due:
Loops: 8.8 - 8.9 Quiz

Preparation:
Loops: 8.10 - 8.14

Exercises:
Tables (tabular output) (multiplesTable.py)
Nested Loops (exercises)

Due:
Loops Practice Assignments

Juneteenth

Preparation:
Strings: 9.1 - 9.4
Review Strings Intro Exercises

Exercises:
Exam 2 Preparation (topics)
Strings Refresher
Empty Strings
String Concatenation (exercises)
String Repetition (exercises)

Due:
Exam 2 Prep:

• 'Write equivalent code' (means replace just that code with something else)
• 'Write a function' (means just write a function; if it says make a call to that function, then do that to)
• 'Write a script' (means everything is needed)
• Indent with 4 spaces (tab doesn't work in browsers) (for tabular output, you need to use '\t')
• Do not use function calls instead of looping

Exam 2 (topics)

Preparation:
Strings: 9.4 - 9.5

Exercises:
Indexing a String (exercises)
String Methods (exercises)

Lab Work:
Strings Practice Assignments

Due:
Strings: 9.1 - 9.4 Quiz
Independent Programming 4 - Loops Practice

Preparation:
Strings: 9.6 - 9.9

Exercises:
String Methods (exercises)
String Mutability

Lab Work:
Strings Practice Assignments

Due:
Strings Methods Post Quiz (Section 9.5)
Strings: 9.6 - 9.9 Quiz
Independent Programming 4 - Loops

Preparation:
Strings: 9.10 - 9.16
Formatted Strings (10:37)

Exercises:
Slicing Strings (exercises)
String Formatting (exercises)

Lab Work:
Strings Practice Assignments

Due:
Strings: 9.10 - 9.16 Quiz

Preparation:
Lists: 10.1 - 10.5
Lists Introduction (3:28)
Empty Lists (2:43)
List Length (2:29)
Accessing List Elements (4:16)
List Membership (3:03)

Exercises:
Lists Introduction (exercises)

Lab Work:
Lists practice assignments

Due:
Lists: 10.1 - 10.5 Quiz
Independent Programming 5 - Strings Practice

Preparation:
Lists: 10.6 - 10.9
List Concatenation (5:01)
List Slicing (5:00)
List Mutability (1:43)
List Deletion (1:39)

Exercises:
List Concatenation (exercises)
List Slices (exercises)
List Mutability
List Deletion (exercises)

Lab Work:
Lists practice assignments

Due:
Lists: 10.6 - 10.9 Quiz
Independent Programming 5 - Strings

Preparation:
Lists: 10.10 - 10.13
List Object and References (8:20)
Lists Aliasing and Cloning (7:29)
Lists Repetition Operator (6:33)

Exercises:
Objects and References (exercises)
Aliasing (exercises)
List Copies (exercises)
List Repetition (exercises)

Lab Work:
Lists practice assignments

Due:
Lists: 10.10 - 10.13 Quiz

Preparation:
Lists: 10.14 & 10.24-10.25
List Methods (9:35)
List Built-in Methods (5:46)

Exercises:
Lists Methods (exercises)
Built-in List Methods

Lab Work:
Lists practice assignments

Due:
Lists: 10.14 & 10.24-10.25 Quiz (2 attempts allowed)

Preparation:
Lists: 10.15 - 10.30
Lists and For Loops (7:26)
Multidimensional Lists (5:34)

Exercises:
Lists and loops (exercises)
Lists with functions
Multidimensional Lists (exercises)
Tuples

Due:
Lists: 10.15 - 10.30 Quiz
Lists practice assignments

Independence Day

Preparation:
We Solve It Project (Read)
We Solve It! Project Advertisement (Read)
Files: 11.1 - 11.2
Files Overview (5:08)
Opening Files (4:49)
Verifying Successfully Opening Files (5:30)

• tryExceptExample.py

Closing a File (1:17)

Exercises:
File basics (exercises)

Lab Work:
Files practice assignments

Due:
Files: 11.1 - 11.2 & Videos Quiz
Independent Programming 6 - Lists Practice
Project 4

Preparation:
Files: 11.3 - 11.5
Reading From a File (13:10)

• readExample.py
• readlineExample.py
• readlinesExample.py

Loops and Files (8:44)

• countCapitalLetters.py
• readLoopExample.py

Exercises:
Reading from Files (exercises)
Loops and Files (exercises)

Lab Work:
Files practice assignments

Due:
Files: 11.3 - 11.5 & Videos Quiz
Independent Programming 6 - Lists (Timed 60-minute CougarVIEW Quiz)

Preparation:
Files: 11.6 - 11.7
Writing to a File (5:47)

• writeExample.py

Exercises:
Writing to Files (exercises)
Reading From and Writing To Files (exercises)

Lab Work:
Files practice assignments

Due:
Files: 11.6 - 11.7 & Video Quiz
We Solve It Project Proposal

Preparation:
Exceptions: 13.1 - 13.7
Exception Handling (11:38)
Error Checking Versus Exception Handling (10:15)

Exercises:
Exception Handling (exercises)

Due:
Exceptions: 13.1 - 13.7 Quiz
Files practice assignments

Preparation:
Dictionaries: 12.1 - 12.3 & 12.6
Introduction to Dictionaries (12:38)

Exercises:
Dictionary Basics I (exercises)

• Dictionaries Definition
• Empty Dictionaries
• Adding Key-value Pairs into Dictionaries
• Accessing a Value in a Dictionary
• Initializing a Dictionary

Lab Work:
Dictionary practice assignments

Due:
Dictionaries: 12.1 - 12.3 & 12.6 Quiz

Preparation:
Dictionaries: 12.4 - 12.6
Dictionary Methods (5:56)
in Operator (Dictionaries) (4:17)
Aliasing and Copying Dictionaries (3:54)
List Versus Dictionary (10:37)

Exercises:
Dictionary Basics II (exercises)

• Displaying a Dictionary
• Removing a Key-value Pair from a Dictionary

Dictionary Methods (exercises)
in Operator (exercises)
Aliasing Dictionaries (exercises)
Copies Dictionaries (exercises)

Lab Work:
Dictionary practice assignments

Exercises:
Exam 3 Preparation (topics)

Lab Work:
Work on We Solve It! Project and We Solve It! Advertisement

Due:
Exam 3 Prep:

• 'Write equivalent code' (means replace just that code with something else)
• 'Write a function' (means just write a function; if it says make a call to that function, then do that to)
• 'Write a script' (means everything is needed)
• Indent with 4 spaces (tab doesn't work in browsers) (for tabular output, you need to use '\t')
• Do not use function calls instead of looping

Exam 3 (topics)
Dictionary practice assignments

Due:
We Solve It! Project code (and any input files)
We Solve It! Project Advertisement
We Solve It! Project Individual Reflection (CougarVIEW Quiz with unlimited attempts)