Computer Science 170: Introduction to Computer Science I

Professor: Dr. Alan Garvey

Section 3: MWF 10:30-11:20am VH 1236

Lab: Tu 10:30-11:20am VH 1232

Office Hours

• See my schedule.

The syllabus for CS 170.

Announcements

• Due to family issues, I will be out of town next week. Class is cancelled on Monday, December 3 and Friday, December 7. There will be no Lab on Tuesday, December 4.
• There will be a special Exam Review session during class on Wednesday, December 5. The study guide for the exam is now available on the class web page.
• The final exam will take place as scheduled on Thursday, December c13 from 9:30-11:20am.

Books

We are using a free online textbook. The title of the book links to pdf containing the entire text. Be careful, because there are lots of versions of this text and this is the particular one that I will be using.

• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python 3 by Peter Wentworth, Jeffrey Elkner, Allen B. Downey and Chris Meyers, April 30, 2018 edition

Software

We will be using Python for this class. Free versions of the Python software, including the Idle development environment are available online through www.python.org, which also has lots of other good stuff. As of July 2018, the two latest released versions of Python are 2.7.15 and 3.7.0. For this class you want version 3.7.0, NOT version 2.6 or 2.7. This is important. Python is part of the student image and should be available on all Truman-provided computers. If the idea of installing software on your computer is a little daunting, you might wait until I go over this a little bit in class or you might ask me about it.

Useful Links

• average.py file from 8/24 class.
• archimedes.py file. This is my carefully commented version.
• totaler.py and futvalYears.py from class on 8/29.
• fntotaler.py updated on 9/7
• distance.py from class on 9/5
• pay.py from class on 9/10
• gradeSec1.py if elif example
• primes.py while example
• nests.py nested loop example
• newton.py Newton's method while example
• squareTurtle.py from 9/24
• montecarlo.py file from 9/24
• monte.py file from 9/24.
• showMontePi.py file to help visualize Monte Carlo simulation.
• rball.py random simulation
• piglatin.py and dna.py from October 1
• stringAccum.py string accumulation examples from October 3
• stringOperations.py which doesn't really do anything but shows you a bunch of string operations.
• dateConvert.py more string stuff.
• substitution.py clever, complicated version of the encoding we did last week.
• sieve.py using lists
• liststuff.py more with lists
• solvejumble.py using file
• dictionary.txt a dictionary
• words3.py and sample.txt and pride.txt
• cImage.py module
• imageStuff.py image examples
• negative.py, lutherBell.gif and lutherBellLarge.gif
• dicesum.py class example
• sorts.py, searches.py

Exams

• There will be three inclass exams, plus a comprehensive final
• Exam One Terms and Concepts - Know these for Exam One, which is Friday, 14 September 2018
• Exam Two Terms and Concepts - Know these for Exam Two, which is Monday, 15 October 2018
• Exam Three Terms and Concepts - Know these for Exam Three, which is Wednesday, 14 November 2018
• Final Exam Terms and Concepts - Know these for the Final Exam, which is Thursday, December 13 at 9:30am.

Programming Assignments:

• There will be approximately 6 programming assignments during the semester.
• Program 1 - Fun with Rectangular Cuboids
  Assignment date: 31 August 2018 Due Date: 10 September 2018
• Program 2 - Zeller's Congruence
  Assignment date: 19 September 2018 Due Date: 28 September 2018
• Program 3 - Files and Dictionaries
  Assignment date: 2 November 2018 Due Date: 10 November 2018
• Program 4 - Classes and Methods
  Assignment date: 27 November 2018 Due Date: 4 December 2018

Labs:

• There will be roughly a lab a week, held on Tuesdays in VH 1232. Nearly every week there will be a lab programming assignment.
• Lab 1 - Getting Started with Python
  Lab Date: 21 August 2018 Due Date: 22 August 2018
• Lab 2 - Modifying a Python Program
  Lab Date: 28 August 2018 Due Date: 29 August 2018
• Lab 3 - Fun with Factorial
  Lab Date: 4 September 2018 Due Date: 5 September 2018
• Lab 4 - Been caught speeding. . .
  Lab Date: 11 September 2018 Due Date: 16 September 2018
• Lab 5 - Data Validation Loops
  Lab Date: 18 September 2018 Due Date: 21 September 2018
• Lab 6 - Turtle Graphics
  Lab Date: 25 September 2018 Due Date: 29 September 2018
• Lab 7 - DNA Strings
  Lab Date: 2 October 2018 Due Date: 6 October 2018
• Lab 8 - ISBN Numbers
  Lab Date: 9 October 2018 Due Date: 11 October 2018
• Lab 9 - List function
  Lab Date: 23 October 2018 Due Date: 27 October 2018
• No lab on Tuesday, October 30. It will be Wednesday instead.
• Lab 10 - Files and Dictionaries
  Lab Date: 31 October 2018 Due Date: 3 November 2018
• Lab 11 - Image Processing
  Lab Date: 13 November 2018 Due Date: 15 November 2018
• Lab 12 - Creating a Class
  Lab Date: 27 November 2018 Due Date: 1 December 2018