Table of Contents

1. Day 1 - Numbers

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September 9, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Post-reading: 3.1.1 to 3.1.4
• Intro (25 mins)
• Class Exercise (15 mins)
• Wrap-up (20 mins)

2. Day 2 - Strings & Images

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September 10, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 3.1.5 to 3.1.7
• Intro (35 mins)
• Wrap-up (10 mins)

3. Day 3 - Definitions

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September 14, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 3.2
• Announcements
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercise (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

4. Day 4 - Functions

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September 16, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 0, 1
• Pre-reading: 3.3
• Intro (10 mins)
• Class Exercise (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (10 mins)

5. Day 5 - Conditionals, Tests, and spy

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September 17, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 0, 1
• Pre-reading: 3.4.1 to 3.4.6
• Intro (20 mins)
• Class Exercise (30 mins)
• Wrap-up (10 mins)

6. Day 6 - Ethics & Stakeholder Analysis

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September 21, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 11, 12
• Pre-reading: Ethics: Stakeholder Value Matrices,Ethics: Privacy
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercise (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

7. Day 7 - Introduction to tables

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September 23, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 2
• Pre-reading: 4.1.1 & 4.1.2
• Reference: For all work with tables, refer to the Tables page in the menu at the top of the page!
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercise (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

8. Day 8 - Functions over rows

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September 24, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 0, 1, 2
• Pre-reading: 4.1.3, 4.1.4.1, 4.1.4.2
• Reference: For all work with tables, refer to the Tables page in the menu at the top of the page!
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercise (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

9. Day 9 - Adding columns

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September 28, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 0, 1, 2
• Pre-reading: 4.1.4.3, 4.1.4.4
• Reference: For all work with tables, refer to the Tables page in the menu at the top of the page!
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercise (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

10. Day 10 - Tests for tables & privacy analysis

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September 30, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 0, 1, 2, 11
• Pre-reading: 4.1.5, 4.1.6, Privacy Analysis from Ethics Module
• Reference: For all work with tables, refer to the Tables page in the menu at the top of the page!
• Announcement -- tests for your tests in autograder (10 mins)
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercise (30 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

11. Day 11 - Cleaning data

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October 1, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 2
• Pre-reading: 4.2.1
• Reference: For all work with tables, refer to the Tables page in the menu at the top of the page!
• Intro (20 mins)
• Class Exercises (35 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

12. Day 12 - Task planning & visualization

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October 5, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.2.6
• Reference: For all work with tables, refer to the Tables page in the menu at the top of the page!
• Intro (25 mins)
• Class Activity (30 mins)
• Wrap up (5 mins)

13. Day 13 - Extracting columns

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October 7, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4.1
• Reference: For all work with tables, refer to the Tables page in the menu at the top of the page!
• Intro (25 mins)
• Class Exercise (30 mins)
• Wrap-Up (5 mins)

14. Day 14 - Operating on Lists

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October 14, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 5.1.4 (aside from 5.1.4.1), 5.1.6
• Reference: For all work with tables, refer to the Tables page in the menu at the top of the page!
• Intro (20 mins)
• Class Exercise (35 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

15. Day 15 - Variables and loops

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October 15, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 3
• Pre-reading: 9.1.8.5 (except 9.1.8.5.4)
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercises (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

16. Day 16 - Working with Lists

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October 19, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 3
• Pre-reading: None
• Intro (5 mins)
• Class Exercises (50 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

17. Day 17 - Testing and variables that change

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October 21, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 3
• Pre-reading: 9.1.8.5.4
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercises (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

18. Day 18 - Structured data

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October 22, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 4
• Pre-reading: 6.1.1.1, 6.1.2.1, 6.1.2.2, 6.1.3.1
• Intro (10 mins)
• Class Exercise (45 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

19. Day 19 - Conditional data

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October 26, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 4
• Pre-reading: 6.1.1.2, 6.1.2.3, 6.1.3.2, 6.1.3.3
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercises (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

20. Day 20 - Recursive functions by examples

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October 28, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 5
• Pre-reading: 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3
• Intro (20 mins)
• Class Exercises (35 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

21. Day 21 - Templates for lists

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October 29, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 5
• Pre-reading: 5.3
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercises (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

22. Day 22 - Intro to trees & Trees as recursive data

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November 2, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 6
• Pre-reading: 7.1.1, 7.1.2
• Intro (20 mins)
• Class Exercises (35 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

23. Day 23 - More trees

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November 4, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 7.1.3, 7.1.4
• Intro (20 mins)
• Class Exercises (35 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

24. Day 24 - Starting Python

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November 9, 2026

Est 50 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 8
• Pre-reading: 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.1.4, 9.1.5
• Python in vscode.dev (10 mins)
• Intro (20 mins)
• Class Exercises (20 mins)

25. Day 25 - Lists and Dataclasses in Python

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November 12, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 8
• Pre-reading: 9.1.6, 9.1.7
• Intro (20 mins)
• Class Exercises (35 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

26. Day 26 - Iteration in Python

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November 16, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 9
• Pre-reading: 9.1.8 (skip 9.1.8.5, since we've already seen that on Day 15).
• Intro (10 mins)
• Class Exercises (45 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

27. Day 27 - Scoping in Python

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November 18, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 7
• Pre-reading: 13.1.1 (NOTE: references "the heap", which we haven't covered yet).
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercises (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

28. Day 28 - Mutable Data Structures and the Heap

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November 23, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: 10
• Pre-reading: 12.1, 12.2.1, 12.2.2.1
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercises (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

29. Day 29 - Pandas basics (creating, loading, accessing)

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November 30, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3
• Reference: For all work with tables, refer to the Tables page in the menu at the top of the page! It covers Pyret tables, but is good reference regardless.
• Intro (20 mins)
• Class Exercises (35 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

30. Day 30 - Filtering, sorting & transforming with Pandas

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December 2, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 10.1.4, 10.1.5
• Reference: For all work with tables, refer to the Tables page in the menu at the top of the page! It covers Pyret tables, but is good reference regardless.
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercises (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

0. Style Guide

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Date unavailable

Est 0 minutes

Topics

• Style Guide
• Pyret Programs
• Python Programs

33. Extra - Dictionaries

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December 7, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 9.2
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercises (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

32. Extra - Datavis in Python

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December 7, 2026

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 10.1.7, 10.1.8
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercises (40 mins)
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

33. Extra - Recommendation Systems

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Date unavailable

Est 60 minutes

Topics

• Skills: None
• Pre-reading: 9.2
• Intro (15 mins)
• Class Exercises (40 mins)
• Part 1: Loading and Converting Data
• Part 2: Extracting Movies from a Row
• Part 3: Building the Co-occurrence Dictionary
• Part 4: Making Recommendations
• Part 5: Testing the System
• Wrap-up (5 mins)

. Extra - λ

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December 7, 2026

Est 0 minutes

Topics

• Act 1. The Logicians
• Act 2. Models of Computation
• Act 3. The Lambda Calculus

. Extra - λY

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December 7, 2026

Est 0 minutes

Topics

• Omega
• Moving towards recursion
• One more layer
• Moving towards Y