Schedule

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Assignments are due at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern on the specified day.

Week	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
1	Jan 5(No class)	Jan 6(No class)	Jan 7 Lecture 1: Course Overview and Python Structure of this course and expectations for students Resources VSCode, Pawtograder, and GitHub The command line git Practices for code-level design (style guidlines) Types in Python code Functions (including documentation and tests) Using the VSCode debugger to trace code Why Python?	Jan 8 Lecture 2: Programming in Python Data types Control structures Refactoring and constants Testing functions that print or take user input Import code
2	Jan 12 Lecture 3: More Programming in Python Mutation testing: how we grade your tests None Optional Data structures (list, set, and dict) Reading and writing text files Error handing	Jan 13 🔬 Due: Lab 0: Setup This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Jan 14 Lecture 4: Review for Quiz 1 Functions and documentation Unit testing Git Practice Quiz 1 Homework help: Git / command line / Pawtograder review	Jan 15 Quiz 1
3	Jan 19(No class)	Jan 20 🔬 Due: Lab 1: HW1 Prep and Ethics This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder. Last day of add/drop period: January 20, 2026	Jan 21 Lecture 6: Ethics Learning outcomes Why Value-Sensitive Design? Steps for Value-Sensitive Design Value-Sensitive Design Case study: Finder, a dating app Privacy Privacy Case study: Gaggle, a messaging app for schools Your Case Study: Algorithmic hiring 📚 Due: HW1: Algorithms as Decision Makers This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Jan 22 Lecture 7: Designing Classes How to make your own class: attributes, methods, and constructor Organizing tests using unittest.TestCase Identifying test cases Well-named and organized tests which help the reader understand the purpose of a function Using setUp and tearDown
4	Jan 26 Lecture 8: Using Objects State and aliasing The __str__() function Generics Abstraction The Single Responsbility Principle	Jan 27 👥 Due: Codewalk 1: HW1	Jan 28 Lecture 9: Data Structures Lists split() and join() List indices List slices Modifying a list 2D lists List comprehension Sets Dictionaries (if time) map and filter The Accumulator Pattern functools.reduce() and itertools.accumulate() Named and default parameters Variable argument lists	Jan 29 Lecture 10: Pandas and Numpy Built-In Sequences Statistics and vector math with Numpy Processing tabular data using Pandas Creating and raising our own Errors The os module
5	Feb 2 Lecture 11: Statistics and Data Visualization Correlation Visualization with matplotlib	Feb 3 🔬 Due: Lab 2: HW2 Prep and Ethics This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Feb 4 Lecture 12: Design Patterns for Handling Data 1 Functions are objects Sorting with Pandas Filtering with Pandas Scaling and normalizing data Argmax 📚 Due: HW2: 311 Service Request Data Loader This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Feb 5 Lecture 13: Design Patterns for Handling Data 2 Combining dataframes MapReduce
6	Feb 9 Lecture 14: Data Ethics from the News	Feb 10	Feb 11 Lecture 15: Review for Quiz 2 Classes: constructors, methods, and attributes Using Objects Stakeholder-value matrices Lists, sets, and dictionaries Correlation	Feb 12 Quiz 2
7	Feb 16(No class)	Feb 17 🔬 Due: Lab 3: HW3 Prep and Ethics This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Feb 18 Lecture 17: Properties, Visibility, and Immutability Visibility restrictions in Python Encapsulation via Properties Immutability and Tuples 📚 Due: HW3: 311 Service Request Sorting and Analysis This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Feb 19 Lecture 18: Hashing Hashing
8	Feb 23 Lecture 19: Inheritance Subclasses and superclasses Using super() Everything is a subclass of object UML diagrams The Liskov Subsitution Principle	Feb 24 🔬 Due: Lab 4: HW4 Prep and Ethics This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Feb 25 Lecture 20: Interfaces and Abstract Classes Abstract methods Interfaces Interfaces with duck typing in Python Python contracts 📚 Due: HW4: News API This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Feb 26 Lecture 21: Designing Programs with Inheritance Inheritance versus composition Polymorphism Encapsulation Coupling and cohesion 👥 Due: Codewalk 2: HW2 or HW3
9	Mar 2(No class)	Mar 3(No class)	Mar 4(No class)	Mar 5(No class)
10	Mar 9 Lecture 22: Static and Class Methods Operating on a class rather than an instance @classmethod versus @staticmethod	Mar 10	Mar 11 Lecture 23: Iteration and Comparison Iterable Comparable	Mar 12 Lecture 24: Design patterns: Observer and "Data Pull" Design Patterns Data Pull pattern Observer pattern
11	Mar 16 Lecture 25: Recursion Tracing a recursive function Implementing a recursive function In-class exercise: debate	Mar 17 🔬 Due: Lab 5: HW5 Prep and Ethics This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Mar 18 Lecture 26: Review for Quiz 3 Properties Abstract methods Inheritance UML diagrams Privacy 📚 Due: HW5: Fingerprint login This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Mar 19 Quiz 3
12	Mar 23 Lecture 28: Trees and Search Algorithms Trees Binary Search Trees Search Algorithms	Mar 24 🔬 Due: Lab 6: HW6 Prep and Ethics This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Mar 25 Lecture 29: Graph Search and Strategy Pattern Graphs Search Algorithms Strategy Pattern 📚 Due: HW6: FeedCurator This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Mar 26 Lecture 30: Graphs and Union-Find Union-Find
13	Mar 30 Lecture 31: Minimum Spanning Trees Review union-find Priority Queues Minimum Spanning Trees Kruskals algorithm	Mar 31 🔬 Due: Lab 7: HW7 Prep and Ethics This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Apr 1 Lecture 32: The Decorator Pattern Function Decorators Functions are objects that can be mutated Creating a function decorator Caching or memoization: a common use of decorators Preserving function metadata Class decorators 📚 Due: HW7: Wikipedia Parser This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Apr 2 Lecture 33: The Model-View-Controller Paradigm Separating concerns between the Model, View, and Controller Separating extra concerns out of the Model
14	Apr 6 Lecture 34: MVC Controllers and Views Synchronous versus Asynchronous Controllers GUI View using tkinkter Using a Mock Model to test a Controller	Apr 7 👥 Due: Codewalk 3: HW4, HW5, HW6, or HW7	Apr 8 Lecture 35: Review for Quiz 4 Coupling / cohesion / encapsulation Iterator Comparable Decorator, Strategy, Observer, and Data Pull Design Patterns	Apr 9 Quiz 4
15	Apr 13 Lecture 37: Coding with AI Brief intro to generative AI Where do programmers code with AI? Common concerns Each task in the PDI process can use AI in some way: Research shows this is the standard workflow with AI that software developers are trending towards: Why we discourage vibe coding in the PDI sequence: Common uses for the web interface Common uses for Cursor / Windsurf / Github Copilot IDE plugin Common uses for Claude Code in the terminal	Apr 14 🔬 Due: Lab 8: HW8 Prep and Ethics This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Apr 15 Lecture 38: Final Exam Review and Interview Prep Final Exam Topics Technical interview prep 📚 Due: HW8: Public Transportation Map This repository is for viewing only. Do not work on the assignment using this repository -- the actual course assignments will be provided to you via Pawtograder.	Apr 16 Lecture 39: Career Panel
16	Final Exam (date/time TBD)