CPSC 120: Fall 2008 Class Schedule

This table contains the tentative class schedule.


Class# / Date Topic Readings Handouts/Labs/Projects
1. 9/1 (M) Introduction  No reading  Syllabus
2. 9/3 (W)  Chaper 1: 1.1-1.4  
3. 9/5 (F)  Chapter 2: 2.1  Lab 1 handed out
4. 9/8 (M) HTML  Chapter 11: 11.1  
5. 9/10 (W)  Chapter 3: 3.1  
6. 9/12 (F)  No reading  Lab 1 due; Lab 2 handed out
7. 9/15 (M) Python Programming  Chapter 2: 2.2-2.3  
8. 9/17 (W)  Chapter 2: 2.4  
9. 9/19 (F)  Chapter 2: 2.5  Lab 2 due; Lab 3 handed out
10. 9/22 (M) Pictures - Part 1
Modifying Pictures Using Loops
 Chapter 3: 3.2  
11. 9/24 (W)  Chapter 3: 3.3  
12. 9/26 (F)  No reading  Lab 4 handed out
13. 9/29 (M)  Chapter 3: 3.5-3.7  Lab 3 due (extended from Friday, 9/26)
14. 10/1 (W) Pictures - Part 2
Modifying Pixels in a Range
 Chapter 4: 4.1-4.2  
15. 10/3 (F)  No reading  Lab 4 due; Lab 5 handed out
16. 10/6 (M) Midterm 1 Exam (study guide, exam, solutions)
17. 10/8 (W) Pictures - Part 2
(Continued)
 Chapter 4: 4.3  
18. 10/10 (F)  Chapter 4: 4.4-4.6  Lab 5 due; Lab 6 handed out
      10/13 (M)  *** No class -- Fall break ***
19. 10/15 (W) Pictures - Part 3
Making Pictures by Combining Pieces
 Chapter 5: 5.1-5.2  
20. 10/17 (F)  Chapter 5: 5.3  Lab 6 due; Lab 7 handed out; Project 1 handed out
21. 10/20 (M)  Chapter 5: 5.4  
22. 10/22 (W)  Chapter 5: 5.5  
23. 10/24 (F)  No reading  Lab 7 due
24. 10/27 (M) Sounds - Part 1
Modifying Sounds Using Loops
 Chapter 6: 6.1-6.2  
25. 10/29 (W)  Chapter 6: 6.3  
26. 10/31 (F)  Chapter 6: 6.4  Project 1 due; Lab 8 handed out
27. 11/3 (M) Sounds - Part 2
Modifying Samples in a Range
 Chapter 7: 7.1-7.2  
28. 11/5 (W)  Chapter 7: 7.3  
29. 11/7 (F)  No reading  Lab 8 due; Lab 9 handed out
30. 11/10 (M) Midterm 2 Exam (study guide, exam, solutions)
31. 11/12 (W) Sound - Part 3
Making Sounds by Combining Pieces
 Chapter 8: 8.1-8.3  Project 2 handed out
32. 11/14 (F)  Chapter 8: 8.4  Lab 9 due
33. 11/17 (M)  Chapter 8: 8.5  
34. 11/19 (W)  Chapter 8: 8.6  
35. 11/21 (F)  No reading  
36. 11/24 (M)  No reading  Project 2 due
      11/26 (W)  *** No class -- Thanksgiving break ***
      11/28 (F)
37. 12/1 (M) Movies
Creating and Modifying Movies
 Chapter 12: 12.1  
38. 12/3 (W)  Chapter 12: 12.2  Project 3 handed out
39. 12/5 (F)  TBA  
40. 12/8 (M)  TBA  
42. 12/10 (W)  TBA  
43. 12/12 (F)  TBA  
      12/15 (Monday, 5PM) Project 3 due (no class)
44. 12/18 (Thu, 7PM-10PM) Final Exam (study guide)