| Week | Dates | Topic (Lecture) | Lab Focus | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 13–17 | Course Introduction and Data Types | No Lab | No HW |
| Jan 13 | Course Introduction and Colab | |||
| Jan 15 | Basic Data Types | |||
| Jan 17 | Variables, Expressions, and Conditionals | |||
| 2 | Jan 20–24 | Conditionals and Lists | No Lab | HW #1 |
| Jan 20 | No Lecture | |||
| Jan 22 | Advanced Conditionals | |||
| Jan 24 | Lists | |||
| 3 | Jan 27–31 | Collections and Loops | Expressions and Conditionals | HW #2 |
| Jan 27 | Collections | |||
| Jan 29 | Introduction to Loops | |||
| Jan 31 | Looping Continued | |||
| 4 | Feb 3–7 | Functions, Objects, and Methods | Collections and Loops | HW #3 |
| Feb 3 | Functions | |||
| Feb 5 | Advanced Functions | |||
| Feb 7 | Objects and Methods | |||
| 5 | Feb 10–14 | Classes and Libraries | Functions | HW #4 |
| Feb 10 | Classes | |||
| Feb 12 | Classes Continued | |||
| Feb 14 | Modules, Packages, and Libraries | |||
| 6 | Feb 17–21 | Review and Exam 1 | No Lab | No HW |
| Feb 17 | Optional: Review Day | |||
| Feb 19 | Exam #1 | |||
| Feb 21 | Virtual: Representing Information | |||
| 7 | Feb 24–28 | NM I: Differentiation and Integration | Differentiation | HW #5 |
| Feb 24 | Differentiation Methods | |||
| Feb 26 | Introduction to Integration | |||
| Feb 28 | More Integration Techniques | |||
| 8 | Mar 3–7 | Debugging and Datetime | Integration | HW #6 |
| Mar 3 | Error Handling | |||
| Mar 5 | Datetime | |||
| Mar 7 | Debugging | |||
| 9 | Mar 10–14 | NM II: Gradients and Roots | Gradients | HW #7 |
| Mar 10 | Gradients | |||
| Mar 12 | Root Finding | |||
| Mar 14 | More Root Finding | |||
| - | Mar 17–21 | Spring Break | No Lab | No HW |
| 10 | Mar 24–28 | Sorting and Algorithms | Root Finding | HW #8 |
| Mar 24 | Sorting Methods | |||
| Mar 26 | More Sorting Methods | |||
| Mar 28 | Algorithm Efficiency | |||
| 11 | Mar 31–Apr 4 | File I/O and Data Visualization | Sorting Methods | HW #9 |
| Mar 31 | Working with Files | |||
| Apr 2 | Plotting with Matplotlib | |||
| Apr 4 | More Plotting | |||
| 12 | Apr 7–11 | NM III: Systems of Equations | Data Visualization | HW #10 |
| Apr 7 | Introduction to SoE | |||
| Apr 9 | Methods for Solving SoE | |||
| Apr 11 | Practical Examples for SoE | |||
| 13 | Apr 14–18 | Review and Exam 2 | No Lab | No HW |
| Apr 14 | Flex Day | |||
| Apr 16 | Review | |||
| Apr 18 | Exam #2 | |||
| 14 | Apr 21–25 | APIs and Data Integration | Systems of Equations | No HW |
| Apr 21 | Background and HTTP | |||
| Apr 23 | HTTP Methods in Python | |||
| Apr 25 | Using APIs | |||
| 15 | Apr 28 (last day) | Project Q&A Day | No Lab | No HW |