| Day of Term | Day of Week | Date | Textbook readings due before class |
Assignments due at beginning of class on this day |
| 1 | Monday | 9/15 | Chapter 1, The Big Picture: Read at your own pace. We will discuss this chapter peripherally as concepts come up. | |
| 2 | Wednesday | 9/17 | Chapter 2, Natural Numbers |
Assignment A |
| 3 | Friday | 9/19 | Chapter 3, Data Representation | |
| 4 | Monday | 9/22 | Chapter 3, Data Representation | Assignment B |
| 5 | Wednesday | 9/24 | Chapter 3, Data Representation | Assignment C |
| 6 | Friday | 9/26 | Chapter 4.1-4.2, Gates and Circuits | Assignment D |
| 7 | Monday | 9/29 | Chapter 4, Gates and Circuits (rest of chapter) |
Assignment E |
| 8 | Wednesday |
10/1 | Chapter 4, Gates and Circuits (rest of chapter) | Assignment F |
| 9 | Friday | 10/3 | Chapter 5, Computing Components |
Assignment G |
| 10 | Monday | 10/6 | Chapter 5, Computing Components | Assignment H |
| 11 | Wednesday | 10/8 | Chapters 7/8. Skim for content relevant to labs. |
Assignment I |
| 12 | Friday | 10/10 | Chapters 7/8. Skim for content relevant to labs. | Assignment J |
| 13 | Monday | 10/13 | Articles on open source Chapter 9, Abstract Data Types and Algorithms |
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| 14 |
Wednesday | 10/15 | Assignment K | |
| 15 |
Friday | 10/17 | Exam 1 in class | |
| BREAK |
Monday | 10/20 | ||
| 16 | Wednesday | 10/22 | Chapter 9, Abstract Data Types and Algorithms | |
| 17 | Friday | 10/24 | Chapter 9, Abstract Data Types and Algorithms | Assignment L |
| 18 | Monday | 10/27 | Chapters 16.1-16.2, The World Wide Web |
Assignment M |
| 19 | Wednesday | 10/29 | Tutorial on HTML from lab |
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| 20 | Friday |
10/31 | Assignment N |
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| 21 | Monday | 11/3 | Chapter 15, Networks |
Assignment O |
| 22 | Wednesday | 11/5 | Chapter 15, Networks | |
| 23 | Friday | 11/7 | Assignment P |
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| 24 | Monday | 11/10 | Read "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" by Alan Turing.
Handed out in class, or available on web.
Focus on sections 1-3,6-7 (skim rest). |
Think about the following for class discussion: For each objection in Section 6, do you agree or disagree? Is the "imitation game" a valid test of intelligence? |
| 25 | Wednesday | 11/12 | Read "Minds, Brains, and Programs" by John Searle. Handed out
in class, or available
on web. |
Assignment Q |
| 26 | Friday | 11/14 | Chapter 13, Artificial Intelligence |
Proposal for Final Project |
| 27 | Monday |
11/17 | Resubmitted Proposal, if necessary |
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| 28 |
Wednesday |
11/19 |
Exam 2 (take home) due |
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| FINAL |
Sunday |
11/23 |
Final
Project Presentation |