| Week |
Dates |
Topics, class handouts. |
Required reading and practice problems |
Homework |
| 1 |
Aug 30
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Introduction to Python and the course.
Eclipse programming environment and PyDev.
Elementary programming. Handout 1
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Chapters 1,2
Home practice and in-class examples.
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Installing Anaconda, Eclipse and PyDev.
Assignment 1 due Sep. 5
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| 2 |
Sep 6 |
Python basics continued. Strings and Objects. Handout 2
Selection and conditional statements. Handout 3
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Chapters 3-4, 8.1-8.2
Home practice and in-class examples.
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Assignment 2 due Sep. 19
citationsForTesting.txt
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| 3 |
Sep 13 |
Selection and conditionals continued. Repetition and Loops.
Handout 4
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Chapter 4,5
Home practice and in-class examples.
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| 4 |
Sep 20 |
Loops continued. Introduction to Lists.Handout 5
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Chapter 5, 10.1-10.7, 11.1-11.3
Home practice and in-class examples. |
Assignment 3 due Oct 3
orderlog.py
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| 5 |
Sep 27 |
List comprehensions. Multi-dimensional lists.
Defining functions.Handout 6
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Chapters 10 - 11, Chapter 6
Home practice and in-class examples.
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| 6 |
Oct 4 |
Python functions, continued. Files and operating system.
Handout 7
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Chapters 13,
os tutorial
Home practice and in-class examples.
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| 7 |
Oct 11 |
Working with files, continued.
Handout 7
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Chapters 13,
os tutorial
Home practice and in-class examples.
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| 8 |
Oct 18 |
Midterm (open book, open notes, no electronics)
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Review all prior reading, practice and programming exercises. |
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| 9 |
Oct 25 |
Tuples, Sets and Dictionaries
Handout 8
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Chapter 14
Home practice and in-class examples.
|
Assignment 4 due Oct 31
data-small.zip
data-large.zip
|
| 10 |
Nov 1 |
NumPy - arrays and vectorized computation.
Handout 9
|
NumPy tutorial
Home practice and in-class examples.
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| 11 |
Nov 8 |
Introduction to Pandas.
Handout 10
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Pandas tutorial
Home practice and in-class examples.
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| 12 |
Nov 15 |
Pandas, continued.
Handout 11
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Pandas tutorial
Home practice and in-class examples.
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Assignment 5 due Nov 28
data.zip
data-tiny.zip
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Nov 22 |
Thanksgiving Holiday
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13 |
Nov 29 |
Visualization with Matplotlib Handout 12
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Matplotlib tutorial
[pdf]
Home practice and in-class examples.
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Assignment 6 due Sat, Dec 8. Late deadline: Sun, Dec 9
data.zip
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| 14 |
Dec 6 |
Defining classes. Handout 13
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Chapter 7
Home practice and in-class examples.
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| 15 |
Dec 13 |
Final Exam (open book, open notes, no electronics) |
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