Course Syllabus

Class 1: Introduction (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)

• Assignment: Starting your journal.
• Assignment: Your first problems.
• Assignment: Distance Algorithms and other Computing Problems.

Class 2: Algorithms (Thursday, January 22, 1998)

• Defining Algorithms
• Some Sample Algorithms

Class 3: Algorithms Revisited; Basic Problem Solving (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)

• Algorithm Components
• Algorithm Syntax
• Reading: Thinking Mathematically, up to page 11.

Class 4: Organizing and Representing Information; HTML (Thursday, January 29, 1998)

• Reading: Handout on HTML.

Class 5: More Problem Solving (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)

• Reading: Thinking Mathematically, Chapter 1.

Class 6: Even More Problem Solving (Thursday, February 5, 1998)

• Reading: Thinking Mathematically, Chapter 2.

Class 7: Introduction to Java (Tuesday, February 10, 1998)

Class 8: Variables and Subroutines (Thursday, February 12, 1998)

Class 9: Control Structures (Tuesday, February 17, 1998)

• Lab: Control Structures.

Class 10: Conditionals and Reflection (Thursday, February 19, 1998)

Class 11: Unsticking Yourself (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)

• Reading: Thinking Mathematically, Chapter 3

Class 12: Special Topic (Thursday, February 26, 1998)

• The convocation speaker is discussing a mathematical topic. This will serve as a replacement class.

Class 13: More Computing (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)

Class 14: Continuing to Unstick Yourself (Thursday, March 5, 1998)

Class 15: Writing Problems (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)

Class 16: Objects, Revisited (Thursday, March 12, 1998)

Spring break, March 14-29

Class 17: Graphics (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)

Class 18: Java's Object Model (Thursday, April 2, 1998)

Class 19: Conjecturing (Tuesday, April 7, 1998)

• Reading: Thinking Mathematically, Chapter 4
• Assignments:
  • Read chapter 5.
  • problem set seven.
  • journal assignment sixteen.

Class 20: Fun With Dates (Thursday, April 9, 1998)

Class 21: Coding (Tuesday, April 14, 1998)

Class 22: Dates, Revisited (Thursday, April 16, 1998)

Class 23: Project, Continued (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)

Class 24: Dates, Continued (Thursday, April 23, 1998)

Class 25: Discussion of Chapters 5, 6, and 7 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)

Class 26: More Stuff! (Thursday, April 30, 1998)

Class 27: Even More Undetermined Stuff (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)

Class 28: Wrapup (Thursday, May 7, 1998)

• Reading: Thinking Mathematically, Chapter 8
• Reading: Thinking Mathematically, Chapter 9