Alabama A&M CS 104 Fall 2024

Intro to Computers and Ethics

About the Class

CS104 is an introductory class using the Python programming language, designed for students with no formal exposure to computer science or programming. The goal is to provide fundamentals that will prepare students to either take further computer science courses, or use computer science in their field of study.

Course Materials

Week 1

Slides: Intro
Aug 16: HW0 ReleasedHW0: Tell us about yourself,Academic Honesty Quiz

Week 2

Slides: Data Types, Variables, Operators
Aug 22: HW 0 Due
Aug 23: HW 1 ReleasedHW1: Data Types, Operators, Variables

Week 3

Slides: I/O, Booleans/Comparison Operators, Logical Operators, Conditionals
Aug 29: HW 1 Due
Aug 30: HW 2 ReleasedHW2: Booleans, Logical Operators, Conditionals

Week 4

Slides: Internships, Functions I, Functions II
Sep 6: HW 2 Due
Sep 7: HW 3 ReleasedHW3: Functions

Week 5

Slides: Function Modules & Imports, Function Scope
Sep 12: HW 3 Due
Sep 13: HW 4 ReleasedHW4: More Functions

Week 6

Slides: Strings, While Loops
Sep 19: HW 4 Due
Sep 20: HW 5 ReleasedHW5: Strings, While Loops

Week 7

Slides: For Loops
Oct 1: HW 5 Due
Oct 1: HW 6 ReleasedHW6: For Loops

Week 8

Slides: Lists
Oct 7: HW 6 Due

Week 9

Slides: Stack, Queues, Graphs
Oct 7: HW 7 ReleasedHW7: Lists

Week 10

Midterm: Lists Review, Midterm Review, More Midterm Review
Oct 14: HW 7 Due
Oct 16: Midterm (MWF)
Oct 17: Midterm (TTh)
Oct 18: HW 8 ReleasedHW8: CTFs

Week 11

Slides: 2-D Lists, Wordle, Nested Loops
Oct 24: HW 8 Due
Oct 25: Project Wordle - Starter Doc Released Project: Wordle Project - Starter Doc; Project Wordle - Final Project Released Project: Wordle Project - Final Project