Schedule

Note: We may adapt the schedule to accommodate your learning.

Monday	Tuesday	Thursday
01 September Labor Day: no classes.	02 September Lab: Lab 1: Starting with BlueJ and Java [ materials ] Pre-Class: Answer the entry questionnaire by 5pm on Monday, September 1. Sign up to Piazza and Gradescope using your Wellesley email Due: Lab submission due by 6:30pm Wednesday Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	04 September Topic: Introduction [ materials ] Pre-Class: Answer the syllabus quiz Read Chapters 1-2 Answer the quiz on Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Released: Homework 1
08 September Topic: Java Constructs [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 3-4 (optional: 3.6-3.7) Optional: watch this video Answer the quiz on Chapter 3, and Chapter 4	09 September Lab: Lab 2: Java Constructs [ materials ] Pre-Class: Pre-lab due Monday by 7pm. Due: Lab submission due by 6:30pm Wednesday Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	11 September Topic: Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 5 Optional: watch this, this, and this video Answer the quiz on Chapter 5 Due: Homework 1 by 10pm Released: Homework 2
15 September Topic: Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 5	16 September Lab: Lab 3: OOP - User Defined Classes Due: Lab submission due by 6:30pm Wednesday Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	18 September Topic: Arrays and Arrays of Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 7 Optional: watch this, this, and this video Answer the quiz on Chapter 7 Due: Homework 2 by 10pm Released: Homework 3
22 September Topic: Arrays and Arrays of Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 7	23 September	25 September Topic: Inheritance [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 8 Optional: watch this video Answer the quiz on Chapter 8 Due: Homework 3 by 10pm Released: Homework 4
29 September Topic: Polymorphism [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 9 Answer the quiz on Chapter 9	30 September Lab: Lab 5: Inheritance and Polymorphism Due: Lab submission due by 6:30pm Wednesday Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	02 October Topic: Interfaces (from last week) + Stacks [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 14.1-14.9 Answer the quiz on Chapter 14 Due: Homework 4 by 10pm Released: Homework 5 (in pairs)
06 October Topic: Exceptions and IO [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 10 Answer the quiz on Chapter 10	07 October Lab: Lab 6: File I/O and Analyzing Poems Due: Lab submission due by 6:30pm Wednesday Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	09 October Exam: Midterm (everything before inheritance) Pre-Class: Review this list of topics Read the Midterm instructions Solve these practice problems Compare your solutions with the staff's solutions Prepare a one page (single sided) note sheet you can bring to the exam
13 October Indigenous Peoples' Day: no classes.	14 October Fall Break: no classes.	16 October Topic: Stacks [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 14.1-14.9
20 October Topic: LinearNodes and Linked Stacks [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 14.10-14.14 Skim the in-class exercise.	21 October Lab: Lab 7: Stacks Due: Lab submission due by 6:30pm Wednesday Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	23 October Topic: Algorithm Analysis [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 12 Optional: watch this and this video Answer the quiz on Chapter 12 Due: Homework 5 (in pairs) by 10pm Released: Homework 6
27 October Topic: Sorting [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 13 Answer the quiz on Chapter 13	28 October Tanner Conference: no classes.	30 October Topic: Binary Search and Queues [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 15 Answer the quiz on Chapter 15 Due: Homework 6 by 10pm Released: Homework 7
03 November Topic: Hash Tables [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 20 Answer the quiz on Chapter 20	04 November Lab: Lab 8: Algorithm Analysis + Big-O Practice Due: Lab submission due by 6:30pm Wednesday Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	06 November Topic: Hash Tables [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 20 Due: Homework 7 by 10pm Released: Homework 8 (in pairs)
10 November Topic: Trees [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 16.1-16.3 Answer the quiz on Chapter 16	11 November Lab: Lab 9: Hashing Due: Lab submission due by 6:30pm Wednesday Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	13 November Topic: Trees [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 17. Feel free to skip sections about node removals, and about "rotations." Answer the quiz on Chapter 17 Due: Homework 8 by 10pm Released: Homework 9 (in pairs)
17 November Topic: Graphs [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 19.1-19.5 Answer the quiz on Chapter 19	18 November Lab: Lab 10: Trees Due: Lab submission due by 6:30pm Wednesday Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	20 November Exam: Practice Final (from Inheritance to Hash Tables) Pre-Class: Review this list of topics Solve these practice problems Compare your solutions with the staff's solutions Prepare a one page (single sided) note sheet you can bring to the exam
24 November Topic: Depth First Search [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 19.1-19.5	25 November Lab: Lab 11: Graphs Due: Lab submission due by 6:30pm Wednesday Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	27 November Thanksgiving Break: no classes.
01 December Topic: Breadth-First Search [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 19.5 Due: Homework 9 (in pairs) by 10pm Released: Homework 10 (in pairs)	02 December Lab: Lab 12: Work on Homework 10 Due: Self-Assessment due by 6:30pm Friday	04 December Topic: The Ethics of Search Engines [ materials ] Pre-Class: Complete the pre-class work on Gradescope by 7am before class.
08 December Topic: Priority Queues and Heaps [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 18 Answer the quiz on Chapter 18 Due: Homework 10 by 10pm	09 December Lab: Lab 13: Final Exam Review	11 December Reading Period Begins.
15 December Final Exam Period Begins.	16 December	18 December

Acknowledgements: The schedule design and CSS is based on Fall 2018’s CS240’s schedule.