Schedule

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

Monday	Tuesday / Wednesday	Thursday
20 January Martin Luther King Jr. Day: no classes.	Lab Lab: BlueJ and Java [ materials ] Pre-Lab: Answer the entry questionnaire by 5pm on Monday, Jan 20. Sign up to Piazza and Gradescope using your Wellesley email	23 January 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
27 January Topic: Java Constructs [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 3-4 (optional: 3.6-3.7) Answer the quiz on Chapter 3, and Chapter 4	Lab Lab: Java Constructs [ materials ] Pre-Lab: Complete pre-lab tasks.	30 January Topic: Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 5 Answer the quiz on Chapter 5 Due: Homework 1 by 10pm Released: Homework 2
03 February Topic: Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 5	Lab Lab: User Defined Classes, Objects (Animal class) [ materials ] Pre-Lab: Complete pre-lab tasks.	06 February Topic: Arrays and Arrays of Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 7 Answer the quiz on Chapter 7 Due: Homework 2 by 10pm Released: Homework 3
10 February Topic: Arrays and Arrays of Objects [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 7	Lab Lab: Arrays and Arrays of Objects (Zoo of Animals) [ materials ] Pre-Lab: Complete pre-lab tasks.	13 February Topic: Exceptions and IO [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 10 Answer the quiz on Chapter 10 Due: Homework 3 by 10pm Released: Homework 4
17 February Presidents' Day on Monday (no classes). Tuesday follows a Monday schedule. Topic: Inheritance [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 8 Answer the quiz on Chapter 8	Lab No lab, since Tuesday follows a Monday schedule.	20 February Topic: Polymorphism [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 9 Answer the quiz on Chapter 9 Due: Homework 4 by 10pm Released: Homework 5 (in pairs)
24 February Topic: Interfaces (from last week) + Stacks [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 14.1-14.9 Answer the quiz on Chapter 14	Lab Lab: Inheritance and Polymorphism [ materials ] Pre-Lab: Complete pre-lab tasks.	27 February Exam: Midterm I (everything before inheritance) Pre-Class: Review this list of topics Read the Midterm I 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
03 March Topic: Stacks [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 14.1-14.9	Lab Lab: Stacks [ materials ] Pre-Lab: Complete pre-lab tasks.	06 March Topic: LinearNodes and Linked Stacks [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 14.10-14.14 Skim the in-class exercise. Due: Homework 5 (in pairs) by 10pm Released: Homework 6
10 March Topic: Algorithm Analysis [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 12 Answer the quiz on Chapter 12	Lab Lab: LinkedLists implementations [ materials ] Pre-Lab: Complete pre-lab tasks.	13 March Topic: Sorting [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 13 Answer the quiz on Chapter 13 Due: Homework 6 by 10pm Released: Homework 7
17 March Spring Break: no classes.	Lab Spring Break: no classes.	20 March Spring Break: no classes.
24 March Topic: Queues [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 15 Answer the quiz on Chapter 15	Lab Lab: Queue Implementations [ materials ]	27 March Topic: Binary Search and Graphs [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 19.1-19.5 Answer the quiz on Chapter 19 Due: Homework 7 by 10pm Released: Homework 8
31 March Topic: Depth-First Search [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 19.1-19.5	Lab Extra Credit: Attend talk, Algorithms of Oppression, by Safiya Noble Logistics: April 2nd, 5pm in Tishman Submit a reflection on Gradescope	03 April Topic: Breadth-First Search [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 19.5 Due: Homework 8 by 10pm Released: Homework 9 (in pairs)
07 April Topic: The Ethics of Search Engines [ materials ] Pre-Class: Complete the pre-class work on Gradescope by 7am before class.	Lab	10 April Exam: Midterm II (from Inheritance to Queues) 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
14 April Topic: Hash Tables [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 20 Answer the quiz on Chapter 20	Lab Ruhlman Conference: no lab on Tuesday and Wednesday.	17 April Topic: Hash Tables [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 20 Due: Homework 9 (in pairs) by 10pm Released: Homework 10 (in pairs)
21 April Patriots Day: no lecture.	Lab	24 April Topic: Trees [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapters 16.1-16.3 Answer the quiz on Chapter 16 Due: Homework 10 (in pairs) by 10pm
28 April Topic: Priority Queues and Heaps [ materials ] Pre-Class: Read Chapter 18 Answer the quiz on Chapter 18	Lab	01 May Reading Period Begins (Tomorrow). Topic: Priority Queues and Heaps [ materials ]
05 May Reading Period Ends.	Lab Exam: Final Exam: Tuesday May 6 from 6-8:30pm. Locations: PNE-339 (Section 01) and PNE-127 (Section 02). Pre-Lab: Review this list of topics Solve these practice problems Compare your solutions with the staff's solutions Prepare a one page, two-sided note sheet you can bring to the exam	08 May

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