revised 5/2/06
This course schedule has an entry for each day lecture or a section meets; it lists lecture topics and their corresponding readings. We also list the dates of the midterm and final exams. Lab assignment due dates are given in the Lab Manual.
We’ll stick to this schedule as closely as is practical; I’ll announce any changes in lecture.
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Lab Activities & Note |
Readings (Text and Supporting Web Site |
| Apr 4 | Introduction to the course; What’s information?
Discussion/priority lab meetings begin after lecture |
Chap. 1 |
| Apr 5 | ||
| Apr 6 | Representing data I:Basic computer architecture; bits, bytes, words; numbers; text; commands - part 1 | Chap. 2
Chap. 5 pp. 79-84 Chap. 6 pp. 105-112 |
| Apr 7 | ||
| Apr 10 | ||
| Apr 11 | Representing data I:Basic computer architecture; bits, bytes, words; numbers; text; commands - part 2 | Chap. 2
Chap. 5 pp. 79-84 Chap. 6 pp. 105-112 |
| Apr 12 | ||
| Apr 13 | Representing data II: Basic data types & structures; structures for word processing, spreadsheets & databases., part I | |
| Apr 14 | ||
| Apr 17 | ||
| Apr 18 | Representing data II: Basic data types & structures; structures for word processing, spreadsheets & databases, continued | |
| Apr 19 | ||
| Apr 20 | Processing data I: Operating systems; program translation | Chap. 15 |
| Apr 21 | ||
| Apr 24 | ||
| Apr 25 | Processing data II: Machine and assembly language; high-level languages | Chap. 14 pp. 296-300 |
| Apr 26 | ||
| Apr 27 | Processing data III: Productivity tools; the Web; macro & Web languages | Chap. 5 pp. 85-102;
Chap. 6 pp. 113-119 Chap. 7 |
| Apr 28 | ||
| May 1 | ||
| May 2 | Midterm exam | |
| May 3 | ||
| May 4 | Hardware I: Electrons to "the brain box" | Chap. 11 |
| May 5 | ||
| May 8 | ||
| May 9 | Hardware II: Secondary storage & peripherals | Chap. 12; Chap. 13 |
| May10 | ||
| May 11 | Data comm; Choosing a computer system | Chap. 16; Buying a Computer |
| May 12 | ||
| May 15 | ||
| May 16 | Sharing Information I: Networks and the Internet | Chap. 17; Chap. 18 |
| May 17 | ||
| May 18 | Sharing Information II: Data compression; formats & standards | Chap. 19; Chap. 20 |
| May 19 | ||
| May 22 | ||
| May 23 | Systems analysis & software development | Chap. 14 pp. 288-296 |
| May 24 | ||
| May 25 | User Interface Issues; Presenting Information Effectively | Chap. 3 pp. 47-49; Tufte reprint |
| May 26 | ||
| Mar 29 | Memorial Day Holiday; first-floor labs closed | |
| May 30 | Foundations of Computing I: Boolean algebra and searching | Web Directories and Search Engines |
| May 31 | ||
| June 1 | Foundations of Computing II: What can we compute? | |
| June 2 | ||
| June 5 | ||
| June 6 | Foundations of Computing III: Uncertainty and randomness | |
| June 7 | ||
| June 8 | Legal and social issues in computing Brief Review for Final |
The Social Themes links on the Resources tab of the textbook’s Web page |
| June 13
(Tuesday) |
Final Exam 10:30 am - 12:30 pm |