CS 61A: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Summer 2024, Instructors: Laryn Qi, Charlotte Le, Raymond Tan
Announcements: Wednesday, July 10
Our Midterm is this Thursday (7/11 6-8pm)
- Please read through the Midterm Logistics Post on Ed in its entirety.
- Everything up to and including Tuesday's lecture on Efficiency.
- Seating assignments will be released by tonight.
We will be hosting office hours the day of the midterm!
- Staff office hours in Warren 101B 9-10:30am.
- Instructor office hours in Lewis 100 11am-12:30pm.
Cats is released!
- Entire project is due Tuesday, 7/16.
- Problem 12 is worth 2 points of extra credit.
- HW 03 is due tonight.
Lab 06 is released!
- Due date has been extended to Monday, 7/15.
Announcements: Tuesday, July 9
Our Midterm is this Thursday (7/11 6-8pm)
- Please read through the Midterm Logistics Post on Ed in its entirety.
- Everything up to and including today's lecture on Efficiency.
- Tomorrow's lecture will be midterm review problems.
- No lecture on Thursday -- Instructors will be at the lecture hall during lecture time to answer any questions you have!
Cats is released!
- Checkpoint is due tonight.
- Entire project is due Tuesday, 7/16.
- Problem 12 is worth 2 points of extra credit.
- HW 03 is released and due tomorrow.
- Lab 05 is released and due tonight.
Announcements: Monday, July 8
Our Midterm is this Thursday (7/11 6-8pm)
- Please read through the Midterm Logistics Post on Ed in its entirety.
- Everything up to and including Tuesday's lecture on Efficiency.
- Wednesday's lecture will be midterm review problems.
- No lecture on Thursday -- Instructors will be at the lecture hall during lecture time to answer any questions you have!
- Midterm review session held by staff members tonight in Soda 430 (the Woz)
- Details on this ed post
Cats is released!
- Checkpoint is due Tuesday, 7/9.
- Entire project is due Tuesday, 7/16.
- Problem 12 is worth 2 points of extra credit.
- HW 03 is released and due Wednesday, 7/10.
- Lab 05 is released and due Tuesday, 7/9.
Announcements: Wednesday, July 3
Midterm is next Thursday (7/11 6-8pm)
- Everything up to and including efficiency.
- Keep an eye out for a logistics post on Ed.
Tomorrow is July 4th! That means:
- No lecture
- No sections
- No office hours on Thursday or Friday
- There will still be Ed support
- HW 02 is due today.
- Lab 04 is released and due Friday, 7/5.
Announcements: Tuesday, July 2
- Hog is due today.
- Lab 03 is released and due today.
- HW 02 is due Wednesday, 7/3.
- Lab 04 is released and due Friday, 7/5.
- You can find the weekly schedule of office hours at cs61a.org/office-hours.
Announcements: Monday, July 1
Hog is due Tuesday, 7/2.
- Submit by Monday, 7/1 for an extra credit point!
- HW 02 is due Wednesday, 7/3.
- Lab 03 is released and due Tuesday, 7/2.
- You can find the weekly schedule of office hours at cs61a.org/office-hours.
Announcements: Thursday, June 27
Hog is released!
- Checkpoint is due today.
Entire project is due Tuesday, 7/2.
- Submit by Monday, 7/1 for an extra credit point!
- Lab 02 is due today.
HW 02 is released!
- Due Wednesday, 7/3.
- The last day to switch sections is Friday, 6/28.
Announcements: Wednesday, June 26
- HW 01 is due today.
Hog is released!
- Checkpoint is due tomorrow.
- Entire project is due Tuesday, 7/2.
- Lab 02 is due tomorrow.
- The last day to switch sections is Friday, 6/28.
Announcements: Tuesday, June 25
- Lab 01 is due today.
- HW 01 is due tomorrow.
Hog is released!
- Checkpoint is due Thursday, 6/27.
- Entire project is due Tuesday, 7/2.
- You can find the weekly schedule of office hours at cs61a.org/office-hours.
Announcements: Monday, June 24
Lab 01 is today.
- If you're in a regular section, you must attend in-person to get checked off.
- Must submit by Tuesday, 6/25.
- HW 01 is released and due Wednesday, 6/26.
Hog is released!
- Checkpoint is due Thursday, 6/27.
- Entire project is due Tuesday, 7/2.
Our office hours continues this week. You can find the weekly schedule at cs61a.org/office-hours.
- Charlotte has Instructor OH today 1-2pm in 781 Soda.
- Laryn has Instructor OH today 2-3pm in 781 Soda.
Announcements: Thursday, June 20
- Discussion 01 is today.
- Lab section begins Monday 6/24.
- Lab 00 is due Monday 6/24 @ 11:59pm.
- HW 01 and Project 1 (Hog) have been released!
- HW 01 is due Wednesday 6/26 @ 11:59pm. It is based on lectures 1, 2, and 3.
The Hog project is due Tuesday 7/2 @ 11:59pm.
- Checkpoint (Phase 1 out of 3) is due Thursday 6/27 @ 11:59pm.
- You can work with a partner on the entire project.
- Submit the entire project by Monday 7/1 @ 11:59pm to earn an early submission extra credit point.
- Raymond has OH 1-2 pm today and Laryn has OH 3-4pm today both in 781 Soda. There are also OH tomorrow 9-11:45am in Warren 101B.
- This website is under construction and its contents are subject to change.
Announcements: Tuesday, June 18
- Sign up for sections are now open on sections.cs61a.org.
- Discussion section begins today!
- No lecture tomorrow in honor of the campus holiday, Juneteenth.
- Lab section begins Monday 6/24.
- This website is under construction and its contents are subject to change.
Announcements: Monday, June 17
- Welcome to CS 61A!
- Sign up for sections now open on sections.cs61a.org.
- Ed contains timely course announcements.
- CS 61A does not use bCourses/Canvas.
- Discussion section begins Tuesday 6/18.
- Lab section begins Monday 6/24.
- This website is under construction and its contents are subject to change.
Announcements: Sunday, June 9
- Welcome to CS 61A!
- Ed contains timely course announcements.
- CS 61A does not use bCourses/Canvas.
- Lecture begins Monday 6/17.
- Discussion section begins Tuesday 6/18.
- Lab section begins Monday 6/24.
- This website is under construction and its contents are subject to change.
Current Assignments
Calendar
Week | Date | Lecture | Textbook | Lab & Discussion Links | Homework & Project |
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1 | Mon 6/17 |
Welcome
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Lab 00: Getting Started
Due
Mon 6/24
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Tue 6/18 |
Functions
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Disc 00: Getting Started | |||
Wed 6/19 |
No Lecture: Juneteenth | ||||
Thu 6/20 |
Control
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Disc 01: Control |
HW 01: Functions, Control
Due
Wed 6/26
Hog
Checkpt
Thu 6/27
Due
Tue 7/2
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2 | Mon 6/24 |
Higher-Order Functions
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Lab 01: Functions, Control
Due
Tue 6/25
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Tue 6/25 |
Environments
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Disc 02: Environment Diagrams, Higher-Order Functions | |||
Wed 6/26 |
Recursion
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Lab 02: Higher-Order Functions, Lambda Expressions
Due
Thu 6/27
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Thu 6/27 |
Tree Recursion
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Disc 03: Recursion, Tree Recursion |
HW 02: Higher-Order Functions, Recursion
Due
Wed 7/3
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3 | Mon 7/1 |
Containers and Sequences
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Lab 03: Recursion, Tree Recursion
Due
Tue 7/2
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Tue 7/2 |
Data Abstraction and ADT Trees
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Disc 04: Tree Recursion, Trees, Python Lists | |||
Wed 7/3 |
Mutability
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Lab 04: Sequences, Trees
Due
Fri 7/5
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Cats
Checkpt
Tue 7/9
Due
Tue 7/16
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Thu 7/4 |
No Lecture: Independence Day |
HW 03: Tree Recursion, Sequences, Python Lists, Trees
Due
Wed 7/10
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4 | Mon 7/8 |
Iterators and Generators
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Lab 05: Data Abstraction, Mutability
Due
Tue 7/9
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Tue 7/9 |
Efficiency
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Disc 05: Iterators, Generators, Efficiency | |||
Wed 7/10 |
Midterm Review
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Lab 06: Iterators, Generators
Due
Mon 7/15
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Thu 7/11 |
Midterm (6-8pm) |
HW 04: Iterators, Generators, Efficiency, Object-Oriented Programming
Due
Thu 7/18
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5 | Mon 7/15 |
Objects
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Tue 7/16 |
Inheritance and String Representation
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Disc 06: OOP
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Wed 7/17 |
Mutable Trees
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Lab 07: Object-Oriented Programming, Inheritance
Due
Thu 7/18
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Ants
Checkpt
Mon 7/22
Due
Thu 7/25
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Thu 7/18 |
Linked Lists
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Disc 07: Linked Lists, Mutable Trees
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HW 05: Inheritance, Mutable Trees, Linked Lists
Due
Wed 7/24
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6 | Mon 7/22 |
Scheme I
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Lab 08: Mutable Trees, Linked Lists
Due
Tue 7/23
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Tue 7/23 |
Tail Calls |
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Disc 08: Scheme, Scheme Lists, Tail Calls
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Wed 7/24 |
Scheme II |
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Lab 09: Scheme, Scheme Lists
Due
Thu 7/25
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Thu 7/25 |
Interpreters
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Disc 09: Interpreters
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HW 06: Scheme, Scheme Lists
Due
Wed 7/31
Scheme
Checkpt
Wed 7/31
Due
Tue 8/6
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7 | Mon 7/29 |
Scheme Data Abstraction |
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Lab 10: Interpreters
Due
Tue 7/30
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Tue 7/30 |
SQL I: Intro
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Disc 10: SQL, Scheme Data Abstraction
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Wed 7/31 |
SQL II: Aggregation
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Lab 11: SQL, Scheme Data Abstraction
Due
Thu 8/1
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Thu 8/1 |
Special Topics I (TBA) |
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Disc 11: SQL
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HW 07: Scheme Data Abstraction, SQL
Due
Wed 8/7
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8 | Mon 8/5 |
Large Language Models (Pamela Fox) (Optional) |
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Lab 12: Final Review (Optional)
Due
Tue 8/6
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HW 08: Finale
Due
Wed 8/7
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Tue 8/6 |
Final Review
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Wed 8/7 |
Conclusion |
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Thu 8/8 |
Final (7-10pm) |