CS 61A: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Fall 2026, UC Berkeley

Week 0

Aug 15

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This lecture schedule is still being revised!

Week 1

Wed, Aug 26	Lecture 1Welcome
Fri, Aug 28	Lecture 2Functions

Week 2

Mon, Aug 31	Lecture 3Control
Wed, Sep 02	Lecture 4Higher-Order Functions
Fri, Sep 04	Lecture 5Environments

Week 3

Mon, Sep 07	Holiday
Wed, Sep 09	Lecture 6Abstraction
Fri, Sep 11	Lecture 7Function Examples

Week 4

Mon, Sep 14	Lecture 8Midterm 1 Review
Wed, Sep 16	Lecture 9Recursion
Fri, Sep 18	Lecture 10Tree Recursion

Week 5

Mon, Sep 21	Lecture 11Sequences
Wed, Sep 23	Lecture 12Containers
Fri, Sep 25	Lecture 13Types/Objects

Week 6

Mon, Sep 28	Lecture 14Linked Lists / Str
Wed, Sep 30	Lecture 15Trees
Fri, Oct 02	Lecture 16Problem Solving

Week 7

Mon, Oct 05	Lecture 17Midterm 2 Review
Wed, Oct 07	Lecture 18Debugging
Fri, Oct 09	Lecture 19Mutation

Week 8

Mon, Oct 12	Lecture 20Attributes
Wed, Oct 14	Lecture 21Inheritance
Fri, Oct 16	Lecture 22Iterators

Week 9

Mon, Oct 19	Lecture 23Generators
Wed, Oct 21	Lecture 24Efficiency
Fri, Oct 23	Lecture 25Modularity

Week 10

Mon, Oct 26	Lecture 26Object Examples
Wed, Oct 28	Lecture 27Midterm 3 Review
Fri, Oct 30	Lecture 28Tables

Week 11

Mon, Nov 02	Lecture 29SQL
Wed, Nov 04	Lecture 30Aggregation
Fri, Nov 06	Lecture 31Functional Programming

Week 12

Mon, Nov 09	Lecture 32Algebraic Data Types
Wed, Nov 11	Holiday
Fri, Nov 13	Lecture 33Immutable Data

Week 13

Mon, Nov 16	Lecture 34Interpreters
Wed, Nov 18	Lecture 35Browsers
Fri, Nov 20	Lecture 36Applications

Week 14

Mon, Nov 23	Lecture 37Software Testing
Wed, Nov 25	Holiday
Fri, Nov 27	Holiday

Week 15

Mon, Nov 30	Lecture 38Software Tracing
Wed, Dec 02	Lecture 39Ethics
Fri, Dec 04	Lecture 40Conclusion