CS 61A: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Fall 2018
Instructor: John DeNero
MWF 1-2 in Wheeler Auditorium

Tuesday, August 14
  • Welcome to CS 61A!
  • Join Piazza for announcements and answers to your questions.
  • Sign up for sections starting Friday 8/17 at 2pm.
  • The first and second lectures will be held in Zellerbach Hall.
  • The Summer 2018 website has moved to http://su18.cs61a.org.
Week 1 Class Material
  • Lecture 1: Functions
  • Lecture 2: Names
  • Readings:
    • Week 1 Staff Resources
  • Spring 2018 Sequoia's Notes: Welcome to Computer Science
  • Spring 2018 Sequoia's Notes: Setup
  • Spring 2014 Mark's Notes: Getting Started With Python
    • Week Date Lecture Reading Handout Homework & Project
    1 Wed
    8/22
    Functions
    Fri
    8/24    		 Names HW 01
    Thu 8/30
    2 Mon
    8/27    		 Control Hog
    Thu 9/6
    Wed
    8/29    		 Higher-Order Functions
    Fri
    8/31    		 Environments
    		HW 02
    Thu 9/6
    3 Mon
    9/3    		 Video Only: Iteration
    Wed
    9/5    		 Recursion Hog Contest
    Mon 9/17
    Fri
    9/7    		 Function Examples
    		HW 03
    Thu 9/13
    4 Mon
    9/10    		 No Lecture
    Midterm 1 (8-10 PM; time/date unconfirmed)
    Wed
    9/12    		 Tree Recursion
    Fri
    9/14    		 Data Abstraction HW 04
    Thu 9/20
    5 Mon
    9/17    		 Containers Maps
    Thu 9/27
    Wed
    9/19    		 Trees
    Fri
    9/21    		 Mutable Values HW 05
    Thu 10/4
    6 Mon
    9/24    		 Mutable Functions
    Wed
    9/26    		 Iterators
    Fri
    9/28    		 Objects
    7 Mon
    10/1    		 Inheritance Ants
    Thu 10/11
    Wed
    10/3    		 Representation
    Fri
    10/5    		 Growth HW 06
    Thu 10/11
    8 Mon
    10/8    		 Composition
    Wed
    10/10    		 Ordered Sets
    Fri
    10/12    		 Tree Sets HW 07
    Tue 10/16
    9 Mon
    10/15    		 Data Examples
    Wed
    10/17    		 No Lecture: Midterm 2 is the next day
    Thu
    10/18    		 Midterm 2 (8-10 PM; time/date unconfirmed)
    Fri
    10/19    		 Users
    		HW 08
    Thu 10/25
    10 Mon
    10/22    		 Scheme
    Wed
    10/24    		 Exceptions
    Fri
    10/26    		 Calculator HW 09
    Thu 11/1
    11 Mon
    10/29    		 Interpreters Scheme
    Wed 11/14
    Wed
    10/31    		 Tail Calls
    Fri
    11/2    		 Macros HW 10
    Thu 11/8
    12 Mon
    11/5    		 Streams
    Wed
    11/7    		 Declarative Programming Scheme Contest
    Mon 11/26
    Fri
    11/9    		 Tables HW 11
    Thu 11/15
    13 Mon
    11/12    		 No Lecture: Veterans Day
    Wed
    11/14    		 Aggregation
    Fri
    11/16    		 Databases HW 12
    Thu 11/29
    14 Mon
    11/19    		 Distributed Computing
    Wed
    11/21    		 No Lecture: Thanksgiving
    Fri
    11/23    		 No Lecture: Thanksgiving
    15 Mon
    11/26    		 Distributed Data
    Wed
    11/28    		 Natural Language
    Fri
    11/30    		 Conclusion
    		HW 13
    Fri 12/7
    16 Wed
    12/12    		 Final (7-10 PM)