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Monday	Wednesday	Thursday
Session 1 (December 2) Preparation Introduction to: Python, PyCharm, Git, Objects, and Simple Loops	Session 2 (December 4) Preparation Defining Functions Calling Functions & Methods Using Objects Correcting Syntax Errors Tracing Function Calls by Hand	Session 3 (December 5) Preparation Definite Loops, Accumulators, and Summing Arguments and Parameters Names: Scope and Lifetime Memory: The Stack, Heap and Garbage Collector Unit Testing; Test-Driven Development Tracing Loops by Hand Pair Programming For pair programming in Session 3
Session 4 (December 9) Preparation The Accumulator Pattern: Summing, Counting, and in Graphics Conditionals Debugging with Print Tracing Code by Hand For pair programming in Session 4	Session 5 (December 11) Preparation Boolean Logic Debugging Run-Time Errors Stack Traces Code Reviews Practice for Exam 1	Session 6 (December 14) Preparation More Practice for Exam 1
Session 7 (December 16) Preparation Exam 1 is Monday, December 16 in the evening from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Follow the link for rooms, your Admission Ticket and more. No regular class Monday, December 16.	Session 8 (December 18) Preparation Names are References to Objects Box-and-Pointer Diagrams Mutating Objects The Debugger Implementing Classes, I	Session 9 (December 19) Preparation Implementing Classes, II
Winter break December 23	Winter break December 25	Winter break December 26
Winter break December 30	Winter break January 1	Winter break January 2
Session 10 (January 6) Preparation Sequences, I What is a Sequence? Patterns for Sequences: Iterating Through All or Part of a Sequence	Session 11 (January 8) Preparation Sequences, II Patterns for Sequences: Find, Building a Sequence, and Max-Min	Session 12 (January 9) Preparation Sequences, III More Patterns: Mutating Lists; Two-indices-each-iteration; Iterating-in-Parallel
Session 13 (January 13) Preparation Debugging Revisited Looping Revisited Practice for Exam 2	Session 14 (January 15) Preparation More Practice for Exam 2 Handed out in class (do NOT print): Practice paper-and-pencil problems for Exam 2. Check your answers against this Answer Key.	Session 15 (January 16) Preparation Waiting for Events Indefinite Loops Input from a Console File Reading and Writing
Session 16 (January 20) Preparation Exam 2 is Monday, January 20 in the evening from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Follow the link for rooms, your Admission Ticket and more. No regular class Monday, January 20.	Session 17 (January 22) Preparation Loops within Loops Sub-Sequences within Sequences	Session 18 (January 23) Preparation More Loops within Loops More Sub-Sequences within Sequences
Session 19 (January 27) Preparation Practice for Exam 3	Session 20 (January 29) Preparation More Practice for Exam 3 Handed out in class (do NOT print): Practice paper-and-pencil problems for Exam 3. Check your answers against this Answer Key.	Session 21 (January 30) Preparation Iterative Enhancement Functional Decomposition Bigger problems; More complicated logic and loops Slides for today For pair programming in Session 21
Session 22 (February 3) Preparation TBD	Session 23 (February 5) Preparation Exam 3 is TUESDAY, February 4 in the evening from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Follow the link for rooms, your Admission Ticket and more. No regular class WEDNESDAY, February 5.	Session 24 (February 6) Preparation Capstone Team Project begins Stage 1 begins Using a Team Repository Introduction to Robots Robot Motion Sign up for your project team Slides for introduction to robots
Session 25 (February 10) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 1 continues Robot Sensors Team Names	Session 26 (February 12) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 1 continues Event-Driven Programming Graphical User Interface (GUI) Programming Tkinter for a GUI for Teleoperation MQTT for Computer-to-Computer Messaging Printing Sensor Values Integrating MQTT with Tkinter for a GUI for Teleoperation Follow these instructions with your instructor -- do NOT get ahead.	Session 27 (February 13) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 1 finishes, Stage 2 begins Robot Can Be Teleoperated and Print Sensor Values Simple Object-Oriented Design
Session 28 (February 17) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 2 finishes, Stage 3 begins	Session 29 (February 19) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 3 continues	Session 30 (February 20) Preparation Capstone Team Project Stage 3 (and the project) ends
Capstone Team Project - Specification and How To Turn It In. No final exam for those who have above a 70% average on BOTH paper-and-penci and on-the-computer exams.