PVAMU COMP 1336 Fall 2023

Intro to Computer Science I & Lab

About the Class

COMP 1336 is an introductory class designed for students with no formal exposure to computer science or programming. The goal is to provide a gentle but thorough introduction to computer science that will prepare students to either take further computer science courses, or use computer science in their field of study.

See the Syllabus page for more details on course policies.

Course Materials

Week 0 - Introduction to Computer Science

8/22

Tuesday

Lecture 0 Welcome to Computer Science!

[Video] [Slides]

HW 0 Introduce Yourself

HW 0 Join me @ Office Hours

HW 0 Join a Google TA @ Office Hours

8/23

Wednesday

Lab 0 Hello World Program 👋

[Slides]

8/24

Thursday

Lecture 1 Getting Started with Programming

[Video] [Slides]

Week 1 - String, Char, Basic I/O

8/29

Tuesday

HW 0 due Introduce Yourself

Lecture 2 String, Char, Basic I/O

[Video] [Slides]

HW 1 Data Types

8/30

Wednesday

Lab 0 due Hello World Program 👋

[Slides]

Lab 1 Codenames

[Slides]

8/31

Thursday

Quiz 0 C++ Program Setup, Output, and Data Types

Lecture 3 Quiz Review

[Video] [Slides]

Week 2 - User Input & Arithmetic

9/5

Tuesday

HW 1 due Data Types

Lecture 4 User Input

[Video] [Slides]

HW 2 User Input

9/6

Wednesday

Lab 1 due Codenames

[Slides]

Lab 2 Recruitment

[Slides]

Google Event Dinner, Networking & Resumes!

9/7

Thursday

Lecture 5 More User Input & Style

[Video] [Slides]

Week 3 - User Input & Arithmetic, and Relational Operators

9/11

Monday

Google Event STEP Virtual Info Session & Overview

9/12

Tuesday

HW 2 due User Input

Lecture 6 pow & mod

[Video] [Slides]

HW 3 Conditionals

Google Event Tech Series: Building Apps from Scratch

9/13

Wednesday

Lab 2 due Recruitment

[Slides]

Lab 3 Scaling Up

[Slides]

9/14

Thursday

Quiz 1 User Input, Arithmetic, and String Manipulation

Lecture 7 Conditionals (review)

[Video] [Slides]

Week 4 - Conditionals & Logical Operators

9/19

Tuesday

HW 3 due Conditionals

Lecture 8 Control Structures & Logical Operators

[Video] [Slides]

HW 4 Rock Paper Scissors

Google Event Tech Series: Software Engineering

9/20

Wednesday

Lab 3 due Scaling Up

[Slides]

Lab 4 Lab 4

[Slides]

9/21

Thursday

Lecture 9 Lecture 9

[Video] [Slides]

Week 5 - While Loops

9/26

Tuesday

HW 4 due Rock Paper Scissors

Lecture 9 While Loops

[Video] [Slides]

HW 5 While Loops

Google Event Tech Series: Ethics

9/27

Wednesday

Lab 4 due Escape!

[Slides]

Lab 5 Planning Ahead

Google Event Info Session and Resume Workshop (upperclassmen)

9/28

Thursday

Quiz 2 Operators & Conditionals

Lecture 10 Nested While Loops

[Video] [Slides]

Google Event ACM Technical Interview Prep

Week 6 - For Loops

10/2

Monday

Google Event Internship Application Party!

10/3

Tuesday

HW 5 due While Loops

Lecture 11 For Loops

[Video] [Slides]

HW 6 For Loops

Google Event Tech Series: Site Reliability Engineering

10/4

Wednesday

[Slides]

Lab 5 Planning Ahead

Google Event Technical Interview Prep

10/5

Thursday

Lab 5 Codealong Planning Ahead

Week 7 - Midterm Exam

10/10

Tuesday

Review Session Midterm Review

HW 6 due For Loops

Google Event Tech Series: Big Data

10/11

Wednesday

Lab 5 due Planning Ahead

Google Event Technical Interview Prep

10/12

Thursday

Review Session Midterm Exam

Week 8 - Functions

10/17

Tuesday

Lecture 12 Functions

[Video] [Slides]

HW 8 Functions

Google Event Tech Series: Program Management / Technical PM

10/18

Wednesday

[Video]

Lab 6 Now for Something Completely Different

Google Event Technical Interview Prep

10/19

Thursday

Lecture 13 More Functions

[Video] [Slides]

Week 9 - Wheel of Fortune

10/24

Tuesday

Lecture 14 Wheel of Fortune

[Video] [Slides]

HW 8 due Functions

HW 9 Wheel of Fortune

Google Event Tech Series: Web Development / Accessibility

10/25

Wednesday

[Slides]

Lab 6 due Now for Something Completely Different

Lab 7 Lab 7

Google Event Technical Interview Prep

10/26

Thursday

Lecture 15 Scope

[Video] [Slides]