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Schedule - Fall 2026

This course follows a Tuesday/Thursday schedule. There is a section for each day, with materials for that day. This schedule is subject to change before a class is held.

Week 0 - System Setup

• A.1 Basic Bash
• 1.1 Install Anaconda Python
• 1.2 Install Jupyter notebooks
• 1.3 Using Python

Week 1 - 09/29

Class Material

• Intro Slides
• 1.4 Python Basics
• 1.6 Basic Containers and Packages

Reading

• Discrete or Continuous? by N. Trefethen. Required
• PEP 0020 - The Zen of Python Required
• PEP 0008 - Style Guide (just skim and read anything interesting) Required
• Array Programming with NumPy by Harris, et al. Recommended
• Top-10 Algorithms of the 20th Century by B. Cipra. Recommended for those interested in the culture of scientific computing.

Week 1 - 10/01

Homework

• Homework 0 released.
• See the git tutorial if you are not familiar with git version control.
• See A.1 Basic Bash for basic controls in Terminal.

Class Material

• 1.5 Bits, Bytes, and Numbers
• 1.7 Functions in Python
• 2.1 Asymptotic notation
• 2.2 Recursion

Reading

• Functions Required
• More on defining functions Required
• Function definitions Recommended

Week 2 - 10/06

Class Material

• 1.8 Python Objects, OOP
• 1.10 Decorators
• 3.1 Memory and performance

Reading

• NumPy Ufuncs Recommended
• Classes Required at least through 9.5 (inheritance)
• Class definitions Recommended

Week 3 - 10/13

Quiz 1

Week 5 - 10/27

Quiz 2

Week 7 - 11/10

Quiz 3

Week 9 - 11/23-27

Thanksgiving break.

Week 10 - 12/01

Quiz 4

Presentation

Week 10 - 12/03

Presentation

Project timeline

Groups finalized: 10/15.

Project proposal: 10/30.

Midterm checkpoint: 11/13.

Presentation: 12/01 and 12/03

Final written project report due: 12/11

Finals Period

College reading period is 12/05 - 12/07