Tentative Schedule


Week

Class Topic Due Where
0 0. Computer Career and Data Research & Technologies    
  0.1 A computer career    
  0.2 Data research    
  0.3 Data technologies    
1 01/15
01/17		 1. Introduction to CSCI 101    
  1.1 Course outline  
  1.2 Tentative schedule    
  1.3 Topics to be covered    
2 01/22
01/24		 2. A Computer History    
  2.1 Historical perspective    
  2.2 Personal computers    
  2.3 Smartphones    
01/23  Last day to add a course or drop without record — 100% refund
 Last day to add audit or change to/from audit
 Last day to receive a refund on a dropped class
 Drops after the last day to add will appear on a transcript. 		   
01/20
Holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday) — no classes
   
3 01/27
01/29
01/31		 3. Operating Systems (OSs)    
  3.1 OS architecture    
  3.2 OS process management    
  3.3 OS memory management    
4 02/03
02/05
02/07		 4. The World Wide Web (WWW)    
  4.1 Introduction to the WWW    
  4.2 Hosting a website    
  4.3 A website architecture    
5 02/10
02/12
02/14		 5. Building Websites    
  5.1 Technologies for website building    
  5.2 World Wide Web programming    
  5.3 Top tools for website development    
6 02/19
02/21		 6. HTML (HyperText Markup Language)    
  6.1 Introduction to HTML    
  6.2 HTML tags    
  6.3 HTML syntax    
02/17
Holiday, President’s Day (Monday) — no classes
   
7 02/24
02/28		 7. HTML (Cont.)    
  7.1 HTML forms and input    
  7.2 HTML frames and iframes    
  7.3 HTML5    
02/26
Exam I (for both on-campus and on-line students; 06:30pm – 07:30pm, Wednesday)
   
8 03/03
03/05
03/07		 8. CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)    
  8.1 Introduction to CSS    
  8.2 CSS basics    
  8.3 CSS syntax    
9
03/10
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03/14		     Spring Break — no classes    
10 03/17
03/19
03/21		 10. Programming Languages    
  10.1 Language generations    
  10.2 Language survey    
  10.3 Language processing    
11 03/24
03/26
03/28		 11. Data Structures and Algorithms    
  11.1 Introduction    
  11.2 Data Structures    
  11.3 Algorithms    
12 03/31
04/02
04/04		 12. Databases and SQL    
  12.1 Introduction to databases
  12.2 Relational databases
  12.3 SQL (Structured Query Language)    
13 04/07
04/09
04/11		 13. Computer Architecture    
  13.1 Under the covers
  13.2 Computer mice and monitors    
  13.3 Processor technologies    
04/11  Last day to change to or from S/U grading
 Last day to change to or from audit grading
 Last day to drop a full-term course or withdraw from school 		   
14 04/14 14. Computer Architecture (Cont.)    
  14.1 Memory technologies    
  14.2 Computer networks    
  14.3 Chip manufacturing process    
04/18
Holiday, Good Friday — no classes
   
04/16
Exam II (for both on-campus and on-line students; 6:30pm – 7:30pm, Wednesday)
   
15 04/23
04/25		 15. Smartphones    
  15.1 Smartphone structure    
  15.2 Smartphone components    
  15.3 Smartphone market share    
04/21
Holidays, Easter (Monday) — no classes
   
16 04/28
04/30
05/02		 16. Smartphones (Cont.)    
  16.1 Mobile operating systems
  16.2 Mobile processors    
  16.3 Memory    
17 05/05
05/07		 17. Smartphones (Cont.)    
  17.1 Batteries    
  17.2 Mobile networks
  17.3 Mobile payment methods    
18 05/14
Final exam (for both on-campus and on-line students; 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Wednesday)
   
19 05/20 Grades posted before noon, Tuesday    






      Why do we tell actors to ‘break a leg?’    
      Because every play has a cast.