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 08/28
08/30		 1. Introduction to CSCI 101    
  1.1 Course outline  
  1.2 Tentative schedule    
  1.3 Topics to be covered    
2 09/04
09/06		 2. A Computer History    
  2.1 Historical perspective    
  2.2 Personal computers    
  2.3 Smartphones    
09/04  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. 		   
09/02
Holiday, Labor Day (Monday) — no classes
   
3 09/09
09/11
09/13		 3. Operating Systems (OSs)    
  3.1 OS architecture    
  3.2 OS process management    
  3.3 OS memory management    
4 09/16
09/18
09/20		 4. The World Wide Web (WWW)    
  4.1 Introduction to the WWW    
  4.2 Hosting a website    
  4.3 A website architecture    
5 09/23
09/25
09/27		 5. Building Websites    
  5.1 Technologies for website building    
  5.2 World Wide Web programming    
  5.3 Top tools for website development    
6 09/30
10/02
10/04		 6. HTML (HyperText Markup Language)    
  6.1 Introduction to HTML    
  6.2 HTML tags    
  6.3 HTML syntax    
7 10/07
10/11		 7. HTML (Cont.)    
  7.1 HTML forms and input    
  7.2 HTML frames and iframes    
  7.3 HTML5    
10/09
Exam I (10:10am – 11:00am, Wednesday)
   
8 10/14
10/16
10/18		 8. CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)    
  8.1 Introduction to CSS    
  8.2 CSS basics    
  8.3 CSS syntax    
09 10/21
10/23
10/25		 9. Programming Languages    
  9.1 Language generations    
  9.2 Language survey    
  9.3 Language processing    
10 10/28
10/30
11/01		 10. Data Structures and Algorithms    
  10.1 Introduction    
  10.2 Data Structures    
  10.3 Algorithms    
11 11/04
11/06
11/08		 11. Data Storage and Databases    
  11.1 Data representations
  11.2 Introduction to databases
  11.3 Relational databases    
12 11/13
11/15		 12. Computer Architecture    
  12.1 Under the covers
  12.2 Computer mice and monitors    
  12.3 Processor technologies    
11/15  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 		   
11/11
Holiday, Veteran’s Day (Monday) — no classes
   
13 11/18
11/22		 13. Computer Architecture (Cont.)    
  13.1 Memory technologies    
  13.2 Computer networks    
  13.3 Chip manufacturing process    
11/20
Exam II (10:10am – 11:00am, Wednesday)
   
14 11/25 14. Smartphones    
  14.1 Smartphone structure    
  14.2 Smartphone components    
  14.3 Smartphone market share    
11/27
11/28
11/29
Holidays, Thanksgiving Break (WeThFr) — no classes
   
15 12/02
12/04
12/06		 15. Smartphones (Cont.)    
  15.1 Mobile operating systems
  15.2 Mobile processors    
  15.3 Memory    
16 12/09
12/11		 16. Smartphones (Cont.)    
  16.1 Batteries    
  16.2 Mobile networks  
  16.3 Mobile payment methods    
17 12/18
Final exam (10:15am – 12:15pm, Wednesday)
   
18 12/24 Grades posted before noon, Tuesday    






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