• Room Change Announcement: On Monday December 7, 2015, the 3:00pm class has been moved to ENA 101 to accommodate the President's Holiday Celebration which is occurring in the EEEL atrium from 4:00 to 6:00. The 1:00pm class will be in EEEL 161 as usual.
• Ben will not have office hours on Wednesday mornings during the exam period. Instead, office hours will be held at the following dates and times:
  • Thursday December 10, 2015 from 9:00 to 11:00
  • Thursday December 17, 2015 from 1:30 to 3:30
  • Friday December 18, 2015 from 10:30 to noon
  Email received by noon on December 20 should receive a response before the final exam.
• Teaching assistants are available at the "Continuous Tutorial" desk in the Math Sciences computer lab at the following times. There are no continuous tutorial hours on Monday October 12 (Thanksgiving) and Wednesday November 11 (Remebrance Day). The last day of Continuous Tutorial for the fall term is Tuesday December 8, 2015.

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
  10:00-11:00		Khobaib			Sathaporn
  11:00-12:00	Fatema	Fatema and Khobaib		Sourish	Sathaporn
  12:00-13:00	Mahshid M.	Khobaib and Btissam	Mahshid M. and Mahshid N.	Btissam	Sathaporn
  13:00-14:00	Mahshid N.	Khobaib and Btissam		Btissam	Sathaporn
  14:00-15:00	Omid	Sourish and Omid	Fatema
  15:00-16:00	Mahshid N. and Omid	Sourish	Fatema and Omid	Mahshid M. and Hesam
  16:00-17:00	Mahshid N. and Ani	Ani and Jubair	Hesam	Mahshid M. and Ani	Ani and Jubair
  17:00-18:00	Sourish	Jubair	Hesam	Hesam	Jubair

• Tutorials begin on Monday September 21, 2015.
• No class on:
  • Monday October 12, 2015 due to the Thanksgiving holiday
  • Wednesday November 11, 2015 due to the Remembrance Day holiday
  • Friday November 13, 2015 due to the reading break
• No tutorials on:
  • Monday October 12, 2015 due to the Thanksgiving holiday
  • Tuesday October 13, 2015 to keep the tutorials synchronized
  • Wednesday November 11, 2015 due to the Remembrance Day holiday
  • Thursday November 12, 2015 due to the reading break
• Midterm Exam: Wednesday October 28, 2015 at 19:00. The 1:00pm class will be writing in ST 140. The 3:00pm class will be writing in ST 148.
• Final Exam: Monday December 21, 2015 at 3:30pm in the Gold Gym. Note that seats are preassigned for exams in gyms. Please check the list outside the exam room to find your assigned seat.
  • Survey 3
    • Answers to Questions 1-7
    • Answer to Question 8
    • Answer to Question 9
    • Answer to Question 10
  • Survey 4
    • Answers to Questions 1-6
    • Answer to Question 7

The due dates for the assignments and exercises can be found in the Assignments and Exercises sections of this page.

• Course Information Sheet
• Topic 1: Introduction 1up 2up 4up
• Topic 2: Introduction to Programming 1up 2up 4up
  • pressure.py
  • loan.py
• Topic 3: Information and Data 1up 2up 4up
• Topic 4: Decisions 1up 2up 4up
  • gold.py
  • gp.py
  • tax.py
• Topic 5: Repetition 1up 2up 4up
  • Loop Exercises -- These exercises can be completed using either for loops or while loops (or better yet, complete all the exercises twice -- once using while loops, and again using for loops).
  • average.py
  • factorial.py
  • for_factorial.py
  • gradient.py
  • grayscale.py and Brickosaurus.gif
  • guess.py
• Midterm Exam: Wednesday October 28, 2015 at 19:00
  • CPSC 217 Fall 2014 Exam
  • CPSC 217 Winter 2014 Exam
  • CPSC 217 Fall 2012 Exam
  • CPSC 217 Fall 2011 Exam
  • CPSC 217 Fall 2010 Exam
  • CPSC 217 Summer 2010 Exam
  • CPSC 217 Fall 2009 Exam
  • CPSC 217 Spring 2009 Exam
  • CPSC 217 Fall 2008 Exam
• Topic 6: Functions 1up 2up 4up
  • note.py
  • quiz.py
  • roots.py
  • factorial_func.py
• Topic 7: Lists, Dictionaries and Strings 1up 2up 4up
  • median.py
  • boggle.py
  • Selection Sort
  • Insertion Sort
  • Bubble Sort
  • mode.py
  • password.py
  • count_items.py
• Topic 8: Files and Exceptions 1up 2up 4up
  • File Exercises
    • StanleyCupWinners.txt
    • SuperBowlWinners.txt
    • WorldSeriesWinners.txt
    • BoysNames.txt
    • GirlsNames.txt
  • sum.py
  • sum_commandline.py
  • command_line.py
  • wc.py
  • wc_extended.py
  • m.py Math program that demonstrates exceptions
• Topic 9: Recursion 1up 2up 4up
  • rec_factorial.py
  • gcd.py
  • fib.py
  • tsquare.py

• Ben's Grade Calculator
• Python
  • We will use Python 3 in this course. At the time this message was written the most up to date stable release is version 3.4.3. Do not use version 2.7.8.
  • How to Install Python 3.2.3 on Mac OS 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8. These instructions should also work for version 3.4.3.
• The SimpleGraphics library makes it easy to generate graphics output with Python.
  • SimpleGraphics.py -- This is the library itself. Save it in the same folder as your exercise or assignment. You can look at the code in the file if you want to, but don't change it!
  • tutorial.pdf -- A tutorial that describes how to draw with the SimpleGraphics library.
  • shapes_test.py -- A program that demonstrates the shapes available with the SimpleGraphics library.

• Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism
• Assignment 1
  • Due Date: Friday October 9, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Assignment Description
  • The images submitted for the assignment are available here.
• Assignment 2
  • Due Date: Monday October 26, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Assignment Description
• Assignment 3
  • Due Date: Monday November 23, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Assignment Description
  • mine_sweeper.py
  • win.gif
  • loose.gif
• Assignment 4
  • Due Date: Monday December 7, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Assignment Description
  • formatList.py
  • Hints for Getting Started on Part 1
  • Another Food Web Expected Output
  • Simple Food Web Expected Output
  • Aquatic Food Web Expected Output
  • Grassland Food Web Expected Output
  • Mixed Food Web Expected Output
  • Terrestrial Food Web Expected Output

• Exercise 1
  • Due Date: Friday September 25, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Exercise Description
• Exercise 2
  • Due Date: Friday October 2, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Exercise Description
• Exercise 3
  • Due Date: Monday October 19, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Exercise Description
• Exercise 4
  • Due Date: Friday November 6, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Exercise Description
  • Note: The original version of the assignment handout had incorrect values listed for the the discounted amounts in the samples. This error was corrected on Sunday, November 1 at approximately 7:00pm. If you downloaded the description before that time, please download a new copy that contains the correct values.
  • Hint: Exercise 74 in The Python Workbook asks the reader to write a program that displays a multiplication table, and the solution to that exercise is included in the back of the book. You might find it helpful to review the solution to that exercise when solving this problem.
• Exercise 5
  • Due Date: Monday November 16, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Exercise Description
• Exercise 6
  • Due Date: Friday November 27, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Exercise Description
• Exercise 7
  • Due Date: Friday December 4, 2015 at 12:00 noon
  • Exercise Description