WTP Computer Science, Summer 2006

Welcome to the website for the MIT Women's Technology Program Computer Science class! This class uses the Java language to introduce computer science and programming concepts including object-oriented design, program flow control, modularity, abstraction, algorithms, and data structures.

The class meets at 9:00 AM (Group 2) and 11:00 AM (Group 1) in room 32-044 in the basement of the Stata Center (also known as Building 32). We will occasionally hold optional evening sessions in the same room; watch your email for announcements.

Staff

Instructor:
Sara Su sarasu

Teaching Assistants:
Shauni Deshmukh shauni
Katherine Klesch klesch
Holli Rachall wicked

* All email addresses are @mit.edu

Students

Lab groups
Final project teams

Schedule

Date Topics Covered Problem Sets & Handouts Assigned Readings
M 06/26 Course overview,
Introduction to Unix 		Problem Set 1 (solutions)
aboutme.html

Syllabus
Introduction to Athena
Introduction to HTML
Email and Zephyr
 Downey pp. 1-12
Core pp. 35-38
T 06/27 Beginning to program,
Types of errors 		Problem Set 2 (solutions)

Introduction to Eclipse
 Downey pp. 13-24, 52-53, 65
Core pp. 39-50
W 06/28 Variables and types,
Operators and precedence 		Problem Set 3 (solutions)
 Downey pp. 23-33, 47-54
Core pp. 58-64, 122-123
R 06/29 Input/output,
Static methods 		Problem Set 4 (solutions)
 Downey pp. 35-39, 66-70, 79-93
Core pp. 65-79
F 06/30 Control structures Problem Set 5 (solutions)
M 07/03 Review Problem Set 6 Downey pp. 121-129
T 07/04 Holiday - No class
W 07/05 Arrays Problem Set 7 (solutions)
R 07/06 Algorithms Problem Set 8 (solutions)
 Downey pp. 39-40, 47-58
F 07/07 Recursion Problem Set 9 (solutions)
 Downey pp. 79-86, 93-100
M 07/10 Object-oriented programming Problem Set 10 (solutions) Downey pp. 105-115, 133-143
T 07/11 Classes and inheritance Problem Set 11 (solutions) Core pp. 245-261, 285-290
W 07/12 Final project Final project introduction
Final project details
R 07/13 Final project
F 07/14 Final project
M 07/17 Motor building
T 07/18 Motor building
W 07/19 Motor building
R 07/20 Motor building
F 07/21 Final presentations

Textbooks

Useful links