CIS 1100 Schedule
- Topics, reading assignments, and due dates are subject to change. This page will be updated throughout the semester, so please reload this page before lectures to get the most up-to-date information.
- Attendance at each lecture is expected.
| 📽️ Pre-Class Slides | ✏️ In-Class Slides | ⏯️ Pre-Class Video | 📖 Notes |
| Date | Topics | Slides | Videos | Notes | Example Code | Reminders | Recitation Slides |
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| Wed, Jan 14, 2026 | Introduction | ✏️ | |||||
| Fri, Jan 16, 2026 | Hello, World! | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | 📖 | hello_world.py | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Jan 19, 2026 | Labor Day (no class) | ||||||
| Wed, Jan 21, 2026 | PennDraw | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | 📖 | my_house.py brat.py meme.py future.jpg |
Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Jan 23, 2026 | Variables & Types | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | 📖 | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Jan 26, 2026 | Variables & Types | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | 📖 | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
Rec 0 (Canceled) | |
| Wed, Jan 28, 2026 | Conditionals | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | 📖 | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Jan 30, 2026 | Conditionals & Interactivity | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | 📖 | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Feb 2, 2026 | Sequences | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | guessing.py timer.py |
Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
Rec 1 | |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | Loops & File Reading | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | train.py first_three_lines.py hello.txt beep.boop |
Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Feb 6, 2026 | Loops & Comprehensions | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | first_three_lines.py hello.txt beep.boop read_beep.py |
Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Feb 9, 2026 | Functions | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
Rec 2 | ||
| Wed, Feb 11, 2026 | Functions (same videos, make sure to watch the ones about Type Annotations) | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Feb 13, 2026 | Caesar Stuff | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | ord_chr.md | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Feb 16, 2026 | Writing Unit Tests | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Wed, Feb 18, 2026 | Writing Unit Tests | 📽️ ✏️ |
Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Feb 20, 2026 | Exam Review | ✏️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Feb 23, 2026 | Exam 1 | ||||||
| Wed, Feb 25, 2026 | Sets | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | gradient.py | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Feb 27, 2026 | Dicts | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | books.txt book_recommender.py |
Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Mar 2, 2026 | Object Oriented Programming | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | ball.py bouncing_balls.py |
Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Wed, Mar 4, 2026 | Object Oriented Programming | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Mar 6, 2026 | Flex Day for Snow | ||||||
| Mon, Mar 9, 2026 | Spring Break! | ||||||
| Wed, Mar 11, 2026 | Spring Break! | ||||||
| Fri, Mar 13, 2026 | Spring Break! | ||||||
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026 | Choosing a Data Structure | ✏️ | ⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Wed, Mar 18, 2026 | Nested Data (JSON) | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | instagram_data.json insta_data.py |
Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Mar 20, 2026 | Nested Data (XML) | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | books_clean.xml | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Mar 23, 2026 | Recursion | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | sentences.py | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Wed, Mar 25, 2026 | Recursion (again) | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Mar 27, 2026 | Functional Programming & Exam Review | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Mar 30, 2026 | Exam 2 | ||||||
| Wed, Apr 1, 2026 | Functional Programming | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Apr 3, 2026 | 🐼 Working with Data 🐼 | 📽️ | ⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Apr 6, 2026 | 🐼 Working with Data 🐼 | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Wed, Apr 8, 2026 | 🐼 Working with Data 🐼 | 📽️ | ⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Apr 10, 2026 | Data Viz | ✏️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Apr 13, 2026 | Search | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Wed, Apr 15, 2026 | Scraping | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Fri, Apr 17, 2026 | Scraping | ✏️ | rotten_table.html full_rotten.html |
Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Apr 20, 2026 | APIs | ✏️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Wed, Apr 22, 2026 | Recommending & Vectorization | 📽️ ✏️ |
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| Fri, Apr 24, 2026 | Recommending & Vectorization | 📽️ ✏️ |
⏯️ | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Mon, Apr 27, 2026 | Special Topic | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |
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| Wed, Apr 29, 2026 | Recommending HW OH | Check-in Assignment @ 12:00pm |