Spring 2015 CSCI 107 Lecture Schedule

At the first of the semester there will be a lot of blank entries in this schedule. As the semester progresses, they will be filled in. However, the planned topics page for this course contains a listing of the topics that will be covered during the semester.

Lectures in CSCI 107 are from 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM on Monday and Wednesday. When UNC Asheville is following the Late Start Schedule, the class will meet from 11:40 AM to 12:30 PM.

Date Topic
12 Jan The course
14 Jan Computational Thinking: A Digital Age Skill for Everyone & Exploring computational thinking & Elements of programming
21 Jan Database overiew
26 Jan The personal database
28 Jan Analog to Digital — characters and numbers, more on binary
2 Feb Encoding Sound Mini-Lecture
4 Feb RIP: A Remix Manifesto on Vimeo
9 Feb Girl Talk, Tom’s Dinner, Understand MP3 & MIDI
11 Feb Bitmap Graphics & Encoding images & Creative Computing with Semmy — GIMP Basics
16 Feb
18 Feb Another introduction to GIMP & More GIMP & Ethics of “Photoshopping” & Snapchat hacks
23 Feb Encoding and Using Color (once again) & Image Processing & Examples of kernels & blur to sharpen?
25 Feb Exam 1 review & Andre the Giant Has a Posse & Obey the Giant — The Shepard Fairey Story
2 Mar The dress — Wired, Scientific American & Vector graphics & inkscape
4 Mar Exam 1
16 Mar Ordinary exam 1 & Ordinary exam adjustment opportunity & Sticker art homework & Bézier Curves
18 Mar Read HTML5: The missing manual, Part 1
HTML5: The missing manual, Introduction & Chapter 1 and the missing CD
23 Mar
25 Mar File transfer & HTML5: The missing manual, Chapter 1 & HTML standard & W3C validator
30 Mar HTML5: The missing manual, Chapter 2 and Appendix A & The Try-Out Site
1 Apr Human Computer & What is a neuron? & iPhone 6 teardown
6 Apr Exam 2 review & HTML5: The missing manual, Semantic Elements (Chapter 2) and (Essential CSS) Appendix A & CSS tutorial
8 Apr Exam 2
13 Apr Take a look at JavaScript
15 Apr JavaScript II
20 Apr JavaScript III
22 Apr Undergraduate Research Symposium Day
27 Apr Final exam review
4 May Final exam in RRO 004