CSCI 107.001 tentative lecture schedule

Date Presentation/Activity Reading
12 Jan Class home page, Text inspiration None
14 Jan What computers do, part 1 Text, Ch 1
19 Jan What computers do, part 2 Text, Ch 1
21 Jan Cell phones How cell phones work
26 Jan Hardware, part 1 Text, Ch 2
28 Jan Hardware, part 1 Text, Ch 2
2 Feb Hardware, part 2 Text, Ch 2
4 Feb Future Technology The Next 20 Years of Microchips
9 Feb Review for Exam 1
11 Feb Exam 1
16 Feb Exam 1 Grades & Operating Systems Text, Ch 3
18 Feb Mental model of a computer & Operating System Text, Ch 3
23 Feb The Internet Text, Ch 4
25 Feb Class canceled due to illness
2 Mar Class canceled due to weather
4 Mar The Internet Text, Ch 4
9 Mar Spring break
11 Mar
16 Mar Telecommunications & Sixth Sense Technology video Text, Ch 5
18 Mar Multimedia (Be familiar with the terms defined in the jargon list.) Text, Ch 6
23 Mar Ch 6 & Review for Exam 2
25 Mar Exam 2
30 Mar Exam 2 Grades & Overview
1 Apr Databases Text, Ch 7
6 Apr Databases Text, Ch 7
8 Apr Information Systems Text, Ch 9
13 Apr Information Systems Text, Ch 9
15 Apr Brain Computer Interface
20 Apr Security Text, Ch 11
22 Apr Annual Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research & Creativity
27 Apr Programming
29 Apr Programming & Review for Exam 3
May 6 Exam 3 at 8:00 in Robinson 217