Course Schedule - Fall 2025

(subject to change - monitor Piazza and in class announcements for adjustments)
IMPORTANT POLICY ABOUT FINAL EXAMS: Do NOT make travel plans until you have the official final exam schedule, and you know definitively when your last final is. No early exams will be given, and students with conflicts or more than 3 exams in 25 hours might need to take a final on the official makeup day (Mon. Dec 15). Travel cost or a parent booking a trip for you is NOT a valid excuse for an alternate final. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.
Slides and code examples from each lecture will be posted on Canvas. However, you are expected to take notes during class. Not all material will be in the slides, so it's important to go to lecture class every day. Click HERE for tips from Academic Development, including effective note taking in class, time management tips and successful exam strategies. These skills will help you when you're out in industry or graduate school. Click HERE for more reasons why handwritten note taking may help you learn more in this class.

WEEK DATES LECTURES RECITATIONS (LABS) DELIVERABLES
1 8/25-8/29 Lecture 1: Generative AI and Programming: Cautions
Lecture 2: Basics of p5.js Programming
Lecture 3: Variables 		Lab Week 1: Tues. 8/26 Deliverable 1: due Sat. 8/30
2 9/1-9/5 Monday, Sep. 1 - No class (Labor Day)
Lecture 4: Constraints
Lecture 5: Interaction 		Lab Week 2: Tues. 9/2 Deliverable 2: due Sat. 9/6
3 9/8-9/12 Lecture 6: Transformations
Lecture 7: More Interaction
Lecture 8: Loops 		Lab Week 3: Tues. 9/9 Deliverable 3: due Sat. 9/13
4 9/15-9/19 Lecture 9: More Loops
Lecture 10: Functions
Lecture 11: More Functions 		Lab Week 4: Tues. 9/16 Deliverable 4: due Sat. 9/20
5 9/22-9/26 Lecture 12: Polar Coordinates
Lecture 13: Arrays
Written Exam 1: Fri. 9/26 		Lab Week 5: Tues. 9/23 Deliverable 5: due SUNDAY 9/28
6 9/29-10/3 Lecture 14: More Arrays
Lecture 15: Randomness
Lecture 16: Objects
 Lab Week 6: Tues. 9/30 Deliverable 6: due Sat. 10/4
7 10/6-10/10 Lecture 17: More Objects
Lecture 18: Images
Lecture 19: Linear Search 		Lab Exam 1: Tues. 10/7
 Deliverable 7: due Sat. 10/11
  10/13-10/17 Monday, Oct. 13 - Friday, Oct. 17 - No classes (Fall Break) No lab No deliverable
8 10/20-10/24 Lecture 20: Particles
Lecture 21: Springs
Lecture 22: Mutual Interaction 		Lab Week 8: Tues. 10/21 Deliverable 8: due Sat. 10/25
9 10/27-10/31 Lecture 23: Sound Basics
Lecture 24: More Sound
Written Exam 2: Fri., 10/31
 Lab Week 9: Tues. 10/28 Deliverable 9: due SUNDAY 11/2
10 11/3-11/7 Lecture 25: Sound Processing
Lecture 26: Turtle Graphics
Lecture 27: More Turtle Graphics 		No lab - Tues. 11/4 (Democracy Day)
 Deliverable 10: due Sat. 11/8
11 11/10-11/14 Lecture 28: Program Development, Using GenAI
Lecture 29: Platform Game
Lecture 30: Three Dimensions 		Lab Week 11: Tues. 11/11 Deliverable 11: due Sat. 11/15
12 11/17-11/21 Lecture 31: Recursion
Lecture 32: Recursive Searching
Lecture 33: Using Data Files 		Lab Exam 2: Tues. 11/18
 Deliverable 12: due Sat. 11/22
13 11/24-11/28 Lecture 34: Document Object Model (DOM)
Wed. 11/26, Fri. 11/28 - No classes (Thanksgiving Break) 		Lab Week 13: Tues. 11/25 Deliverable 13: due Wed. 11/26
14 12/1-12/5 Lecture 35: More About DOM
Lecture 36: Snake Game
Lecture 37: Greatest Hits 		Lab Week 14: Tues. 12/2 Deliverable 14: due FRI. 12/5
(Capstone Project)
  12/8-12/15 Final Exam: Tues 12/9, 6:00PM - Tepper 1403 (90 minute exam)
See IMPORTANT POLICY at the top of this page.