Welcome to CSE 121: Introduction to Computer Programming I!🎉
What is this class? What will I learn?
Computing continues to play an ever-increasing role in today’s society. Having an understanding of computing is an essential skill for those in the 21st century; from working in industries more reliant on technology, using computational methods to further scientific understanding, or being an informed citizen in a world with technology all around us.
This course is a first course in computer programming focused on the basics of procedural programming in Java. It assumes students have not taken a previous programming course and do not have substantial other programming experience. (Students with previous experience are encouraged to consider CSE 122.)
Prior Experience and Expectations
This course is intended for students who have no or very little previous programming experience. CSE 121 will teach the fundamentals of programming in Java from the very beginning. If you have previous programming experience in any text-based programming language (Java, Python, Javascript, etc.), you may find that CSE 122 or another course is a better fit for you.
To help assess if CSE 121 is the right class for you, the Allen School has developed a Self-Guided Placement to help students assess which intro course is the right one for them to enroll in. Please see this website for more information on who to contact if you have questions about which introductory CSE course is the right course for you.
Feedback
Feedback is always welcome! You can contact the the course staff or submit anonymous feedback.
If you want to learn more about the course and its policies, please check out our course syllabus.
Registration
Do not email the course staff or instructors requesting an add code for this course– the course staff do not have add codes. Please contact the CSE advising team at ugrad-adviser@cs.washington.edu for registration assistance.
Announcements¶
Nov 29 Dealing with snow (11/29) ❄️❄️
It’s snowing! Here’s what that means for us.
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Resubmission Cycle 6 is now open.
See the full announcement on Ed! Nov 28 Brett's Office Hours CANCELLED today (11/28)
Brett will not have office hours today due to travel.
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Info
This is a rough sketch of the quarter and things are subject to change. We can accurately predict the past, but predicting the future is hard!
Pre-class Work
Anything listed in the “Pre-Class” materials for a day should be read before attending class that day. The pre-class work is a first introduction to the most important terms and concepts for that day of class. It is okay if the pre-class work doesn’t make complete sense as we have the rest of the class day to clarify the concepts, but if you don’t do the pre-class work the class session won’t make any sense.
| Topic | Programming / Creative Projects | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 0 - Welcome; Hello, World | |||
| Wed 09/28 | LES 00 Welcome; Course Policies Note: Normally you would complete the Lesson reading portion before class. There is nothing you need to complete before class today! | ||
| Thu 09/29 | SEC 00 Introductions | ||
| Fri 09/30 | LES 01 Printing; Turtle basics | ||
| Released C0 I.S. by 11:59 pm Hello World/Turtle Drawing | |||
| Week 1 - Types, Expressions, Variables | |||
| Mon 10/03 | |||
| Tue 10/04 | SEC 01 Printing; Turtles resources: materials | ||
| Wed 10/05 | LES 02 Datatypes; Expressions | ||
| Thu 10/06 | SEC 02 Types; Expressions resources: materials | ||
| Released P0 I.S. by 11:59 pm Code Reviews | |||
| Fri 10/07 | LES 03 Variables; Strings; Debugging | ||
Week 2 - for loops | |||
| Mon 10/10 | |||
| Tue 10/11 | SEC 03 Variables; Strings resources: materials | ||
| Wed 10/12 | LES 04 for loops | ||
| Released C1 I.S. by 11:59 pm Drawing Shapes | |||
| Thu 10/13 | SEC 04 for loops resources: materials | ||
| Fri 10/14 | LES 05 Nested for loops; Random | ||
| Week 3 - Methods | |||
| Mon 10/17 | |||
| Tue 10/18 | SEC 05 Nested for loops and Random resources: materials | ||
| Wed 10/19 | LES 06 Methods | ||
| Released P1 I.S. by 11:59 pm Election Simulator | |||
| Thu 10/20 | QUIZ 00 Quiz 0 - Printing, Expressions, for loops, Random | ||
| Fri 10/21 | LES 07 Parameters | ||
| Week 4 - Conditionals | |||
| Mon 10/24 | |||
| Tue 10/25 | SEC 07 Methods; Parameters resources: materials | ||
| Wed 10/26 | LES 08 Return values | ||
| Thu 10/27 | SEC 08 Return values resources: materials | ||
| Fri 10/28 | LES 09 Conditionals | ||
| Week 5 - Interaction | |||
| Mon 10/31 | |||
| Tue 11/01 | SEC 09 Conditionals resources: materials | ||
| Wed 11/02 | LES 10 while loops | ||
| Released C2 I.S. by 11:59 pm Parameterized Shapes | |||
| Thu 11/03 | QUIZ 01 Quiz 1 - Methods, conditionals | ||
| Fri 11/04 | LES 11 User input ( Scanner) | ||
| Week 6 - Mid-quarter reflection | |||
| Mon 11/07 | |||
| Tue 11/08 | SEC 11 while loops; User input (Scanner) resources: materials | ||
| Wed 11/09 | LES 12 Putting it all together | ||
| Released P2 I.S. by 11:59 pm Prioritizing Patients | |||
| Thu 11/10 | SEC 12 TA Choice | ||
| Fri 11/11 | HOLIDAY Veterans Day | ||
| Week 7 - File input/output | |||
| Mon 11/14 | |||
| Tue 11/15 | SEC XX Quiz Review/Prep | ||
| Wed 11/16 | LES 13 File input/output | ||
| Released C3 I.S. by 11:59 pm Drawing from Files | |||
| Thu 11/17 | QUIZ 02 Quiz 2 - while loops, user input | ||
| Fri 11/18 | LES 14 File input/output (cont.) | ||
| Week 8 - Holiday | |||
| Mon 11/21 | |||
| Tue 11/22 | HOLIDAY No Class | ||
| Wed 11/23 | HOLIDAY No Class | ||
| Thu 11/24 | HOLIDAY Thanksgiving | ||
| Fri 11/25 | HOLIDAY Native American Heritage Day (observed) | ||
| Week 9 - Arrays | |||
| Mon 11/28 | |||
| Tue 11/29 | SEC 14 File input/output resources: materials | ||
| Wed 11/30 | LES 15 Arrays | ||
| Released P3 I.S. by 11:59 pm It's Data Time! | |||
| Thu 12/01 | SEC 15 Arrays resources: materials | ||
| Fri 12/02 | LES 16 Reference semantics | ||
| Week 10 - Review and Next Steps | |||
| Mon 12/05 | |||
| Tue 12/06 | SEC 16 Reference semantics | ||
| Wed 12/07 | LES 17 Array patterns | ||
| Thu 12/08 | SEC 17 Final exam review; Wrap-up | ||
| Fri 12/09 | LES 18 Wrap-up; Victory lap | ||
| Week 11 - Finals Week | |||
| Mon 12/12 | |||
| Tue 12/13 | |||
| Wed 12/14 | EXAM Final Exam (12:30-2:20pm) | ||
| Thu 12/15 | |||