CSE 160: Data Programming
Autumn 2026
Announcements
Week 3 Announcements
Read this week’s announcement post on Ed for a few reminders about important course information and upcoming assignments.
Remember that Quest 1 will take place during class on Monday, October 19th in KNE 120.
Calendar
Python Fundamentals
Week 1
- Wed, Sep 30
- HOMEWORK 0 Setup 💻
- due Tue, October 6 at 11:59pm
- Thu, Oct 1
- SECTION Welcome, Expressions
- Slides 🖥️ ⋅ Worksheet 📝 ⋅ Solutions ✅
- Fri, Oct 2
Week 2
- Mon, Oct 5
- PRACTICE Expressions
- Assignment 💻 ⋅ Slides 🖥️ ⋅ Worksheet 📝
- PRACTICE Expressions
- Wed, Oct 7
- HOMEWORK 1 Restaurant Recommender 🌮
- due Tue, October 20 at 11:59pm
- Thu, Oct 8
- SECTION Conditionals
- Slides 🖥️ ⋅ Worksheet 📝 ⋅ Solutions ✅
- Fri, Oct 9
Week 3
- Mon, Oct 12
- PRACTICE Conditionals
- submit by Fri, October 16 at 11:59pm
- Wed, Oct 14
- 5 Loops
- Thu, Oct 15
- SECTION Loops
- Fri, Oct 16
- 6 Loops II
Week 4
- Mon, Oct 19
- QUEST 1 Expressions, Types, Conditionals, Loops
- Wed, Oct 21
- 7 Functions
- HOMEWORK 2 DNA Analysis
- due Tue, November 3 at 11:59pm
- Thu, Oct 22
- SECTION Functions
- Fri, Oct 23
- 8 Functions II
Week 5
- Mon, Oct 26
- PRACTICE Functions
- submit by Fri, October 30 at 11:59pm
Data Structures
- Wed, Oct 28
- 9 Lists
- Thu, Oct 29
- SECTION Lists
- Fri, Oct 30
- 10 Lists II
Week 6
- Mon, Nov 2
- PRACTICE Lists
- submit by Fri, November 6 at 11:59pm
- Wed, Nov 4
- 11 File I/O
- HOMEWORK 3 Image Processing
- due Tue, November 17 at 11:59pm
- Thu, Nov 5
- SECTION File I/O
- Fri, Nov 6
- 12 File I/O II
Week 7
- Mon, Nov 9
- QUEST 2 Functions, Lists, File I/O
- Wed, Nov 11
- HOLIDAY No Class
- Thu, Nov 12
- SECTION Processing Data
- Fri, Nov 13
- 13 Dictionaries
Week 8
- Mon, Nov 16
- PRACTICE Dictionaries
- submit by Fri, November 20 at 11:59pm
- Wed, Nov 18
- 14 Mutability and Tuples
- HOMEWORK 4 Clustering
- due Tue, December 8 at 11:59pm
- Thu, Nov 19
- SECTION Dictionaries, Tuples
- Fri, Nov 20
- 15 Comprehensions
Week 9
- Mon, Nov 23
- PRACTICE Nested Structures
- submit by Fri, December 4 at 11:59pm
- Wed, Nov 25
- No Class
- Thu, Nov 26
- HOLIDAY No Class
- Fri, Nov 27
- HOLIDAY No Class
Week 10
- Mon, Nov 30
- QUEST 3 Dictionaries, Tuples, Comprehensions
Working with Data
- Wed, Dec 2
- 16 Python Notebooks
- Thu, Dec 3
- SECTION Working with Data
- Fri, Dec 4
- 17 Visualization
Week 11
- Mon, Dec 7
- PRACTICE Final Review
- Wed, Dec 9
- 18 Putting It All Together
- Thu, Dec 10
- SECTION Final Review
- Fri, Dec 11
- 19 Conclusion
Finals Week
- Thu, Dec 17
- EXAM Final Exam
- 8:30 - 10:20am in KNE 120