Office Hours Schedule - ONLINE ONLY

Click on any of the links below to join the meeting during that time. Like an in-person office hour, you'll be joining a group of your classmates, with an instructor/TA or two hosting the meeting. If you have specific questions or want to review code, your instructor/TA will set up a "breakout room" within the Zoom remote meeting.

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
9-11:30am	3-5pm 5-8pm	9-11am 1:00-4pm 4:30-7:30pm	9-11am 1-3pm 3-5pm 5-8pm			1-4pm

Class Schedule

Note: It's likely that the topics will change, but very UNlikely that the dates of labs, homeworks, or exams will. Homeworks are assigned on Friday, and they are due the following Friday at 9:00am (unless otherwise noted). Quizzes and exams are given during lecture, and you must be present on those days.

Week Of	Reading	Topics	HW	Quiz/Exam	Materials
Jan 6	Ch 1, 2.1-2.4	Welcome to DS2000! Variables Assignment Arithmetic operations	HW1		Slides: Data in Real Life Code from class: stone->pounds Handout: Input/Output Handout: Variables and Arithmetic Slides: Arithmetic Operations Code from class: breakdown.py Handout: How to Approach a Programming Assignment
Jan 13	Ch 3	Functions Parameter passing A little data viz	HW2		Handout: Writing Functions Code from class: NEU Demographics Handout: Testing + Debugging Worksheet: ACT Average Source code: act.py, test_act.py, driver Source code: Rafael,the best Turtle
Jan 20	Ch 5.1-5.7, 7.1-7.4	Boolean expressions Conditionals Iteration (while loops)	HW3	Fri: Quiz 1	Handout: Conditionals Worksheet: Boolean Expressions Slides: GoT Conditionals Source code: GoT v1 (save result in a variable), GoT v2 (just return) test the function because always!! Source code: While loops, GoT v1, GoT v2
Jan 27	Ch 7, Ch 10.1-10.6	While loops cont'd Iteration (range) Lists intro + iteration by position	HW4 Project Spec		Handout: Lists Source code from class: Find the max rating in a list, Driver (create a list of ratings) Handout: Nested Lists Slides: Project Source code: Average audience score, list examples
Feb 3	Ch 10.1-10.6, 8.1-8.4	Lists cont'd Strings and Lists of Strings Tuples	HW5		Handout: Strings Source code: sentiment analysis (one review), driver (one review), sentiment analysis (all reviews), driver (all reviews) String cards from class Source code (parsing strings): iowa function, iowa driver Source code (tuples): iowa with tuples, iowa driver with tuples
Feb 10	Ch 14.1-14.5	File processing Structured data (CSV files) Unstructured data (super messy files)	HW6	Tue: Quiz 2	Source code: process_csv.py, irma.csv (structured data) XWord Solutions :) Handout: File Processing Source code: improved_process_csv.py, cleandata.py, khoury.txt
Feb 17	Ch 11	Dictionaries Structured data: JSON Intro to APIs	Project Teams Finalized Tell us teammates on hand-in server (2/19) Request a group (2/20)		Midterm Study Sheet Source code: process_genres.py, JSON file Dictionaries worksheet Handout: JSON and APIs Slides: Midterm Review Source code: movie API
Feb 24 TUESDAY: MIDTERM EXAM FRI: NO LECTURE				Tues: Midterm
Mar 2 SPRING BREAK!
Mar 9 FRI: NO LECTURE		APIs cont'd HTTP requests in Python API Libraries	Fri: Project Proposal Due		Project Proposal Video: APIs and HTTP Requests Source code: google_api.py
Mar 16 TUE: NO LECTURE	Ch 15	Matplotlib		~~Fri: Quiz 3~~	Video: Matplotlib Handout: Matplotlib Source code: hurricane plots, tottenham plots Project Presentation Sign-Up Lecture recording (3/20)
Mar 23		Data analysis with Pandas How to give a presentation Intro to classes and objects			Data Analysis with Pandas Video #1 Video #2 Handout: Data Analysis with Pandas Source code: panda_code.py, smallfriday.csv (~10 lines), blackfriday.csv (~550k lines) Lecture recording (3/24) How to Give a Talk: Video Slides Classes + Objects Intro: Video Slides Lecture recording (3/27)
Mar 30		Tue: Classes and Objects Fri: Project Presentations Sign up to present Submit your group project Submit your individual reflection	Fri: Projects Due	~~Tue: Quiz 4~~	DS perspectives from our TAs! Smit Kiri Kshitij Mayank Allyson Young Classes and objects cont'd: Video #1: Defining classes Video #2: Working with objects Handout: Classes + Objects Source code: car.py, driver.py Lecture recording (3/31)
Apr 6	Projects	Presentations in Lecture and Practicum
Apr 13	Projects	Presentations in Lecture (Last day: 4/14/20)