CS 111: Introduction to Computer Science

Summer 2026

Instructors:

Section 1 (MTWTh 12:30pm) - Steven Giles (email: Steven.Giles@byu.edu)

Students from Fall 2025 or Earlier
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Week's Lecture Topics & Slides	Date	Readings	Lab Links	Homework & Project Due Dates / Test Dates
Week 1
Lecture 0 - Course Introduction	Mon Jun 22	How to Navigate Canvas / Gradescope Syllabus Reading Quiz Disabling AI Tools	Getting Started and Python Setup Lab	First Day of Classes
Lecture 1 - Computational Thinking & Writing Quality Code	Tue Jun 23	Code Quality Guidelines Python Basics Reading Quiz Console I/O Reading Quiz Booleans and Conditionals Reading Quiz While Loops Reading Quiz Functions Reading Quiz	Booleans and Conditionals Lab While Loops Lab Functions Lab Slicing Lab
Lecture 2 - Errors & Introduction to Testing (why, TDD)	Wed Jun 24	Errors Reading Quiz Testing Intro Reading Quiz File I/O Reading Quiz List Basics Reading Quiz Slicing Reading Quiz Strings Reading Quiz For Loops Reading Quiz	File I/O Lab List Basics Lab Strings Lab For Loops Lab Errors Lab	Homework 00 - Pizza!
Lecture 3 - Environments and Debugging	Thu Jun 25	Debugging Reading Quiz Free Coding Project - Overview	Debugging Lab
	Fri Jun 26
Week 2
Lecture 4 - Testing and Writing Tests	Mon Jun 29	pytest Reading Quiz doctest Reading Quiz	pytest Lab	University Add/Drop Deadline Homework 01 - College Admissions Algorithms
Lecture 5 - Strings, Lists, Dictionaries & Tuples, Slicing & Comprehensions	Tue Jun 30	Tuples Reading Quiz Dictionaries Reading Quiz Comprehensions Reading Quiz	doctest Lab Dictionaries Lab Tuples Lab Comprehensions Lab
Lecture 6 - Images	Wed Jul 1	Images Reading Quiz	Images Lab Progress Check 1
Lecture 7 - Abstraction & Command Line Arguments	Thu Jul 2	Abstraction Reading Quiz Command Line Arguments Reading Quiz	Command Line Arguments Lab	Homework 02 - Image Manipulation
	Fri Jul 3
Week 3
Lecture 8 - Big O, Algorithm Analysis, Data Structures	Mon Jul 6	Big O Reading Quiz		Project 01 - Image Processing Skill Assessment 1
Lecture 9 - Object Oriented Programming & Class Design	Tue Jul 7	OOP Reading Quiz Classes Reading Quiz	Classes Lab	Free Coding Project - Proposal Skill Assessment 1
Lecture 10 - Inheritance & Interfaces	Wed Jul 8	Inheritance Reading Quiz Interfaces Reading Quiz	Inheritance Lab Interfaces Lab
Lecture 11 - Dunder Functions & Polymorphism	Thu Jul 9	Dunder Functions Reading Quiz Polymorphism Reading Quiz	Dunder Functions Lab Polymorphism Lab	Homework 03 - The Grid Class
	Fri Jul 10
Week 8
	Mon Aug 10	Last Day of Classes
	Tue Aug 11	Exam Prep Day / Reading Day
	Wed Aug 12	Finals Week - Check your schedule for specific exam times
	Thu Aug 13	Finals Week - Check your schedule for specific exam times
	Fri Aug 14