Key Dates

It's likely that the topics will change, but very UNlikely that the dates of homeworks, recitations, or quizzes will. Please note the dates you're expected to be present in lecture (otherwise, our CS1800 Attendance Policy Applies.

Lecture Attendence & Videos

Lectures and recitations are in-person and attendance is expected. We don't want or expect anyone to come to class when they're sick, though, so we'll post supplementary videos each week that you can use to catch up on any missed material. If you miss class for any reason, we recommend watching the videos for that week and stopping by professor office hours to get caught up.

These supplementary videos were recorded in previous semesters. They will not use the same examples or cover material in the same order as we'll do in our lectures. We hope they're helpful for days when you need to miss class, but they will definitely NOT be an identical experience!

Week Topics Materials HW Quiz
1. 9/5
  • Intro & Welcome
  • Overview of CS1800

No Recitation

Videos Lecture Notes
2. 9/9, 9/12
  • Propositional Logic
  • Compound Logic Statments
  • Truth Tables
  • Logical Equivalence

Recitation 1, solns

Handouts Lecture Notes Videos
3. 9/16, 9/19
  • Introduction to Proofs
  • Predicate Logic
  • Representation of Numbers
  • Binary Numbers & Two's Complement

Recitation 2

HW1 (due 9/23 @ 9pm)
4. 9/23, 9/26
  • Circuits and Logic
  • Logic Gates and Arithmetic
  • Intro to Sets
  • Set Operations and Logic

Recitation 3

HW2 (due 9/30 @ 9pm)
5. 9/30, 10/3
  • Set Equality
  • Cardinality of Sets
  • Set Functions
  • Fri - Quiz 1

Recitation 4

Quiz 1

6. 10/7, 10/10
  • Intro to Combinatorics
  • Sum Rule, Product Rule
  • Permutations, Combinations
  • Problem-Solving Techniques

Recitation 5

HW3 (due 10/14 @ 9pm)
7. 10/14, 10/17
  • Counting cont'd
  • Overcounting & Indistinguishable Objects
  • Pigeonhole Prinicple
  • Intro to Probability

Recitation 6

HW4 (due 10/21 @ 9pm)
8. 10/21, 10/24
  • Probability cont'd
  • Dependent, Independent Events
  • Expected Value
  • Fri - Quiz 2

Recitation 7

Quiz 2

9. 10/28, 10/31 🎃
  • Probability Cont'd
  • Conditional Probabilities
  • Bayes' Rule
  • Intro to Sequences

Recitation 8

HW5 (due 11/4 @ 9pm)
10. 11/4, 11/7
  • Sequences & Summations
  • Mathematical Induction

Recitation 9

HW6 (due 11/13 @ 9pm)
<== extra time due to 11/11 holiday
11. 11/14
  • Tue - No Class!
  • Fri - Quiz 3

Recitation 10

Quiz 3

12. 11/18, 11/21
  • Proof by Indcution Cont'd
  • Strong vs Simple Induction
  • Graphs Overview

Recitation 11

HW7 (due 12/2 @ 9pm)
<== extra time due to holiday
13. 11/25
  • Tue - Optional Lecture
  • Fri - no class!

No Recitation

14. 12/2, 12/5
  • Growth of Functions
  • CS1800 Wrap-Up
  • Fri - Quiz 4

Recitation 12

Second-Chance HW due 12/5 9pm

Quiz 4

Finals Week DATE TBD - Optional Final Exam. There will be 7 questions on the final, each of which can replace your score on the corresponding quiz question.