6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming
Spring 2012
Instructors: Srini Devadas, John V Guttag
TAs: Hiba Awad, Dina Marguerite Betser, Alvin K Cheung, Pangus Ho, Tanya M Kortz, Max Nelson, Fu-ming Shih
Lecture: TR10 (32-123)
Information:
This subject is aimed at students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems. It also aims to help students, regardless of their major, to feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class will use the Python programming language.
Announcements
Quiz 3 graded
Hi all,Quiz 3 has been graded. You can retrieve it from Sheila (Professor Guttag's assistant) outside of his office in G944. Note that due to institute regulations you won't be able to take the quiz away with you. Thank you all for a wonderful semester and enjoy your summer!
-- 6.00 staff
Announced on 23 May 2012 6:31 p.m. by Alvin K Cheung
Please fill out subject evaluation!
Hi all,We're at a 44% response rate for 6.00 evaluations. We'd really appreciate if you could fill out the evaluation at http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation before the response period closes at 9 AM tomorrow.
Good luck on the final!
Thanks,
-6.00 staff
Announced on 20 May 2012 12:55 p.m. by Dina Marguerite Betser
Final study code posted
The study code for the final has been posted at http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.00/materials.html . It has been posted as a zip file containing the .py file and the data set, as well as in handout form as a PDF, which is identical to what you will receive at the exam. You don't need to be familiar with the contents of the mammalTeeth.txt file for the exam.Make sure you understand it in its entirety before the final exam, and please come in to office hours if you have any questions about it!
- 6.00 staff
Announced on 14 May 2012 6:36 p.m. by Dina Marguerite Betser
Announcements re: final exam
Hi all,
There are a number of announcements heading into the final exam.
1. There will be a final review session on 5/18, 1-3PM in room 32-123.
2. A week from today, on Tuesday, 5/15, code about which there will be questions in the final will be posted to Stellar.
3. Please check out the office hours schedule for the next two weeks at http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/6/sp12/6.00/courseMaterial/topics/topic1/other/noname/text .
4. A practice final has been posted to Stellar, with solutions. The code within this practice final is not the same as what we will post for this year's final.
5. The final will be cumulative, but there will be an emphasis on material since the second quiz.
6. You have until May 21st at 11:59 PM to ask about any of your grades up until but not including the final exam. This includes all pset scores.
7. Please let Hiba (hibaawad@mit.edu) know if you need any special accommodations for the final exam by this Friday at noon. Please email her even if you've already received accommodations for previous quizzes.
Good luck!
-6.00 staff
Announced on 08 May 2012 3:47 p.m. by Dina Marguerite Betser
Quiz 2 Grades and Solutions; extra office hours
Hi all,Quiz 2 will be returned after class tomorrow at 10:55 outside of 32-123, at which point solutions will also be available online.
Also, note that starting today, there will be extra office hours on Wed evenings from 6:30-8:30 through the rest of term in light of problem sets now being due on Thursdays.
--6.00 staff
Announced on 25 April 2012 6:18 p.m. by Dina Marguerite Betser
