Course schedule#
Below is the approximate timeline for the course. Please note that everything is subject to change, but all changes will be announced in class and via email and/or the Teams channel as necessary.
Note: The homework release schedule and quiz dates are only tentative at this time. These dates will be solidified by the end of the second week of class.
Date |
Course Day |
Topics |
Homework, Quiz, and Project Dates |
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Jan 13 |
1 |
Class expectations, Introductions, Sorting Algorithm |
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Jan 15 |
2 |
Intro to Python, Order of Magnitude Modeling |
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Jan 20 |
3 |
Lists and Loops |
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Jan 22 |
4 |
Boolean Logic, If Statements, Functions |
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Jan 27 |
5 |
Functions |
HW 1 Released (due Feb 21) |
Jan 29 |
6 |
Python Modules (Math, Plots, Numpy) |
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Feb 3 |
7 |
Practice w/ NumPy |
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Feb 5 |
8 |
Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations |
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Feb 10 |
9 |
Modeling with Ordinary Differential Equations |
HW 2 Released (due Feb 28) |
Feb 12 |
10 |
Compartmental Modeling |
Quiz 1 |
Feb 17 |
11 |
Compartmental Modeling |
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Feb 19 |
12 |
Introduction to the Pandas Data Analysis Library |
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Feb 24 |
13 |
Exploring data with Pandas |
HW 3 Released (due Mar 21) |
Feb 26 |
14 |
Fitting models to data and evaluating fits |
Quiz 2 |
Mar 3 |
**Spring Break, No class ** |
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Mar 5 |
**Spring Break, No class ** |
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Mar 10 |
15 |
Fitting models, making predictions, updating models |
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Mar 12 |
16 |
Data Visualization |
Quiz 3, Project Proposals* |
Mar 17 |
17 |
NumPy Arrays in 2D |
HW 4 Released (due April 4) |
Mar 19 |
18 |
Agent Based Modeling 1 |
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Mar 24 |
19 |
Agent Based Modeling 2 |
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Mar 26 |
20 |
Object Oriented Programming 1 |
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Mar 31 |
21 |
Object Oriented Programming 2 |
HW 5 Released (due April 18) |
April 2 |
22 |
Using random numbers in modeling; Random walks |
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April 7 |
23 |
Project work day, Present Drafts to Group |
Quiz 4 |
April 9 |
24 |
Using RNGs for optimization; The Traveling Salesperson |
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April 14 |
25 |
Finding model parameters with Markov Chain Monte Carlo |
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April 16 |
26 |
Project Work Day |
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April 21 |
P |
Project Presentations |
Final project submission due April 20, by 11:59pm |
April 23 |
P |
Project Presentations |
* The project proposal is part of the day 16 pre-class assignment