Weekly Course Schedule – Spring 2022

IS430 - BCG/BCU - Foundations of Information Processing

Meets Tuesday Mornings

Week 6 (February 21 – February 27)

Tuesday, February 22 (9:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M., 428 Armory) Class Session 6
Topics	Review solutions to prior week's coding assignments Decision Structures (Zelle 3e - Chapter 7)
Required Readings	Zelle 3e - Chapter 7 (Decision Structures) PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, the main sample program in this chapter gets needlessly bogged down with math. If you are a math fan, then I suspect that you will enjoy the sample program and the chapter. Nevertheless, if you are not a math fan, please don't let the math in this chapter distract you. My lecture is based on a supplemental set of examples that I created for this chapter (see below). Also, remember that Severance Chapter 3 covers this same material without using such math-heavy examples.
Optional Readings	Severance Chapter 3 (Conditional Execution) Structured programming. (n.d.) in Wikipedia
Required Recordings	Lecture Video: Zelle 3e - Chapter 7 - Part 1 Lecture Video: Zelle 3e - Chapter 7 - Part 2
Other Resources	Slides for Zelle Chapter 7 Supplemental Python Demonstration Project for Zelle 3e - Chapter 7. PLEASE NOTE: I have made improvements to the code in these programs since recording the lecture. The new versions of these programs use Docstrings and f-strings. They also include some logic improvements. I will be discussing all of these changes in class.

Friday, February 25 (2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M., Zoom) Optional Session
Lab Session	On Friday afternoons from 2:00 PM till 3:00 PM, I will be holding an optional Lab Session using Zoom. Please drop by to ask a question, to discuss solutions to previous assignments, to get help with the current assignment, to discuss the final project, or just to say hello. Please use a headset while participating.

Sunday, February 27, @ 11:55 P.M.
Weekly Assignments Deadline

Coding Assignments Due

Zelle 3e - Chapter 7 Coding Assignment
Description: Please see the Instructions document below for assignment details. PLEASE NOTE: Since the lecture was based on the custom examples included in the demonstration project, there is no separate set of tutorial examples (or tutorial videos) for this chapter.
Submit to: Zelle 3e - Chapter 7 Coding Assignment