Homework Assignments Spring 2009

There are two types of assignments:
  1. Weekly homework - completed in one week.
  2. Projects - projects will cover a number of weeks.

Homework Assignments

Week This Week's Topics and Reading Assignments Assignment Due Date
1/5 - 1/7 Read all the material on the course web page, especially the material on the University computing policy.
UNIX - Read Chapter 2.1 - 2.6
Email to rschaub@pitt.edu
Assignment 1
ASAP

1/14
1/12 - 1/14 Complete Unix - Read Chapter 2
Introduction to Spreadsheets - Read material Chapter 1.1 - 1.2
Quiz on Wednesday covering UNIX (Ch. 2)
Assignment 2
1/21
1/21 Spreadsheets: Basic built-in functions and plotting
Read material Chapter 1.3 - 1.6
Quiz on Wednesday over Excel (Chapter 1.1-1.2)
Assignment 3 2/2
1/26 - 1/28 Spreadsheets: Read Sections 1.6 - 1.9 Trendlines, semi-log and log-log Matrices, Linear Algebra and Analyzing Data
Quiz on Wednesday over sections 1.1 - 1.9
Assignment 4
2/4
2/2- 2/4 Introduction to Histograms and using Excel in Calculus, Adding Logic
Read section 1.10 and 1.11 and review problems in Section 1.11
Quiz on Wednesday over Chapters 1-2 (Test warm-up)
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2/9 - 2/11 Test #1 on Monday
Introduction to HTML - Read Sections 3.1 - 3.5
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2/16 - 2/18 HTML as a programming tool, Read Sections 3.6 - 3.7
Quiz Wednesday on sections 3.1 - 3.7
Assignment 5
Make a simple webpage
2/23
2/23 - 2/25 Continue HTML: Read Sections 3.8 - 3.10
Assignment 6 Grading Key
Assignment 6 3/18
3/2 - 3/4 Continue HTML: Read Sections 3.10 - 3.12
Continue working on Individual and Team Websites
Assignment 7 Grading Key

Assignment 7
3/23
3/9 - 3/11 SPRING BREAK
ENJOY TIME OFF
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3/16 - 3/18 Continue HTML Read Sections 3.12 - 3.13
Continue working on Team Webpage
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3/23 - 3/25 Matlab: Read Sections 4 - 4.9
Test #2 in class on Monday 3/23
Quiz Wednesday (4-4.5)
Assignment 8
Group HW

4/1
3/30 - 4/1 Matlab: Read Sections 4.10 - 4.12
Quiz Wednesday (4-4.9)
Assignment 9
Group HW

4/13
4/6 - 4/8 Matlab: Read Section 4.13
Quiz Wednesday (4-4.13)
Begin presentations Wednesday
Final Draft of Writing Project

4/15