CIS 240 — Intro to Coding with Python — Schedule

Day	Date	Units and Topics	Resources	Due
Mon	1/12	Unit 1: Variables and Data Types File Explorer VS Code Class Workflow	0 Getting Started Python interpreter VS Code VS Code keyboard shortcuts (Windows) VS Code keyboard shortcuts (MacOS) Supplemental Resources: Stack Overflow Annual Developer Survey Results (2025) Python Developers Survey Results
Wed	1/14	Python Variables Strings The Four Coding Steps	1 Variables and Data Types Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: pg. 41-46 Strings
Fri	1/16	More on Strings and Slices Problem Solving with Strings	1 Variables and Data Types Supplemental Resources: More on Strings	Exercise 1
Mon	1/19	MLK Holiday - No Class
Wed	1/21	Integers Data Type Conversions Data Input Floats Intro to Functions and Modules	1 Variables and Data Types Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: pg. 47-54 Numbers Floats	Exercise 2 Exercise 3
Fri	1/23	Unit 2: Lists Access Elements in a List Change, Add and Remove Elements	2 Lists Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: pg. 135-140 Lists More on Lists	Unit 1 Quiz
Mon	1/26	WCU Classes Suspended Due to Forecasted Adverse Weather
Wed	1/28	Looping Through lists A Second Look at Functions Output a List List Slicing Copying a List	2 Lists Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: pg. 65-70 Input and Output	Exercise 4
Fri	1/30	Tuples More on Functions	2 Lists Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: pg. 144-145 Tuples	Exercise 5 Exercise 6
Mon	2/2	No In-Person Classes; Optional Zoom Session		Unit 2 Quiz
Wed	2/4	Unit 3: Conditional Tests Conditional Tests - if Statements The if-elif-else Chain Logical Operators Comparison Operators	3 Conditional Tests Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python: pg. 80-84 if Statements The Random Module The emojipedia
Fri	2/6	F-strings More on for Loops if Statements Cont.	3 Conditional Tests Supplemental Resources: Formatted String Literals The Range Function	Exercise 7 Exercise 8
Mon	2/9	Unit 4: Dictionaries Dictionaries and Key Value Pairs Modifying and Removing Values Looping Through a Dictionary	4 Dictionaries Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python pp. 153-156 Dictionaries	Unit 3 Quiz
Wed	2/11	Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Joseph Washburn		Exercise 9
Fri	2/13	Exceptions Exception Handling Sets	4 Dictionaries Supplemental Resources: Exceptions Sets	No Deliverable Due
Mon	2/16	Unit 5: Functions Passing Info to a Function Arguments and Parameters Positional and Keyword Arguments	5 Functions Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python pp. 54-55 Functions	Unit 4 Quiz
Wed	2/18	Return Values Returning a Dictionary Introduction to Classes	5 Functions Supplemental Resources: Fundamentals of Python pp. 54-55 The Return Statement	Exercise 10
Fri	2/20	No Class - Academic Conference
Mon	2/23	Unit 6: Data Visualization with Plotly Intro to plotly graph_objects Line Charts	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - Scatter Traces and Line Charts Line and Dash Style Attributes	Unit 5 Quiz
Wed	2/25	Pie Charts Bar Charts	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - Pie Traces texttemplate attribute Plotly Supported CSS Colors Plotly - Bar Traces	Exercise 11
Fri	2/27	Scatter Maps Plotting Data	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - Scattermap Traces	Exercise 12
Mon	3/2	yfinance Time Series Charts Range Slider and Selectors	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Plotly - Scatter Traces	Exercise 13
Wed	3/4	Intro to Dash Creating a web-based Dash App	6 Data Visualization Supplemental Resources: Dash Python User Guide	Exercise 14
Fri	3/6	Setting up your Laptop for Django (Optional Class)		Unit 6 Quiz
March 9 - 15: Spring Break - No Class
Mon	3/16	Unit 7: Django and Web Development Django Design Principles Intro to Django	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Create a Django Project Django Development Server
Wed	3/18	Start a Django App Django Admin Site Adding Topics	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Django Models The Django Admin Page	In-Class Activity 1
Fri	3/20	Models and Database Relationships The Django Shell and Database	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Playing with the API - Django Shell DB Browser for SQLite	In-Class Activity 2 Output
Mon	3/23	Create the Home Page Mapping a URL Writing a View Writing a Template	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Writing Views and Mapping URLs	In-Class Activity 3
Wed	3/25	Template Inheritance Creating Additional Pages (The Topics Page)	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Django Templates and Variables	In-Class Activity 4
Fri	3/27	Lab Day -- No Class Meeting	Django Project 1 Due	Prj 1 Admin Output
Mon	3/30	Creating Individual Pages The Topic URL Pattern	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Writing Views and Mapping URLs Django Templates and Filters	In-Class Activity 5
April 1 - 5: Easter Break - No Classes
Mon	4/6	Django Forms GET and POST Requests	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Django Forms GET and POST	Unit 7 Quiz In-Class Activity 6
Wed	4/8	More on Django Forms Adding New Entries Plotting Entries with Plotly Express	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Form Templates	In-Class Activity 7
Fri	4/10	Lab Day -- No Class Meeting	Django Project 2 Due	Prj 2
Mon	4/13	Editing Entries Deleting Topics	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Form Templates	In-Class Activity 8
Wed	4/15	Django with Bootstrap Bootswatch themes	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Bootstrap Tutorial Free Bootswatch Themes	In-Class Activity 9
Fri	4/17	No Class - Academic Conference
Mon	4/20	Styling the new_topic template Styling the topics template Styling the topic template	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Free Bootswatch Themes	In-Class Activity 10
Wed	4/22	Bootstrap Alerts	7 Django Supplemental Resources: Bootstrap Alerts Messages Framework	In-Class Activity 11 Output
Fri	4/24	Review of Python classes, functions and list comprehension	7 Django	In-Class Activity 12 Output
Mon	4/27	Final Exam Review Session	Final Exam Review
Wed	4/29	Lab Day -- No Class Meeting	Django Project 3 Due	Prj 3
Fri	5/1	No Class Meeting Study for final exam
CIS 240 In Class Final Exam: Wednesday, May 6: 8:30 - 11:00 AM