---
title: "CS101 — Introduction to Computing (Spring 2026 syllabus)"
project: "cs101-intro"
tags:
  - syllabus
  - course
  - cs101
date: 2026-04-07
---

# CS101 — Introduction to Computing

**Term** — Spring 2026  
**Meeting** — Tue/Thu 10:00–11:15, Lab Fri 14:00–15:50  
**Instructor** — Dr. Jordan Lee (`jlee@example.edu`)

## Learning outcomes

- Explain how programs represent data and control flow.
- Implement small scripts with functions, tests, and basic I/O.
- Reason about algorithmic cost at an introductory level.

## Weekly topics (abbreviated)

| Week | Topics | Reading | Assignment due |
| ---- | ------ | ------- | -------------- |
| 1 | Setup, variables, expressions | Ch. 1 | — |
| 2 | Conditionals, loops | Ch. 2 | HW1 |
| 3 | Functions, scope | Ch. 3 | Lab 1 |
| 4 | Collections | Ch. 4 | HW2 |
| 5 | **Exam 1** review | Ch. 1–4 | — |
| 6 | Files, exceptions | Ch. 5 | Project proposal |

## Policies (summary)

- Late work: **10%** per day, max **3** days unless arranged ahead.
- Collaboration: discuss ideas; **your code must be yours** unless a lab explicitly pairs you.

Full PDF syllabus lives in the LMS; this note is the **at-a-glance** mirror.