Overview
Welcome to the course webpage for the Winter 2009 term of CSC108H, an Introduction to Computer Programming. This course teaches the basics of programming in Python, which is an industrial-strength programming language used at companies like Google and Industrial Light and Magic.
The course is delivered through 3 lecture hours a week plus eleven 2-hour closed labs in weeks 2 through 12.
Outside of class and lab, in weeks 2 through 12, you will also complete a set of online exercises in CodeLab, and do 3 assignments, 3 tests, a project, and a final exam.
The Course Info Sheet has all the official information for the course. This webpage adds a few more details.
Contact information
| Instructor | Office | |
|---|---|---|
| Diane Horton | dianeh [at] cdf.toronto.edu | BA 4236 |
Materials
- Required: CSC 108 Introduction to Programming, a custom publication. You can purchase the text from Alicos, on the corner of St. George and College St., right next to Starbucks.
- Required: CodeLab, a set of online exercises from TuringsCraft.
Doing your work
The Computing Disciplines Facility (CDF) provides computing support for courses in Computer Science. Here is a list of rooms (with the closed lab rooms listed in bold): BA2200, BA2210, BA2220, BA2240, BA2270, BA3175, BA3185, BA3195 and the Great Hall. There is also a lab in the Gerstein Science Information Centre (at the Sigmund Samuel Library, 7 Kings College Circle) in room 236 at the north end of the second floor. To enter one of the labs you will need to swipe your T-Card through the card reader that is installed outside of each door. (You can also use your T-Card to get into the building itself.)
Help Centre
The Department of Computer Science has a Help Centre with TAs who are able to help you with first year courses (as well as most second-year and some third-year courses). It's open Monday to Thursday from 4-6pm and is located in BA2200.
TA Office Hours
These will be posted here once they are settled.