Day 1

Today

  1. The case for interdisciplinary computer science (PDF, PowerPoint)
  2. Course overview
  3. Start on “Get Set”. There will be a “Linux Installathon” on Friday 5-7pm in the Computing Lab.
  4. Take the entrance survey and share learning goals for the course

During class we will be going through the steps necessary to do the pre-class exercises for the course. Specifically, we will be having everyone sign up for a GitHub account, and then find and fork the reading journal repository. In case you want to refer back to these instructions, they are available here.

For Next Time

  1. Read Think Python Ch. 1-3, 5.1-5.7; Linux at Olin Chapter 1 (PDF download); and AmGit Chapter 1.
  2. Submit the Day 1 Reading Journal.