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IMPORTANT DEADLINES

All deadlines are listed in UTC time. For more information, please see the "Deadlines and the UTC Time Zone" section in "Before the Course Begins."

Below you will find a list of countdown timers that are set according to due dates associated to this course. The assignment deadlines can also be found in the course schedule. Please mark your calendars! 

Start Here: Your First Hour as a Computer Scientist will open on 1/8/18.
Please introduce yourself in the discussion forum and complete your Course Plan Assignment and Practice Proctored Exams

Your Course Readiness Quiz will also be available to you on 1/8/18
You must successfully complete this quiz to gain access to week 1 and to future weeks of the course as they are released. 

Week 1: Algorithms

ID Verification Deadline: 1/19/18, 06:59 UTC:

Click here to ID verify for this course!

The following graded item is due 1/29/18, 06:59 UTC:

Project Challenge: Developing an Algorithm 

(Note: Submission will be open starting Saturday, January 20, 06:59 UTC, but you should begin working on this as soon as possible.)

Week 2: Computers and Data

The following graded item is due 1/22/201806:59 UTC:

Skill Challenge: Number Systems

Week 3: Variables and Expressions

Please review your Course Plan Assignment this week, and participate in the discussion on time management.

The following graded item is due 1/26/18, 06:59 UTC:

Project Challenge: Variables

  • Submit for peer review (Audit only)

The following graded items are due 1/29/18, 06:59 UTC:

1. Week 1's Project Challenge: Developing an Algorithm

  • Self assessment (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

2. Project Challenge: Variables

  • Peer review (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

Week 4: Sequence

The following graded items are due 2/2/18, 06:59 UTC:

1. Project Challenge: Current Grade
2. Project Challenge: Restaurant Split Check Calculator

  • Submit for peer review (Audit only)

The following graded items are due 2/5/18, 06:59 UTC:

1. Project Challenge: Current Grade
2. Project Challenge: Restaurant Split Check Calculator

  • Peer review (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

Week 5-6: Functions

 The following graded item is due 2/16/1806:59 UTC:

Project Challenge: Gene's Green Golf Center

  • Submit for peer review (Audit only)

 The following graded items are due 2/19/1806:59 UTC:

1. Skill Challenge: Functions

2. Project Challenge: Gene's Green Golf Center

  • Peer review (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

Week 7-8: Structured Programming 

The following graded item is  2/23/18, 06:59 UTC:

Design Review: Pearl's Pancake Pad

  • Self assessment (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

The following graded items are due 3/2/18, 06:59 UTC:

1. Project Challenge: Automatic Stock Trader
2. Project Challenge: Pearl's Pancake Pad
3. Project Challenge: Mastermind Game

  • Submit for peer review (Audit only)

The following graded items are due 3/5/18, 06:59 UTC:

1. Project Challenge: Automatic Stock Trader
2. Project Challenge: Pearl's Pancake Pad
3. Project Challenge: Mastermind Game

  • Peer review (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

Midterm Exam

The midterm exam will open on 3/5/18, 06:59 UTC, and close on 3/12/18, 06:59 UTC.

It will cover weeks 1-8 of the course.


Week 9-10: Introduction to Java

The following graded item is  3/9/18, 06:59 UTC:

Design Review: Algebra Tutor

  • Self assessment (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

The following graded items are due 3/16/18 at 06:59 UTC:

1. Project Challenge: java Tip Calculator
2. Project Challenge: Algebra Tutor

  • Submit for peer review (Audit only)

The following graded items are due 3/19/18 at 06:59 UTC:

1. Project Challenge: java Tip Calculator
2. Project Challenge: Algebra Tutor

  • Peer review (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)
  

Weeks 11-12: Classes and Objects

Please review your Course Plan Assignment once more, and participate in the discussion on time management.

The following graded item is  3/23/18, 06:59 UTC:

Design Review: Pepper's Pill Mill

  • Self assessment (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

The following items are due 3/30/18, 06:59 UTC:

Project Challenge: Pepper's Pepper Mill

  • Submit for peer review (Audit only)

The following items are due 4/2/18, 06:59 UTC:

1. Skill Challenge: Classes and Objects
2. Project Challenge: Pepper's Pepper Mill

  • Peer review (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

Weeks 13-14: Arrays and Lists

The following graded item is 4/6/18, 06:59 UTC:

Design Review: Verde Valley Volleyball

  • Self assessment (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

The following graded items are due 4/13/18, 06:59 UTC:

Project Challenge: Verde Valley Volleyball

  • Submit for peer review (Audit only)

The following graded items are due 4/16/18, 06:59 UTC:

1. Skill Challenge: Arrays

2. Project Challenge: Verde Valley Volleyball

  • Peer review (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

Week 15: Object Oriented Programming

The following graded items are due 4/23/18, 06:59 UTC:

1. Skill Challenge: Object Oriented Programming

2. Design Review: Your Implementation (Cookie Master's Bakery)

  • Self assessment (Audit only)
  • Instructor-graded (ID Verified only)

Final Exam

The final exam will open on 4/23/18, 06:59 UTC, and close on 4/30/18, 06:59 UTC.

It will cover weeks 9-15 of the course.