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Computer Mapping/Advanced Cartography Lecture Schedule, Fall 2018

Date	Topic All classes, labs, and exams meet in AS 003	Readings
Aug 27	Intro to hardware
29	Writing and compiling Python programs
Sept 3	NO CLASS
5	Intro to Python programming
10
12	Lab 1: Intro to Python and Idle (due 9/26) Assignment in Python
17	Trigonometry review
19	NO CLASS
24	Mathematical expressions in Python
26	Lab 2: Finding the traversal along a parallel (due 10/8)
Oct 1
3	Python graphical user interfaces
8	Lab 3: Creating a simple graphical user interface (due 10/22)
10	Creating and using functions	Scope rules in Python (Brian A. Malloy, Clemson
15	Review for Midterm
17	MIDTERM
22	Lab 4: A useful GUI for our latitude traversal program (due 11/5)
24	Displays and color systems
29	Coordinate systems
31	Python Conditions and Branching
Nov 5	Lab 5: Drawing Lines, part 1 (due 11/12)	Sample source code from class (11/5)
7	Using Lists
12	Lab 5 Drawing Lines, part 2 (due 11/26)
14	Python classes and objects
19	Classes and objects continued
21	NO CLASS
26
28	Lab 6 (extra credit): Selecting shapes
Dec 3	Map projections in GIS
5	Digital elevation models
10	Review and lab time
Monday Dec. 17th 1:00pm � 3:00pm	FINAL EXAM Please note: if you have a conflict, please let me know so that we can schedule a different exam time for you.