An Update on UW Intro Classes

Stuart Reges

Principal Lecturer

University of Washington

General overview Same basic approach to intro, but trying to

constantly improve everything we do Intro enrollments are up (record highs) Female enrollments are up (record highs) Applications to the CSE major are up (near

record highs) Implementing a new undergrad curriculum Actively working with local high schools

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New Undergraduate Courses

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High School Outreach Google sponsored cs4hs summer program for

high school math/science teachers Recently formed Puget Sound CSTA

(Computer Science Teachers Association) CSTA meets monthly at UW and has hosted

programming contests, teacher workshops, and a puzzle hunt for girls

One of our alums now teaching at Garfield Join the CSTA Google group:

http://groups.google.com/group/puget-sound-csta

CSE143 Basics 200-400 students in a large lecture hall

3 days a week small group discussion twice a week

with approximately 20 students and an undergraduate TA

weekly programming assignments

Major CSE143 Themes Anatomy of a collection: ArrayIntList (to

understand ArrayList<E>) Linked lists Recursion, including backtracking Binary Trees Collections (Map, Set, List, Comparable) OO Concepts (inheritance, interfaces) Little OO Design and no practice with

programs that involve many objects

CSE143 Assignments

1 SortedIntList arrays, classes

2 LetterInventory arrays, classes

3 Assassin linked lists

4 Sieve queue adt

5 Grammar Solver recursion, map

6 Anagram Solver backtracking, map

7 20 Questions binary trees

8 Huffman binary trees, priority queue