CBE 263 Schedule 2026
Subject to Change
| Class | Day | Date | Topic | HW #, due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Th | 3-Sep | Course Intro. Excel basics | |
| 2 | T | 8-Sep | Arrays, fill, locked cells, plotting | 1, F 9/4 |
| 3 | Th | 10-Sep | Solving nonlinear equations | 2, W 9/9 |
| 4 | T | 15-Sep | Curve fitting | 3, F 9/11 |
| 5 | Th | 17-Sep | Rate equations | 4, T 9/15 |
| 6 | T | 22-Sep | Review, Midterm 1 | 5, F 9/18 |
| 7 | Th | 24-Sep | Python basics, VSCode, notebook files | |
| 8 | T | 29-Sep | Code organization, markdown, equations | 6, F 9/25 |
| 9 | Th | 1-Oct | Functions | 7, T 9/29 |
| 10 | T | 6-Oct | Conditionals, units | 8, F 10/2 |
| 11 | Th | 8-Oct | Loops | 9, T 10/6 |
| 12 | T | 13-Oct | Arrays | 10, F 10/9 |
| 13 | Th | 15-Oct | Review, Midterm 2 | 11, T 10/13 |
| 14 | T | 20-Oct | Variables, scope, tuples, dictionaries | |
| 15 | Th | 22-Oct | Ploting, numpy file i/o | 12, T 10/20 |
| 16 | T | 27-Oct | Modules and classes | 13, F 10/23 |
| 17 | Th | 29-Oct | Integration | 14, T 10/27 |
| 18 | T | 3-Nov | Nonlinear equations | 15, F 10/30 |
| 19 | Th | 5-Nov | Review, Midterm 3 | |
| 20 | T | 10-Nov | Args/tuple expansion, nonlinear HW, examples | 16, F 11/6 |
| 21 | Th | 12-Nov | Interpolation | 17, T 11/10 |
| 22 | T | 17-Nov | Curve fitting | 18, F 11/13 |
| 23 | Th | 19-Nov | Rate equations | 19, T 11/17 |
| 24 | T | 24-Nov | Review, Midterm 4 | 20, F 11/20 |
| 25 | T | 1-Dec | Symbolic math | |
| 26 | Th | 3-Dec | Widgets | 21, F 12/4 |
| 27 | T | 8-Dec | Python-Excel interface | 22, T 12/8 |
| 28 | Th | 10-Dec | Review | |
| Final | Sat | 12-Dec | Final Exam: 7:00-10:00 AM |