CSC 236 Data Structures
Berea College
CSC 236: Data Structures Website, Berea College
Dr. Jan Pearce
Berea College Fall 2026 Offering
Day 1: Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Day 1: In class
- Welcome!
- List all of the data structures you used in Python
- What is data structures about? And what is it NOT about?
- Read the first part of The Impact of AI on Computer Science Education
- Discussion of course: content, texts, syllabus, flow, other ideas
- Sign up for our first text: C++ for Python Programmers. Be sure to use (or make) the login from your Berea email and Berea username and then sign-up for the book bc_cpp4py-f26. (Note that the account you used in CSC 226 should be fine as long as the email address is your Berea College one.)
- Data structures game
Day 1: Outside of class: (Note: all assignments in this course are due by noon on the due date unless otherwise specified.)
- Complete A00:Getting Started and submit to Moodle by noon on Friday. Note that there are 6 tasks, some of which will take some time:
- Help us get to know you better
- Connect Data Structures to your career
- Set-up your Required IDE (this will take some time!)
- Read the syllabus to understand the course structure
- Going through the link in Moodle, read both Chapters 1 and 2 of C++ for Python Programmers and the course syllabus and do all activities in preparation for a potential reading quiz. Note that if you do not go through the link to the book, not only will you not get participation points, butyou will not be able to do the activities and will not be adequately prepared for the reading quiz.
- Introduce yourself to the class and the TAs on Slack
- An additional assignment has been posted with a longer deadline. See A01: Interview with a CSC 236 TA, which is due Wednesday, September 2 at noon. You can currently do this at any time before then, but I may set up a schedule if too many people procrastinate. The TAs are eager to meet you. Part of becoming a professional is learning to manage your time both effectively and efficiently. Assignments with longer deadlines like this are best to do at your earliest convenience, and part of becoming a professional is to learn to manage your own calendar. Mark your calendar for your best evening to go that is well before the deadline, so you are not held up by any procrastinators who have not yet learned to manage their calendars, and who do everything at the very last minute.