Department of Computer Science
Pomona College
CS 051A PO—Intro to Computer Science with Topics in AI
Spring 2025

Lecture Instructor

Dave Kauchak
e-mail: David.last_name@pomona.edu
office hours: Edmunds 224
  Mon 9:30-10:30am
  Wed 9:30-10:30am
  Thu 10-11am
  and by appointment

Lab Instructor

Zilong Ye
e-mail: Zilong.last_name@pomona.edu
office hours: Edmunds 115 - Thu 3-4:30pm

Mentor hours (in Edmunds 229)

• Thu 7-9pm (Harper)
• Sat 3-5pm (Robin)
• Sun 12-2pm (Elshiekh), 8-10pm (Max)

Assignment submission:

Web page: http://www.cs.pomona.edu/classes/cs51a/

Textbook: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition. Brad Miller and David Ranum, based on original work by Jeffrey Elkner, Allen B. Downey, and Chris Meyers. It is available online for free.

Final exam: Monday, May 12, 2-5pm (Section 1) and Wednesday, May 14 2-5pm (Section 2)

Other information:

• Administrative
• List of all code examples
• The official Python tutorial
• The official Python documentation including libraries