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Date(s)	Weekly Topic	Activities
Unit 1 - Classic Searching and Sorting Algorithms
8/21-8/27	Week 0: Staring the course	Course Kickoff Video Create pseudocode for a problem Code one potential solution for the problem
8/28-9/3	Week 1: Search Algorithms	Introductions to: Linear Search Binary search Big-Oh Notation
9/4-9/10	Week 2: The Study of Algorithms Sorting Algorithms, part 1	Introductions to: The Study of Algorithms Bubble Sort Insertion Sort Selection Sort
9/11-9/17	Week 3: Sorting Algorithms, part 2	Analyzing our initial three sorts Modifying our initial three sorts
9/18-9/24	Week 4: What is Recursion	Learning a new and powerful algorithmic technique for solving certain tasks.
9/25-10/1	Week 5: Sorting Algorithms, part 3	Adding: Merge Sort [Python Solution] Quick Sort [Python Solution]
	Take Competency Demo #1 [Study Guide]
Unit 2 - OO Programming
10/2-10/8	Week 6: What are Objects
10/9-10/15	Week 7: Design and Code an Object
Unit 3 - Explaining ADTs
10/16-10/22	Week 8: What are ADTS, Stacks and Queues
Unit 4 - Forms of Intelligent Search
10/23-10/29	Week 9: BFS and DFS
10/30-11/5	Week 10: Programming Twiddle Search
11/6-11/12	Week 11: Programming Twiddle Search
11/13-11/19	Week 12: Wrap up Twiddle and Introduce The Priority Queue ADT
11/21-11/27	Week 13: Start A* Search
11/21-11/27	Take Competency Demo #2 [Study Guide]
11/28-12/4	Week 13b: Finish A* Search
Unit 5 - Project
12/5-12/15	Final Research Project
12/15	Final Research Project Due