BE.180:Syllabus

MODULE	DAY	DATE	LECTURER	TA	Concept	Assignment
1	1	Tues Feb 7	DE	SS, LS	Biological Engineering & Programming DNA
2	1	Thurs Feb 9	DE	SS, LS	Abstraction: From DNA to Parts
2	2	Tues Feb 14	DE	SS, LS	Abstraction: From Parts to Devices	Assignment 1 released
3	1	Thurs Feb 16	DE	SS, LS	Device Modeling & Simplification
	President's Day holiday Feb 20, No class Tues Feb 21(Mon schedule)
GL	1	Thurs Feb 23	TK	SS, LS	Tom Knight lecture	Assignment 1 due
GL	2	Tues Feb 28	GJS	SS, LS	Gerry Sussman lecture
3	2	Thurs Mar 2	DE	SS, LS	Device Analysis	Assignment 2 released
3	3	Tues Mar 7	DE	SS, LS	Device Composition
4	1	Thurs Mar 9	DE	SS, LS	Decomposition of Complex Problems (3/10 is last day to add)	Assignment 2 due; 3 released
4	2	Tues Mar 14	DE	SS, LS	Devices, Revisited
4	3	Thurs Mar 16	DE	SS, LS	Genetic Devices & Device Modeling	Assignment 3 due
D	1	Tues Mar 21	DE	SS, LS	Discussion & Review
E	1	Thurs Mar 23	DE	SS, LS	Exam 1 (covers through 16 March lecture)
Spring Break Mar 27-31
5	1	Tues Apr 4	DE	SS, LS	Sequence Optimization
5	2	Thurs Apr 6	DE	SS, LS	DNA Detection & Identification	Assignment 4 released
6	1	Tues Apr 11	DE	SS, LS	Space and Time Systems
6	2	Thurs Apr 13	DE	SS, LS	Programming Space & Time Systems	Assignment 4 due
Patriot's day holiday April 17-18
7	1	Thurs Apr 20	DE	SS, LS	Programming Space & Time Systems
7	2	Tues Apr 25	DE	SS, LS	Growing Point Language	Assignment 5 released
7	3	Thurs Apr 27	DE	SS, LS	"Crop Circle" Language (4/27 is last day to drop)
7	4	Tues May 2	DE	SS, LS
7	5	Thurs May 4	DE	SS, LS	Semester review	Assignment 5 due
D	2	Tues May 9	DE	SS, LS
E	2	Thurs May 11	DE	SS, LS	Exam2 (comprehensive through 4 May lecture)
EOC	1	Tues May 16	DE	SS, LS	Course Evaluation & Wrap-Up
-	-	Thurs May 18	No class