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Calendar

This table shows the lectures, software labs, and design labs for each week. Some of the software labs could not be included on MIT OpenCourseWare, and are not shown here.

Exam 1 and Exam 2 took place at the beginning of the week, before that week's lecture.

 

WEEK # LECTURES SOFTWARE LABS DESIGN LABS KEY DATES
1 Welcome to 6.01   Polynomial class  
2 Inheritance, functional programming, recursion   Controlling robots  
3 Signals and systems Signal class Modeling control systems  
4 Feedback and control System function class Staggering proportions  
5 Designing control systems   Sizable following Exam 1
6 Circuits   Divide et impera Interview 1
7 Op-amps Solving equations For your eyes only  
8 Solving circuits, circuit abstractions Describing circuits Turning heads  
9 Discrete probability   Visually attractive  
10 Bayesian estimation   Hallway world Exam 2
11     I walk the line Interview 2
12 Search algorithms      
13 Optimal search algorithms Plan 13 from outer space I'm the map!  
14 Final lecture and student feedback Go, speed racer!    
15       Final exam