| Date | Reading | Format |
| M 8/28 | Introduction to class | L |
| W 8/30 | R1: Pascal, Leibniz | L/D |
| F 9/1 | R2: Babbage, Lovelace | L |
| M 9/4 | --Labor Day-- | -- |
| W 9/6 | R2 | S |
| F 9/8 | R2 | D |
| M 9/11 | R3: Boole | L |
| W 9/13 | R3 | S |
| F 9/15 | R3 | D |
| M 9/18 | R4: Turing | L |
| W 9/20 | R4 | S |
| F 9/22 | R4 | D |
| M 9/25 | R5: Von Neumann | L |
| W 9/27 | R5 | S |
| F 9/29 | R5 | D |
| M 10/2 | R6: Aiken | L |
| W 10/4 | R7: Godel | L |
| F 10/6 | --Fall Break-- | -- |
| M 10/9 | R6 + Midterm paper due | S/D |
| W 10/11 | R7 | D |
| F 10/13 | R8: Bush | L |
| M 10/16 | R9: Licklider | L |
| W 10/18 | R8,R9 | S |
| F 10/20 | R8,R9 | D |
| M 10/23 | R10: Shannon | L |
| W 10/25 | R10 | S |
| F 10/27 | R10 | D |
| M 10/30 | R11: Wiener | L |
| W 11/1 | R11 | S |
| F 11/3 | R11 | D |
| M 11/6 | R12: Simon | L |
| W 11/8 | R12 | S |
| F 11/10 | R12 | D |
| M 11/13 | R13: Karp/Dijkstra | L |
| W 11/15 | 13 | S |
| F 11/17 | R13 | D |
| M 11/20 | R14: Brooks | L |
| W 11/22 | R15: Clarke | D |
| F 11/24 | -- Thanksgiving -- | -- |
| M 11/27 | R14 | S,D |
| W 11/29 | R16: Gardner | : |
| F 12/1 | R16 | S,D |
| M 12/4 | R17: Papert | L |
| W 12/6 | R17 | S |
| F 12/8 | R17 | D |
| M 12/11 | R18: Feynman | L |
| W 12/13 | Summary + Final Paper Due | L |
| SAT 12/16 | 1:30-4:00 pm: FINAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS | -- |