| Jan. 18 | Introduction to the course |
| Jan. 25 | Pascal, Leibniz, Babbage, Lovelace |
| Feb. 1 | Boole*, Aiken |
| Feb. 8 | Turing |
| Feb. 15 | Von Neumann |
| Feb. 22 | Berkeley, Bush |
| Mar. 1 | Dijkstra, Karp, Algol 60 |
| Mar. 8 | Gardner, Braitenberg* |
| Mar. 15 | Gödel* |
| Mar. 22 | [Reschedule -- Mike out of town] Licklider, Engelbart |
| Mar. 29 | Spring Break |
| Apr. 5 | Simon, Wiener* |
| Apr. 12 | Clarke*, Sutherland |
| Apr. 19 | Brooks*, Shannon* |
| Apr. 26 | Turkle*, Papert* |
| May 3 | Feynman, Hofstadter* |
Special event: Monday March 13. 2001: A Space Odyssey (viewing)