Intro to Computer Programming - Python
CSCI-UA.0002.02 - Summer II 2015
Nathan Hull

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Syllabus

• Class hours: Monday thru Thursday, 1:30-3:05 PM, ROOM 201
• Office hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 3:15-4:15 PM, CIWW, Room 322

General course information

Required Text

Starting Out with Python - 3nd Ed., by Tony Gaddis Publisher: Pearson Higher Ed Softcover: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Starting-Out-with-Python-3E/9780133582734.page ISBN-10: 0133582736 • ISBN-13: 9780133582734 Ebook: http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/starting-out-with-python-coursesmart-etextbook-0133578143

Additional Textbooks / Resources: (Optional)

Visual Quickstart Guide to Python by Tony Donaldson Peachpit Press, 2009 ISBN-10: 0321585445 ISBN-13: 978-0321585448

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python 3rd Edition -- free! by Jeffrey Elkner, Peter Wentworth, Allen B. Downey, and Chris Meyers (Using Python 3) http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/ A Byte of Python by CH Swaroop http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/python/

Software

• Python Resources

Grading

There will be one midterm exam and one final exam. Your grade will be 30 percent for the midterm, 40 percent for the final and 30 percent for the homework. If you plan to continue with computer science courses such as CSCI-UA.0101, you *MUST* get a grade of C or better in this course. No exceptions will be made.

The homework assignments are required and will consist of programming assignments. Details are posted on the Assignments page of this site.

Topics

Introduction to Programming Languages

Python Basics

Working with variables and operations

Control Structures

Repetition Structures

Working with Text

Functions and Modules

Lists

* Writing scripts for the Web and additional topics will be included time-permitting

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