Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the course a student can implement small programs in the programming language Python and can apply basic programming concepts to solve small programming tasks. After the course the student understands the basic functionality of a computation device and how one can control it with programs.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 03.09.2024 - 13.12.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Barbara Keller

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Functionality of a computation device. Basic programming tools and structures, such as variables, loops, conditional statements, reading from and writing to files, functions, and classes. Simple algorithms for common tasks. 

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Assessment consists of weekly programming tasks, and an individual programming exam.

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Contact teaching 48 h, Independent learning 75 h. The course has an exam.

DETAILS

Study Material
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Course material and online programming exercises. Details will be provided in MyCourses.

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language: English

    Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - II
    2025-2026 Autumn I - II