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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python is intended for students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students, regardless of their major, feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class uses the Python 3.5 programming language.
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Description
Goals
- Provide an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems.
- Help students, including those who do not plan to major in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, feel confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals.
- Position students so that they can compete for research projects and excel in subjects with programming components.
Textbook
The textbook isÂ
 
 Guttag, John. Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python: With Application to Understanding Data Second Edition. MIT Press, 2016. ISBN: 9780262529624. The book and the course lectures parallel each other, though there is more detail in the book about some topics. It is available both in hard copy and as an e-book.
Lecture and Recitation Attendance
A significant portion of the material for this course will be presented only in lecture, so students are expected to regularly attend lectures. Recitations give students a chance to ask questions about the lecture material or the problem set for the given week. Sometimes, new material may be covered in recitation. Recitation attendance is encouraged but not required.Problem Sets and Quizzes
Each problem set will involve programming in Python. There will be 6 problem sets in the course. There will be two quizzes. All quizzes will be closed-book, though you will be allowed to bring one page of notes to the first quiz and two pages of notes to the second quiz. Pages must be letter-sized, double-sided, either handwritten or typed.Course content
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- What is Computation? 00:50:00
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- Branching and Iteration 00:50:00
- String Manipulation, Guess and Check, Approximations, Bisection 00:55:00
- Tuples, Lists, Aliasing, Mutability, and Cloning 00:55:00
- Testing, Debugging, Exceptions, and Assertions 00:55:00
- Python Classes and Inheritance 00:55:00
- Understanding Program Efficiency, Part 2 00:55:00
- Problem Set 1 00:00:00
- Problem Set 2 00:00:00
- Problem Set 3 00:00:00
- Problem Set 4 00:00:00
- Problem Set 5 00:00:00
Instructor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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