Introduction to Programming (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Beginning: About Program language (Python 3). Course basics.
Middle: About programming and programming languages, program construction and environment and commands.
Ending: Rehearsals and extra information suggested by students. Final examination.

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
- describe the most important software application types and their typical features
- discuss the selection of a proper solution technology
- define the main concepts of programming such as source code, compiler, variable and data type
- read program code written by someone else
- utilize the most important decision and control structures
- recognize basic object-oriented concepts (class and its members, object, reference, exceptions)
- design and implement simple software applications
- draw a flow chart of the program.

Content

- software application structure
- development environment and tools
- variables and data types
- functions
- decision and control structures
- arrays and lists

Materials

The text made for this course in English.
The manual of the program language.

Teaching methods

Contact lessons, self studying and homeworks.

Exam schedules

The final exam at the end of the course.
Two occasions to do the re-examination.

International connections

Course activities lead to a self independent data mining to complement the course material.
"Programming is learned by programming".
The principles of the course concern about load in society and preservation of the nature

Student workload

Homeworks

Qualifications

Basic computer skills and high school or vocational school mathematics curriculum or equivalent skills.

Further information

Group communication to students mainly on Its'learning platform of the course.
Communication to the instructor mainly by email (matti.teittinen@turkuamk.fi).