CS108: An Introduction to Python
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
An introduction to some of the basic issues in computation through exercises in Python programming. Students will write relatively simple programs in several application areas, e.g. mathematics, graphics and biology. This is a good course for those who have no programing experience and who want preparation for taking CS 110; students learn about using an editor, program design, implementation, and testing. This is also a good course for scientists who wish to learn a popular scientific scripting language.
Prerequisites
- Place into MATH 130 on the MATH Placement Exam.
Textbooks
Title: Introduction to Programming in Java: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Author(s): Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition:
ISBN: 0321498054
Title: Introduction to the Theory of Computation
Author(s): Michael Sipser
Publisher: Course Technology
Edition:
ISBN: 0534950973
Title: Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design
Author(s): John Lewis and William Loftus
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Edition:
ISBN: 0321532058
Title: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Author(s): Harold Abelson and Gerald Sussman
Publisher: MIT Press
Edition:
ISBN: 0262011530
Introductory course in python for beginners covering Python programming and computational problem solving.