Course Desc<x>ription
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<br>This course introduces fundamental programming concepts in the Python language and related environment.  
<br>Fundamental concepts include overview of computer systems, Python environment setup, Python language 
<br>overview, command line interface, numbers, string formatting, sequences, dictionaries and sets, control flow, 
<br>exception, file, function, recursion, ob<x>ject orientation, inheritance, polymorphism, and modules.  The 
<br>programming environment will be primarily text-ba<x>sed in Unix environment, although graphical user interface 
<br>(IDLE) and web-ba<x>sed (Jupyter) will also be demonstrated.  
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<br>Textbooks
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<br>One of the following (to be decided)
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<br>- David I. Schneider, An Introduction to Programming Using Python, Global Edition, Pearson, 2016.
<br>- Tony Gaddis, Starting Out with Python, Global Edition, Fourth Edition, Pearson, 2019.
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<br>References
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<br>- Mark Summerfield, Programming in Python 3: A Complete Introduction to the Python Language, Second 
<br>Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2010, Person Education, Inc., Boston, MA  USA.
<br>- Python website, www.python.org
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<br>Teaching Method
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<br>- 2 hours of recorded lecture and 1 hour of in-person discussion per week.
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<br>Syllabus
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<br>Week 1	Introduction, environment setup
<br>Week 2	Language overview
<br>Week 3	Basic data types, command line
<br>Week 4	Command line interface (cont'd), strings, formatting
<br>Week 5	Sequence (lists, tuples, strings), dictionaries, sets
<br>Week 6	Control flow (if-elif-else, while-loop, for-loop)
<br>Week 7	Exceptions, files
<br>Week 8	Functions
<br>Week 9	Functions (continued), recursion
<br>Week 10	ob<x>ject Oriented Programming Part 1: ob<x>jects, Classes, Methods
<br>Week 11	ob<x>ject Oriented Programming Part 2: Inheritance, Polymorphism
<br>Week 12	Networking
<br>Week 13	Modules and Applications
<br>Week 14	Modules and Applications
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<br>Evaluation 
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<br>15% midterm
<br>25% final
<br>40% assignments
<br>5% participation
<br>15% programming project
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<br>Website
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<br>To be announced