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Syllabus PYTHON FOR EARTH SCIENCES - 76634
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Last update 10-09-2024
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Programming Instruction Unit

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: E. Safra

Course/Module Coordinator: Adi Ben Shalom

Coordinator Email: adi.ben-shalom@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: See moodle

Teaching Staff:
Ms. Ben- Shalom Adi

Course/Module description:
Understanding computer programming, learning to program and solve problems using python.

Course/Module aims:
Presenting the computing principles, learning to program in Python.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Understand computing principles and program in Python

Attendance requirements(%):
none

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Frontal lectures in a computer lab, weekly programming assignments

Course/Module Content:
Python Interpreter
Variables, statements, expressions, built-in functions
Input/Output, using files
Program execution, from a file, interpreter, compiler
Strings, string functions
Branching and decisions, Boolean expressions, if statements
Defining Functions
Data Containers:
strings, lists, tuples, dictionaries, sets
Nested Data structures
Using text files
List Comprehension.

Required Reading:
none

Additional Reading Material:
Recommended: Google python course : https://developers.google.com/edu/python/
Python official documentation:
http://www.python.org/doc/

http://interactivepython.org/courselib/static/thinkcspy/index.html
http://cscircles.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/
http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.pdf
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Think_Python
http://files.swaroopch.com/python/byteofpython_120.pdf
http://www.itmaybeahack.com/book/python-2.6/html/index.html
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/
http://pymbook.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Grading Scheme :

Additional information:
The final grade will be determined by the exercises handed in and by the student's test score at the end of the course. To take the test, the students must submit, on time, at least 9 of the exercises that will be given during the course
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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