COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPUTER PROGRAMMING I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIL 2205 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING I COMPULSORY 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Statistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEDAT ÇAPAR

Offered to

Statistics
Statistics(Evening)

Course Objective

This course provides students who have basic knowledge about algorithm development and computer-oriented problem solving methodologies, to application development and structured programming concepts and design techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describing the syntax of the programming language,
2   Using control structures,
3   Writing computer program for an algorithm,
4   Developing function and procedure,
5   Debugging,
6   Developing applications for essential statistical methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Algorithms and Their History Origin of the word Algorithms by the ancients The basic features of the algorithm
2 Number Systems and Basic Structures in Algorithms Binary, octal, hexadecimal etc. number systems
3 Flow-Chart Diagrams Start and end symbols Arrows Input and output symbols Conditional symbol, Pseudocode
4 Introduction to Python Programming Language, Programming environment
5 Data Types, Variables
6 Operators and Expressions Arithmetic operators Relational operators
7 Logical operators, Control Statements
8 Mid-term exam
9 Conditional statements, Select statements
10 Loop statements
11 Data Import-Export
12 Functions
13 Functions
14 Modules and Packages

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Think Python, 2nd edition, Allen B. Downey, 2016
Supplementary Book(s):
1 - CS for All, Christine Alvarado, Zachary Dodds, Geoff Kuenning, Ran Libeskind-Hadas, 2013
2 - Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python, Second Edition, John V. Guttag, MIT Press, 2013

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned and presented in a discussion session. In some weeks of the course, results of the homework given previously are discussed.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of exams and homeworks

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

alper.vahaplar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15325
LO.25325
LO.35325
LO.45325
LO.55325
LO.653325