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About the unit CITS1401 Computational Thinking with Python (1st and 2nd semester 2023)
Unit description:
Computers are everywhere and in nearly everything - the watch you wear, the phone you use, the car you drive, the games you play and, increasingly, in your home. CITS140 I is the first step along your path to being able to use computers to solve problems. Because computers cannot yet work using human languages, computer languages have been devised to allow algorithms encoding solutions to problems to be executed on computers. In this unit you will learn about, and use, the very popular language Python 3. Along the way you will also learn some problem solving techniques and how to create algorithms; you will also learn how computers execute your programs
Unit outcomes:
Students are able to (1) create algorithms using computational thinking to solve a range of problems; (2) write programs using Python 3 to implement algorithms; (3) demonstrate the process of computational problem solving; and (4) apply common approaches to computational problem solving.
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Indicative weekly topics:
| week 1 |
Introduction to the course and computational thinking |
| week 2 |
Introduction to software development process and Python |
| week 3 |
Decisions and simple loop |
| week 4 |
Functions and strings |
| week 5 |
Sequences, list and file processing |
| week 6 |
Indefinite and nested loops |
| week 7 |
Exceptions handling |
| week 8 |
Non-structured data and dictionaries |
| week 9 |
Simulation and design |
| week 10 |
Objects and classes |
| week 11 |
Algorithm design and recursion |
| week 12 |
Final exam discussion |
Indicative assessment:
5 Labs, 2 projects and final exam
Useful prior programming and software experience:
Hardware required for this unit:
Students are able to undertake their laboratory exercises and projects in laboratories in the CSSE building, but most students also complete work on their own laptops.
The following hardware is required to successfully complete this unit:Standard laptop
Software required for this unit:
Students are able to undertake their laboratory exercises and projects in laboratories in the CSSE building, but most students also complete work on their own laptops.
The following software is required to successfully complete this unit:Thonny and
Python
Operating system(s) used in this unit:
Different units will use different operating systems for their teaching - for in-class examples, laboratory exercises, and programming projects.
If an operating system is REQUIRED, it will be used when marking assessments.
Windows suitable (win10 or later);macOS suitable (Big Sur or later)
This information last updated 6:46pm Thu 20th Apr 2023
