These lectures were given over 14 weeks (2 hours theory + 2 hours practice) since the spring semester of 2023-2024, please see also the current syllabus below. The theory slides were here restructured to reduce any repetition and references to in-class exercises. Many errors likely remained however and comments are welcome.
Exams (and example exams) of both the final and midterm exams are provided further down. If you are a student using the exam examples to study, be aware that the course can undergo changes over the years.
| Lecture | Topics | Slides | Tasks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to computers & algorithms | (pdf) | |
| 2 | Python basics | (pdf) (html) | (pdf) |
| 3 | Control flow, branching, lists, and iterators | (pdf) (html) | (pdf) |
| 4 | Iteration, sequences, strings, and arrays | (pdf) (html) | (pdf) |
| 5 | Iteration, sequences, strings, and arrays (part B) | (pdf) | |
| 6 | Arrays and simple plots | (pdf) | |
| 7 | Functions | (pdf) (html) | |
| 8 | Input/Output and error-handling | (pdf) (html) | |
| 9 | Modules & script documentation | (pdf) (html) | (pdf) |
| 10 | Arrays, vectors & linear algebra | (pdf) (html) | |
| 11 | Plots and visualizations | (pdf) (html) | (pdf) |
| 12 | Data, Dictionaries, and Pandas | (pdf) (html) | (pdf) |
| 13 | Classes, class hierarchy, special methods | (pdf) (html) | (pdf) |
| 14 | Testing, Debugging, and Performance | (pdf) |
| Content | File(s) |
|---|---|
| Script (.py) solutions of in-class exercises | (zip) |
| Sample files for exercises (lecture 11) | (zip) |
| First project (topics description) | (pdf) |
| Second project (topics description) | (pdf) |
| Year | Exam name | Questions | Solutions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | Midterm exam | (pdf) | (pdf) |
| 2023-2024 | Midterm exam (retake) | (pdf) | (pdf) |
| 2023-2024 | Midterm exam (2nd retake) | (pdf) | (pdf) |
| 2023-2024 | Example final exam | (pdf) | (pdf) |
| 2023-2024 | Final exam | (pdf) | (pdf) |
| 2023-2024 | Final exam (retake) | (pdf) | (pdf) |
| 2024-2025 | Midterm exam | (pdf) | (pdf) |
| 2024-2025 | Midterm exam (retake) | (pdf) | (pdf) |
| 2024-2025 | Final exam | (pdf), (data) | (pdf) |
| Year | Topic | Questions | Solutions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | Lecture 4: arrays | Arrays (pdf), | |
| 2023-2024 | Lecture 4: simple plots | Plots (pdf) | |
| 2023-2024 | Lecture 5: functions | (pdf) | |
| 2023-2024 | Lecture 6: I/O and error-handling | (pdf) | |
| 2023-2024 | Lecture 7: Modules | (pdf) | |
| 2023-2024 | Lecture 8: Numpy arrays | (pdf) |
