Fundamentals of Programming 10-weeks course aims at teaching the basics of computation and programming using the popular and easy to use Python programming language . The course will cover basics of computation, programming, logic, python, and how to make simple software projects.

Application Deadline:

August 10, 2022

Start Date:

August 16, 2022  

Course Duration:

10 weeks / 5 days a week / 9am to 2pm

Setting:

On site at SA Center in Sinuni and remotely over Zoom.

Content and Subject Matter:

Understanding Computation and Computers

• Computers, computational Models

• Programming languages

• Mathematical models

• Data

• Software setup

Understanding data structures with Python

• Data structures and their operations

• Lists

• Sets

• Tuples

• Dictionaries

Math operations and string data operations

• Math operations with Python

• String data and their methods with Python

Input, output, and Conditional statements in Python

• Inputs in Python

• Outputs in Python

• Conditional statements in Python(If, else, elif)

• Practical projects

Problem solving

• Problem solving with programming

• Algorithms

• Computational thinking

Looping in Python

• For Loop

• Do-while loop

• While loop

• Projects

• Practical projects

Advanced conditional statements

• Nested if statements

• Switch case

• Practical projects

Functions in Python

• Functions

• Methods of functions

• Algorithmic thinking

• Practical projects

Data and time in Python

• Data and time functions in Python

OOP concepts

• Intro to OOP

• Classes

• Methods

• Practical projects

Version Control and Developer tools

• Github

• Browser tools

• Tips

Problem solving with Python

• Mind maps

• Problem solving strategies

• Solving guided problems using Python