COMP1730 / COMP6730 - Programming for Scientists

Welcome to COMP1730 / COMP6730 in 2013. This Web site contains information for interested students, such as an overview of the course content, the text book to be used, and links to relevant information on the Study@ANU Web site.

Please note that the Wattle system will be used to provide course content.

General course information

• Course coordinator and lecturers: Peter Christen (course coordinator), Alistair Rendell, and Chris Johnson.

• Lecture and lab/tutorial times from ANU Timetablelling.

• Course schedule.

• Administrative course handout: This handout contains important administrative information about the course. The current version is preliminary and will be updated at the beginning of the semester.

• Text book: The Practice of Computing using Python
  2nd Edition
  by William Punch and Richard Enbody, Addison-Wesley, 2012.
  ISBN-10: 0-13-280557-X
  ISBN-13: 978-0-13-2805575-X
  See book page at the Coop bookshop.

• General course information: Is available from the COMP1730 Study@ANU and COMP6730 Study@ANU Web sites.