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Semester week
(year week)
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Dates
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Lectures
Wed 3-5 pm in Phys T
Thu 2-3 pm in Phys T
(lectures by Peter unless other lecturer is shown)
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Tutorials / Labs / Quizzes
CIST labs
(labs and quizzes by Alistair)
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Assignments /
Lab quizzes
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1 (30)
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24 and 25 Jul
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Wed: Course introduction and administrative issues (lecture 1); and
Study of Computer Science (chapter 0, lecture 2)
Thu: Beginnings (chapter 1, lecture 3)
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No lab or tutorial.
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2 (31)
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31 Jul and 1 Aug
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Wed: Control (chapter 2, lectures 4 and 5)
Thu: Visual Python; and Application example 1: Gravity simulation, lecture 6) (Alistair)
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Laboratory 1: Getting familiar with the computing environment, IDLE (new), and getting Python started.
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3 (32)
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7 and 8 Aug
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Wed: Algorithms and Program development (chapter 3, lecture 7); and
Working with strings, part 1 (chapter 4, lecture 8) (Chris - Peter away)
Thu: Guest lecture Prof Paul Francis
(Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics):
Programming in Astrophysics
(lecture 9)
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Laboratory 2: Control and algorithms (new: incorporate Visual Python)
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Assignment 1 released
(Chris)
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4 (33)
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14 and 15 Aug
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Wed: Working with strings, part 2 (chapter 4, lecture 10) (Chris); and
Files and exceptions (chapter 5, lect 10);
Discussion on assignment 1 (Chris)
Thu: Functions (chapter 6, lect 11)
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Laboratory 3: Working with strings
Quiz 1
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5 (34)
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21 and 22 Aug
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Wed: Lists and tuples, part 1 (chapter 7, lecture 12); and
Application example 2: Bioinformatics, part 1 (Peter)
Thu: Lists and tuples, part 1 (chapter 7, lecture 13)
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Laboratory 4:Files, exceptionsand functions
Quiz 2
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6 (35)
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28 and 29 Aug
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Wed: More on functions (chapter 8, lecture 14); and
Application example 2: Bioinformatics, part 2 (Peter)
Thu: Dictionaries and sets, part 1 (chapter 9, lecture 15)
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Laboratory 5: Lists and tuples
Quiz 3
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7 (36)
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4 and 5 Sep
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Wed: Dictionaries and sets, part 2 (chapter 9, lecture 16); (Chris - Peter away)
More on programming development (chapter 10, lecture 17); (Chris - Peter away)
Thu: No lecture (Assigment 1 due)
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Catch-up / assignment support lab
(only selected Tuesday lab groups)
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Assignment 1 due (Thursday 5 Sept, 5 pm)
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Mid Semester Break (Saturday 7 September to Sunday 22 September)
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8 (39)
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25 and 26 Sep
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Wed: Assignment 1 feedback;
Introduction to classes, part 1 (chapter 11, lecture 18)
Thu: Introduction to classes, part 2 (chapter 11, lecture 19)
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Laboratory 6: Dictionaries and sets
Quiz 4
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9 (40)
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2 and 3 Oct
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Wed: More on classes (chapter 12, lectures 20 and 21)
Thu: Program development with classes (chapter 13, lecture 22); Discussion on Assignment 2
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Laboratory 7: Introduction to classes
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Assignment 2 released
(Peter)
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10 (41)
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9 and 10 Oct
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Wed: Files and exceptions (chapter 14, lecture 23); and
Application example 3: Discrete event simulation, part 1 (Chris - TBC)
Thu: Guest lecture John Pye (solar simulation with Python)
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Laboratory 8: More on classes
Quiz 5
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11 (42)
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16 and 17 Oct
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Wed: Testing (chapter 15, lecture 24); and
Application example Dicrete event simulation, part 2 (Chris - TBC)
Thu: Recursion (chapter 16, lecture 25)
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Catch-up / assignment support lab
(only in selected lab groups)
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12 (43)
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23 and 24 Oct
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Wed: Other fun stuff with Python (chapter 17, lecture 26); and
Numerical issues (not covered in text book, lecture 27) (Alistair - TBC);
Thu: No lecture (Assigment 2 due)
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No lab or tutorial.
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Assignment 2 due
(Thursday 24 Oct, 5 pm)
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13 (44)
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30 and 31 Oct
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Wed: Course review and exam preparation lecture (lecture 28)
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No lab or tutorial.
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