Advanced knowledge which implies a critical understanding of theories and principles related to the subjects of Computer Science and Programming.
The aim of the course is to present to the students of the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering the basic concepts and principles that govern Computer Science as well as Programming. During the course, students come into contact with the concept of computing thinking while developing programming skills and abilities with the help of the programming language Python.
Topics covered in the course “Introduction to Programming (Python Programming Language”) involve:
- introduction to Computer Science and the historical development of Computers,
- introduction to Algorithms and Programming,
- representation of Algorithms with flowcharts, pseudocode,
- algorithms and data structures,
- programming languages and design techniques,
- specifications, design, coding, verification, documentation and maintenance of programs.
In addition, in the context of the laboratory exercises, a detailed presentation is made concerning:
- Python introductory components, installation on different operating systems,
- sequential, selection, range function, and repetition algorithms (for, while) through examples and exercises,
- data structures (lists, tuples, sets, dictionaries),
- strings, with a further description of the operators, functions and methods associated with them,
- functions, function syntax, parameters and variables,
- Python libraries – modules,
- object-oriented programming, objects and classes,
- Graphical User Interfaces using Python.
