Aeronautical Engineering BEng/MEng
Introductory Programming 2 ENG2083
- Academic Session: 2024-25
- School: School of Engineering
- Credits: 10
- Level: Level 2 (SCQF level 8)
- Typically Offered: Semester 1
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
Short Description
This introduces the knowledge and skills necessary to write simple computer programs using a modern programming language, capture mathematical problems and algorithms in programming code, and then write structured hierarchical code. Python is used as the exemplar language.
Timetable
2 lectures and a laboratory per week
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
60% Final programming challenge - including Brief Report.
40% Set Exercises - Laboratory Exercises
Course Aims
The aims of this course are to:
■ equip the candidate with the skills and knowledge necessary to write hierarchical, structured programs in a modern programming language;
■ introduce the concepts necessary for the construction of large programs;
■ foster the ability to adhere to specifications when writing modules of large programs.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ write practical functioning Python programming code which makes full use of the following constructs:
■ simple and complex data types and data structures;
■ operators;
■ flow control statements;
■ standard library functions;
■ self written functions and subroutines;
■ describe the syntax of the Python programming language;
■ find and correct errors in student written code, and example code;
■ design, write, compile and run simple programs using an Integrated Development Environment..
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components of the course's summative assessment.
Students must attend the timetabled laboratory classes.
Students should attend at least 75% of the timetabled classes of the course.
Note that these are minimum requirements: good students will achieve far higher participation/submission rates. Any student who misses an assessment or a significant number of classes because of illness or other good cause should report this by completing a MyCampus absence report.