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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python.
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This course is the first of a two-course sequence: Introduction to Computer Science
and Programming Using Python, and Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data
Science. Together, they are designed to help people with no prior exposure to
computer science or programming learn to think computationally and write programs
to tackle useful problems. Some of the people taking the two courses will use them
as a stepping stone to more advanced computer science courses, but for many it will
be their first and last computer science courses. This run features lecture videos,
lecture exercises, and problem sets using Python 3.5. Even if you previously took
the course with Python 2.7, you will be able to easily transition to Python 3.5 in
future courses, or enroll now to refresh your learning.
Since these courses may be the only formal computer science courses many of the
students take, we have chosen to focus on breadth rather than depth. The goal is to
provide students with a brief introduction to many topics so they will have an idea
of what is possible when they need to think about how to use computation to
accomplish some goal later in their career. That said, they are not "computation
appreciation" courses. They are challenging and rigorous courses in which the
students spend a lot of time and effort learning to bend the computer to their
will.
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Institution: MITx
Subject: Computer Science
Level: Introductory
Prerequisites:
High school algebra and a reasonable aptitude for mathematics. Students without
prior programming background will find there is a steep learning curve and may have
to put in more than the estimated time effort.
Language: English
Video Transcript: English
Associated programs:
XSeries in Computational Thinking using Python
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A Notion of computation
The Python programming language
Some simple algorithms
Testing and debugging
An informal introduction to algorithmic complexity
Data structures
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About the instructors
John Guttag
Dugald C. Jackson Professor of
Computer Science and Electrical
Engineering • MIT
Eric Grimson
Bernard Gordon Professor of Medical
Engineering, Professor of Computer
Science • MIT
Ana Bell
Lecturer, Computer Science and
Electrical Engineering • MIT
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