DEV 108 - Introduction to Python Programming

5 CR

Previously PROG 108.
Using the Python programming language, students learn and apply the fundamental principles of programming. Students plan and design solutions, write computer statements to solve required problems, learn procedural programming, and document and debug computer applications.

Prerequisite(s): Placement by assessment into MATH 130 or completion of MATH 98 with a C or better, or MATH 78 with a C or better, or the equivalent course from another college. Also, placement by assessment into ENGL 101, or completion of ENGL 92 or ENGL 93 with a C or better.

Course Outcomes

Plan, design, and test an application using an integrated development environment
Create applications using the language’s syntax, and document the application using comments.
Declare and use variables with the language’s built-in data-types, built-in functions, and understand their scope.
Use appropriate arithmetic, logical and comparison operators to develop complex expressions.
Use “If” statements and expressions to implement selection structures.
Use the “For” and “While” statements to invoke repetition structures.
Design programs that invoke and define functions utilizing input parameters and return values and store user-defined functions in modules.
Create and use a collection of data items as set by the data structures for the scripting language.

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