Bachelor 2024/2025

Introduction into Python

Type: Compulsory course (International Business)

Area of studies: Management

Delivered by: Big Data and Information Retrieval School

Where: Graduate School of Business

When: 2 year, 3 module

Mode of studies: distance learning

Online hours: 24

Open to: everyone

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course is designed to help students with no prior computer programming experience learn to think computationally and write code to solve problems using Python. This course will cover the basics of computing and procedural programming, including mathematical, relational, and logical operators, variables and variable types, the basics of style and commenting, iterative solutions, arrays, matrices and their applications, sorting and searching algorithms, elements of string processing, structures, ways to correctly store and represent information. Students will be able to organize code in functions and save time by writing code that can be reused. Students will learn about Python modules and how to make use of them. Interaction with files using Python is also included in this course. Each topic is illustrated with a set of real-world examples.