After successful completion of the course, students are able to write simple programs in C++ or C, and also will be able to implement problems of higher complexity. They can use external classes to numerically solve physics problems. They are able to understand further reading and also will be able to adapt to other programming languages.

• Introduction into programming und its fundamental paradigms;
• simple algorithms and their application to numerical physics problems;
• numerical accuracy;
• usage of programming libraries;
• data processing and visualization;
• main features of software design.

Lecture and integrated exercises. In the framework of the exercises programming problems are to be solved independently.

This course is held in four parallel sections. Please use TISS to register for one of the sections and take note of the registration deadline:

• Monday afternoon 14:00 – 17:00
• Tuesday morning 10:00 – 13:00  (this section is held in English, lecture materials are in German)
• Tuesday afternoon 14:00 – 17:00
• Wednesday afternoon 14:00 – 17:00

Requirements for this class are divided into three equal parts:

• 10-12 Coding exercises
• First test, which is a take-home exam, where you have to develop a larger programme by yourself
• Second test, which is either a written or oral coding exam

For a positive mark, you must score more than half of the points in each of the three parts. Requirements: > 50% Genügend, ≥ 62,5% Befriedigend, ≥ 75% Gut, ≥ 87,5% Sehr gut.

For students who fail or miss either the first or the second test, there is a substititute test.