After successful completion of the course, students are able to

• describe important concepts of a modern programming language
• implement small programs
• design and implement simple algorithms
• compare the complexity of selected algorithms and justify the selection of an algorithm for a given problem

The following topics are covered in this course:

• basic programming concepts (variables, data types, branches, loops)
• functions and recursion
• lists and dictionaries
• testing and debugging
• exceptions
• classes and OOP
• complexity of algorithms
• searching algorithms
• sorting algorithms
• stack and queue
• trees

Python is used as programming language.

• online-lectures with discussions (recordings will be made available)
• exercise sheets
• discussion of exercise sheets during exercise part of lectures
• programming test
• online tests (TUWEL) for algorithmic topics

Preliminary lecture: Monday, March 1, 2021 from 7:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.,

Lectures are on Monday, 6:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and  Thursday 6:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m in room GM 2.

Workload estimation (ECTS Breakdown): 125 hours = 5 ECTS

•     lecture attendance (45 hours)
•     homework exercises (55 hours)
•     test preparation (25 hours)

All information, documents and exercises will be available on the TUWEL platform of the course.

For further questions please send an e-mail to: gpa@list.tuwien.ac.at

The grading is based on the performance during the labs:

• number of solved examples from 8 exercise sheets
• three tests, the best two tests count
  • programming test
  • TUWEL test
  • extra test (programming test)

Tests are planned to be held online. They will be conducted via Zoom. Being able to join a Zoom meeting with both, Audio and Video (at least one camera ist required) enabeld is a prerequisite for taking the exam.

In case the overall Covid-19 situation allows for it, the tests may be held on campus. The format of the tests remains unchanged (i.e. programming test and TUWEL-test), however they will take place in lecture halls of the universities. In this case, each student is required to bring her/his own Laptop for taking the exam. If this is not possible at all, please contact the course team.

This course is offered for studies with code numbers starting with 045 006. Registrations with other code numbers will be refused.