| Module Title: | Programming Systems |
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| Language of Instruction: | English |
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| Teaching & Learning Strategies: |
Teaching will take the form of lectures and problem-based learning during tutorials and practical classes where appropriate. |
| Module Aim: |
Provide students with fundamental programming skills using the Python programming language. |
| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to: |
| LO1 |
Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of software development and the building blocks of a high-level programming language, e.g. data types, iteration, tuples, lists, dictionaries, sets, and strings, etc.. |
| LO2 |
Following Pythonic stylistic and conventional guidelines, develop programs to solve basic engineering-based problems and use flowcharts to represent these programs. |
| LO3 |
Read from and write to files, read arguments from the shell, accept arguments from the shell, call and pass variables with functions or objects and employ modules where necessary. |
| LO4 |
Troubleshoot programs, use the Python3 debugger, trap and handle common errors that occur in programs. |
| LO5 |
Construct a program as part of a capstone project. |
| Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
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| No recommendations listed |
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. |
| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. |
| No requirements listed |
Module Content & Assessment
| Indicative Content |
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Flowcharts
Graphically represent the flow of a Python3 program.
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Core Python3 skills
Installation, running programs, data format, data types, sequence types.
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Iteration and Functions
Loops, conditionals, functions, passing arguments and comprehensions.
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Files and databases
Testing, writing, reading from files, interfacing with SQLite for storing non-volatile data.
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Regular expressions
Pattern matching, greedy, non-greedy, backreferences and anchors.
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OOP
Introduction to classes, methods and modules.
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Handling errors
Try/Except, exception, raise errors and exiting.
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Capstone Project
Individual project to consolidate all the elements of the module.
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Continuous Assessment | 40.00% |
| Project | 40.00% |
| Practical | 20.00% |
| Continuous Assessment |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Case Studies |
n/a |
1,2,3,4 |
40.00 |
n/a |
| Project |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Project |
n/a |
1,2,3,4,5 |
40.00 |
n/a |
| Practical |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Practical/Skills Evaluation |
n/a |
1,2,3,4,5 |
20.00 |
n/a |
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
Every Week |
2.00 |
| Laboratory |
Every Week |
2.00 |
| Independent Learning |
Every Week |
5.00 |
| Project |
Per Semester |
0.32 |
| Total Hours |
17.00 |
Module Delivered In
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