Program Overview

Introduction to Programming

5 credits, Academic Year, ayP

This flexible online course is a great introduction to the basics of programming.

Introduction to Programming is a continuously open online course. More information about the course will be sent to the email address you provided during registration every Friday.

Registration Period

10.08.2023 - 27.06.2024

Course Implementation

Online studies

Independent study

Course Duration

21.08.2023 - 27.06.2024

Price

Free of charge

Course Information

Problem-solving by programming, basic concepts of programming, writing Python code

Course Format

Continuous learning

Open university teaching

Academic Year

Academic Year

Course Organizer

University of Oulu

Location

Online

Learning Objectives

• Able to solve problems using a computer
• Understands the basic concepts of programming
• Masters the basics of the Python programming language
• Able to implement programs independently
• Able to find programming-related information on the internet

Additional Information

This course is also part of the open path in computer science

Course Materials

Online course materials, including automatically graded assignments

Assessment

The course is completed by answering questions in the course materials and by completing programming assignments and a final project.

Teacher

Mika Oja

Grading Scale

0-5. The course grade is determined by the points received from the assignments and the final project. The detailed evaluation criteria for the course are presented on the course front page in the Lovelace system.

Course Schedule

The main mode of completion is studying on the Lovelace learning platform, lectures 20h, exercise groups 48h