02-201: Programming for Scientists

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02-201: Programming for ScientistsPhillip CompeauFall 20161. Course Contact informationInstructor:Phillip Center (GHC) 7403Office Hours:Mondays 2:00 - 3:00 PM (or by appointment)TA:Misna Class locationLecture:MWF 10:30 - 11:20 AM in Gates-Hillman Center (GHC) 4101Recitation:Fridays 3:00 - 4:20 PM in Doherty Hall (DH) Course descriptionThis course provides a practical introduction to Programming for students with little or no pre-vious Programming experience. Extensive Programming assignments will illustrate programmingconcepts, languages, and tools. Programming assignments will be based on analytical tasks thatmight be faced by Scientists and will typically include parsing, statistical analysis, simulation, andoptimization. Principles of good software engineering will also be stressed. After an introductionto computational thinking (as it pertains to science), most Programming assignments will be donein the Go Programming language , an industry-supported, modern Programming language , the syn-tax of which will be covered in depth.

in the Go programming language, an industry-supported, modern programming language, the syn- tax of which will be covered in depth. Other assignments may be given in other languages (Java,

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