Programming for e-Science (P01345)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PHY-P-PES

This course provides an introduction to the course programming language and allows the student to develop the expertise that is required to undertake the programming specific portions of the MSc programme. The course starts with an introduction to the basic rudiments of the language such as data types, conditional statements, loops and input/output. This is followed by a short introduction to examples of classes and objects. The remainder of the course covers aspects of the language and classes specific to programming e-Science applications, such as the access and manipulation of data from files and databases, and the presentation of the results of computations.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Physics), (School of Physics, Schedule Q)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
21/09/2006	10:00	12:00	Room 7.7307, JCMB	KB	eScience Teaching Laboratory

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	10:00	10:50	KB
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	12:00	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of object-oriented programming.
2. Write programs readily in the course language.
3. Develop robust and well-designed software in the course language.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of a selection of programming tools and classes of particular importance to e-Science.