6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming

As taught in: Fall 2007

Level:

Undergraduate

Instructors:

Prof. John Guttag

Three small images: a map of election results, a word game, and a protein structure.
Many of the problem sets focus on specific topics, such as word games, presidential campaigns, and analysis of protein sequences. (Boggle photograph, lower right, is courtesy of Angelinawb on Flickr.)

Course Features

Course Description

This subject is aimed at students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems. It also aims to help students, regardless of their major, to feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class will use the Pythonâ„¢ programming language.

Technical Requirements

Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .py.

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