Here you can find a comparison of the most important aspects of our two entry-level programming MOOCs.
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About Programming |
Introduction to Programming |
| Target group |
Students who have no previous programming experience. This course is intended for students of all ages. |
Students who have little to no programming experience. Completing About Programming is a plus but this can be compensated by high motivation and eager learning. |
| Credits |
1 ECTS (26 h) |
3 ECTS (78 h) |
| Weeks |
4 |
8 |
| Mean workload per week |
5 h |
8-9 h |
| Content |
Basic programming concepts and constructions.
- Algorithm
- Program
- Variable
- Data types
- Conditional statement
- Loop
- Functions
- Regular expression
- Input/Output
- Files
Programming-related examples and observations from different fields of life. |
In addition to addressing About Programming topics in significantly more depth, additional topics such as lists, user interfaces and computer graphics will be covered. |
| Usual number of mandatory exercises per week |
2 programming exercises and a test |
4 programming exercises and a test |
| Requirements for completion |
All mandatory exercises must be completed. |
All mandatory exercises must be completed. |
| Next session |
16 April – 13 May 2018 |
Autumn of 2018 |
| Past sessions |
- 1 December – 28 December 2014
- 9 March – 5 April 2015
- 5 October – 1 November 2015
- 7 March – 3 April 2016
- 10 October – 7 November 2016
- 6 March – 2 April 2017
- 11 September – 8 October 2017
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- 11 January – 6 March 2016
- 28 March – 22 May 2016
- 16 January – 12 March 2017 (for schoolchildren)
- 17 January – 12 March 2017 (for adults)
- 16 October – 10 December 2017 (for schoolchildren)
- 17 October – 10 December 2017 (for adults)
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| Number of participants |
32 + 638 + 1534 + 1430 + 1792 + 1018 + 2247 = 8691 |
295 + 1770 + 274 + 1554 + 200 + 1518 = 5611 |
| Number of graduates |
21 + 411 + 1010 + 885 + 1138 + 654 + 1400 = 5519 |
145 + 970 + 134 + 855 + 89 + 947 = 3140 |
Conditional statement in “About Programming”
exercises = input("Are all exercises completed? (yes/no): ")
test = input("Is the test completed? (yes/no): ")
if exercises == "yes" and test == "yes":
print("This week is completed!")
else:
print("This week is not completed yet.")
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Conditional statement in “Introduction to Programming”
exercise1 = input("Is exercise 1 completed? (yes/no): ")
exercise2 = input("Is exercise 2 completed? (yes/no): ")
exercise3 = input("Is exercise 3 completed? (yes/no): ")
exercise4a = input("Is exercise 4a completed? (yes/no): ")
exercise4b = input("Is exercise 4b completed? (yes/no): ")
exercise4c = input("Is exercise 4c completed? (yes/no): ")
test = input("Is the test completed? (yes/no): ")
if exercise1 == "yes" and exercise2 == "yes" and exercise3 == "yes" and test == "yes":
if exercise4a == "yes" and exercise4b == "yes" and exercise4c == "yes":
print("This week is completed. All the optional exercises are also completed, very good!")
elif exeercise4a == "yes" or exercise4b == "yes" or exercise4c == "yes":
print("This week is completed.")
else:
print("This week is not completed yet.")
else:
print("This week is not completed yet.")
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