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Introduction to Programming for Social Scientists
22nd November 2017 @ 9:45 am - 5:30 pm
| Course Code | MAN-15-17/18-P-R |
| Organised by | The University of Manchester |
| Presenter | Mr Peter Smyth |
| Date | 22/11/2017 |
| Venue | Cathie Marsh Institute Humanities Bridgeford Street University of Manchester |
| Map | View in Google Maps (M13 9PL) |
| Contact | Claire Spencer, 0161 275 4579, [email protected] |
| Description | Objectives
Provide an understanding of what a computer program is and how it must be precisely defined before a computer can understand it. Appreciate that there are several ‘programming’ tasks which can and should be done before coding begins. Understand some of the basic programming constructs that can be used to describe programs in words and pictures as well as being used to write actual programming code. Appreciate the need to test and debug programs and provide an understanding of the processes involved. Introduce the Python programming language as a means to practice the concepts above and produce a simple working program
Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for this course. It is assumed that attendees have little or no programming experience.
PROGRAMME Mon 17th 9.45 – 10:00 Registration 10:00– 10:45 Lecture 1 10:45 – 11:00 Practical 1 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/tea 11:30 – 12:45 Lecture 2 12:45 – 13:15 Practical 2 13:15 – 14:15 Lunch 14:15 – 15:15 Lecture 3 15:15 – 15:45 Coffee/tea 15:45 – 16:30 Lecture 4 16:30 – 17:30 Practical 3 |
| Level | Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge) |
| Cost | NCRM Course Fees £30 – For UK registered postgraduate students £30.00 NCRM Course Fees £60 – For staff at UK academic institutions, ESRC funded researchers and registered charity organisations £60.00 NCRM Course Fees £220 – For all other participants £220.00 |
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| Region | North West |
| Keywords | ICT and Software, Quantitative Software, Python, Data Visualisation |
| Related publications and presentations | ICT and Software Quantitative Software Python Data Visualisation |