Qualifier Applications open for January 2027 term, Last date to Apply: January 29, 2027

Qualifier Applications open for January 2027 term, Last date to Apply: January 29, 2027

Diploma Level

Python Programming

by Prof. Sudarshan Iyengar

Course ID: CS1002

Course Credits: 4

Course Type: Diploma

Pre-requisites: None

What you’ll learnVIEW COURSE VIDEOS

Using basic programming concepts such as variables, expressions, loops, conditionals and functions in Python
Creating, manipulating, and using more Python specific features such as lists, tuples, and dictionaries
Familiarising with and using common Python libraries such as random, math, datetime, scipy, matplotlib, Pandas etc
Analysing real life activities and casting them as programming problems
Applying programming concepts to analyse and solve diverse problems
Writing Readable code and debugging it
Building small applications using python

Course structure & Assessments

5 credit course, weekly online assignments, 2 in-person invigilated quizzes, 1 in-person invigilated end term exam & OPPE(s). For details of standard course structure and assessments, visit Academics page.

WEEK 1 Introduction to algorithms
WEEK 2 Conditionals
WEEK 3 Conditionals (Continued)
WEEK 4 Iterations and Ranges
WEEK 5 Iterations and Ranges (Continued)
WEEK 6 Basic Collections in Python
WEEK 7 Basic Collections in Python (Continued)
WEEK 8 Basic Collections in Python (Continued)
WEEK 9 File Operations
WEEK 10 File Operations (Continued)
WEEK 11 Module system in python
WEEK 12 Basic Pandas and Numpy processing of data
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Prescribed Books

The following are the suggested books for the course:

Title: Python for Everybody. Author: Charles R. Severance. Publisher: Shroff Publishers. ISBN: 9789352136278

(The PDF of this book is currently available freely at http://do1.dr-chuck.com/pythonlearn/EN_us/pythonlearn.pdf)

About the Instructors

Prof. Sudarshan Iyengar
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Rorpar

Associate Professor and Head , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Ropar

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Sudarshan Iyengar has a PhD from the Indian Institute of Science and is currently working as an Associate Professor and Head of CSE at IIT Ropar.

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