Coding for Engineering Students : Get Ready to Crush First Year of College!

This 10 week course will teach an introduction to computer programming in python for beginners. The course intends to cover about 1/2 of a first year programming course in an engineering program. This course is great for learners with no prior coding experience or learners who have taken a single computer science/engineering class in high school (gr9 - 11). The course will equip students with strong foundations required to tackle first year of college. 

We will cover the following weekly topics:

Week 1
- Thinking like a computer
- Our first 'Hello World' program

Week 2
- Python as a calculator
- Arithmetic operations

Week 3
- Remembering information with variables
- Basic data types

Week 4
- Getting user input
- Datatype conversions

Week 5
- Boolean variables
- Boolean statements 
- Boolean algebra 

Week 6
- If statements

Week 7
- Advanced data types - lists

Week 8 
- For loops

Week 9 
- While loops

Week 10
- Putting it all together
- Input - Process - Output

Each class will include:
* 5 - 10 minute recap/homework review
* 30 minute interactive lecture where students will learn the concepts
* 15 - 20 minute of working time 

Students may complete classwork as homework for extra practice but this is not mandatory. 

The class will include a combination of PowerPoint plus interactive coding using Repl.it (free website) delivered over Zoom. Students are expected to participate throughout the class by asking questions and coding along!