Programming for Social Scientists
POL 42340 Programming for Social Scientists
Friday, 2--4 pm, B110 Newman Building; continuously on Slack
Overview of all the main Python code you will learn during this course: Python commands
| 1 | 26/1 | Introduction: Programming and simulations | slides | lab | Videos: what is programming? | using git Software (optional): Python | Visual Studio Code | git |
| 2 | 2/2 | Variables and functions | slides | lab | Videos: variables and functions | random numbers |
| 3 | 9/2 | Conditionals and flow | slides | lab | Videos: conditional expressions |
| 4 | 16/2 | Loops and lists | slides | lab | Videos: lists | dictionaries | loops |
| 5 | 23/2 | Working with text | slides | lab | Videos: strings and user input External links: string functions | formatters |
| 6 | 1/3 | Types, classes, and object-oriented programming | slides | lab | Videos: object-oriented programming |
| 7 | 8/3 | (continued) | |||
| 8 | 5/4 | Files, input and output | slides | lab | Videos: working with files |
| 9 | 12/4 | Class inheritance | slides | lab | |
| 10 | 19/4 | (continued) | lab | Videos: exceptions | |
| 11 | 26/4 | Testing, debugging, and exception handling | slides | (continued) |