Course 2019-2020 a.y.

30517 - PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE

Department of Decision Sciences

Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
BIEM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  INF/01)
Course Director:
FABRIZIO IOZZI

Classes: 31 (II sem.)
Instructors:
Class 31: FABRIZIO IOZZI


Suggested background knowledge

Students attending the course are recommended to have already taken an introductory course on programming, whatever the language used.

Mission & Content Summary

MISSION

The primary goal of this course is to give students a basic introduction to object-oriented and procedural programming, using Python. Most models and examples are taken from Economics, Management and Finance.

CONTENT SUMMARY

  • Primitive types and class types.
  • Functions (procedures, and fruitful functions), including recursion.
  • Basic statements: assignment, if-statements, loops, blocks, function calls.
  • Objects and classes, including subclasses, inheritance, and overriding.
  • Sequences and dictionaries.
  • Testing and debugging.
  • Program development; stepwise refinement (top-down design) and object-oriented design.
  • Databases.
  • Some examples of full featured applications.
  • Programming style considerations.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

At the end of the course student will be able to...
  • Define procedural programming language concepts (including expressions, decision statements, simple data types, Boolean logic, input/output, loop constructs, and procedures).
  • Describe and explain the working of the algorithms presented in the course.
  • Explain the workflow of a computer program in general and with respect to the Python programming language.
  • Recognise the relationship between a problem description and program design.
  • Decompose problems into simpler problems.
  • Recognise the limitations of algorithms.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

At the end of the course student will be able to...
  • Use procedural programming language concepts including expressions, decision statements, simple data types, Boolean logic, input/output, loop constructs, and procedures.
  • Combine programming techniques to solve problems of varying degrees of difficulty in the fields of Economic, Management and Finance.
  • Refine computer programs through testing and debugging to ensure proper operation.
  • Find and understand programming language documentation to learn new information needed to solve programming problems.
  • Implement problem solving strategies.
  • Demonstrate how basic data structures (list, graphs, trees, sets, tables) function.
  • Investigate different strategies for algorithm development and evaluate these to select an appropriate solution to a given problem.
  • Determine the complexity of simple algorithms.

Teaching methods

  • Face-to-face lectures
  • Exercises (exercises, database, software etc.)
  • Case studies /Incidents (traditional, online)
  • Individual assignments
  • Group assignments

DETAILS

  • Simple and less simple programming exercises are assigned to have students practice the language.
  • Some case studies are analyzed through discussion in class.
  • Individual assignments consist of readings, exercises, and multiple choice questions.
  • Group assignments consist of programming task to be performed in a given time frame.

Assessment methods

  Continuous assessment Partial exams General exam
  • Oral individual exam
    x
  • Individual assignment (report, exercise, presentation, project work etc.)
x   x
  • Group assignment (report, exercise, presentation, project work etc.)
x   x

ATTENDING STUDENTS

Assessment for attending students uses all three methods with one written test about the programming language and a number of individual and group assignments during the course.


NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS

Assessment for not attending students are based only on a written exam and a programming project to be discussed with the instructor.


Teaching materials


ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS

Online textbooks and references are given through the Bboard platform.

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