Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code 30106003 Subject Classification Information and Data Science Courses
Subject Name ゼロからはじめるプログラミング[1法,1医,1歯]
Subject Name
(Katakana)
Subject Name in
English
Starting Programming from Scratch
Instructor ITOU YASUAKI
Instructor
(Katakana)
イトウ ヤスアキ
Campus Kasumi Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Tues9-10,Fri9-10:Online
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Online (simultaneous interactive)
 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 02 : Information Science
Eligible Students
Keywords  
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education
To equip students with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to use data in today’s advanced information society, develop their understanding of the usefulness and problems of computers and information-related ethical issues, so as to ensure the proper 
Expected Outcome1. To acquire basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding information science and data science, and thereby to be able to process data and receive and send information appropriately.
2. To understand and be able to explain information ethics necessar 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
The objective of this course is to learn the art of Python programming and knowledge and skills for using computers. At the same time, students are expected to improve their logical thinking and mathematical sense. We use Python programming language because it is easy to understand and recently used for AI and data science.  
Class Schedule Lesson1: Introduction to Programming: Basic concepts, history, and applications of programming
Lesson2: Python Basics: Python environment (Spyder), keywords, variables, data types, and basic operators
Lesson3: Control Structures: Conditionals (if-else statements) and loops (for, while)
Lesson4: Practice Problems with Python - 1
Lesson5: Functions: Defining functions, passing arguments, return values, and scope
Lesson6: Data Structures: Lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries
Lesson7: Files: Reading from and writing to files
Lesson8: Practice Problems with Python - 2
Lesson9: Modules and Packages: Importing and using standard libraries, creating your own modules
Lesson10: Working with Libraries: Introduction to popular Python libraries like NumPy, pandas, and matplotlib
Lesson11: Practice Problems with Python - 3
Lesson12: Exception Handling: Try-except blocks, catching and raising exceptions
Lesson13: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming: Classes, objects, inheritance, and polymorphism
Lesson14: Practice Problems with Python - 4
Lesson15: Practice Problems with Python - 5

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Text/Reference
Books,etc.
None. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Microsoft Teams, moodle
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Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Reading and understanding many good programs would be a best way of mastering programming skills. Do not hesitate to ask instructor or TA a question during exercises.  
Requirements  
Grading Method Report 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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