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Course unit, curriculum year 2024–2025
COMP.CS.100

Programming 1: Introduction to Programming, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
Active in period 2 (21.10.2024–31.12.2024)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
Active in period 5 (1.6.2025–31.7.2025)
Course code
COMP.CS.100
Language of instruction
English, Finnish
Academic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027
Level of study
Basic studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Ari Suntioinen
Responsible teacher:
Jorma Laurikkala
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Computing Sciences Studies 100 %
Core content
  • The concepts program and algorithm. Designing and testing small programs.
  • Dividing program into smaller entities: functions. Passing parameters and return values.
  • Control structures.
  • Variables. Scope. Data types.
  • Strings and lists.
  • Basic operations of file handling.
  • Good programming practices.
Complementary knowledge
  • Sets and dictionaries.
  • Combining data structures.
  • Basics of classes and objects.
Specialist knowledge
  • Default values of parameters.
  • Function parameters.
  • Special methods.
  • Tuples.
Learning outcomes
Further information
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
To complete the course, the student must obtain enough points from exercises and pass an electronic exam.
Completion of all options is required.

Participation in teaching

26.08.2024 20.10.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
26.08.2024 22.12.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
Active in period 2 (21.10.2024–31.12.2024)
26.08.2024 31.07.2025
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
Active in period 2 (21.10.2024–31.12.2024)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
Active in period 5 (1.6.2025–31.7.2025)

Exam

05.08.2024 25.08.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
01.08.2024 13.08.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
14.08.2024 20.08.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
14.10.2024 20.10.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
15.07.2024 04.08.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
21.10.2024 10.11.2024
Active in period 2 (21.10.2024–31.12.2024)
18.11.2024 15.12.2024
Active in period 2 (21.10.2024–31.12.2024)
24.02.2025 23.03.2025
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
06.01.2025 26.01.2025
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
28.04.2025 25.05.2025
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
24.03.2025 27.04.2025
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
16.06.2025 13.07.2025
Active in period 5 (1.6.2025–31.7.2025)
14.07.2025 03.08.2025
Active in period 5 (1.6.2025–31.7.2025)