[Edu-sig] Who is teaching Python??
Danny Yoo
dyoo@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:23:26 -0800 (PST)
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Nora Wirtschafter wrote:
> I am interested in knowing what other colleges, two- or four-year, are
> using Python as a teaching language. Is Python offered at different
> levels in the curriculum? Computer Science majors at Widener use C as
> their beginning language; what language do your CS majors use as a
> start? I am also interested in what texts you find appropriate (I
> have developed my own materials.)
Hi Nora,
UC Berkeley uses the Scheme language in its introductory course "CS61A":
http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs61a/
The course uses "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" as
the main textbook:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
Hope this helps!