[Python Wpg] 1st year python course at the U of M

[Dan Lussier]

Thanks for passing this along - as a mechanical engineer who did the old
101 course in Java, I know this would have been a better introduction to
using computers to accomplish tasks in science and engineering.




On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Mark Jenkins <mark at parit.ca> wrote:

> The traditional intro programming courses at the University of Manitoba
> are COMP 1010 and 1020 and are in Java.
>
> Engineers, management information systems, and students from some science
> programs (genetics is one that I recall) have to take the 101 course.
>
> Now they seem to have an alternative in place for engineers and
> scientists, a new intro course that's an acceptable substitute for 1010
> called Computing Programming For Scientists and Engineers, COMP 1012:
>
> http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/**coursedescrip/COMP1012.pdf<http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/coursedescrip/COMP1012.pdf>
> http://courses.cs.umanitoba.**ca/1012F2012<http://courses.cs.umanitoba.ca/1012F2012>
>
> And they're using Python.
>
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