COMPUTER PROGRAMMING II

IE University
Professor: JUAN JOSE MANJARIN COLON
E-mail: jjmanjarin@faculty.ie.edu

Academic year: 23-24

Degree course: SECOND
Semester: 2º
Category: COMPULSORY
Number of credits: 3.0
Language: English

PREREQUISITES
Knowledge of “programming thinking” will be a help, but not a must.

SUBJECT DESCRIPTION
Python is a general-purpose language that is becoming more and more important for companies
and researchers around the world. In this course we will explore the main properties of the
language from its base library and then see how use external modules that are important to expand
its capabilities to deal with new data structures and methods needed in the analysis of data.

OBJECTIVES AND SKILLS

In this course you will learn the basic tools of one the most relevant programming languages of
today, used in many different business areas. This includes

- Understanding the base Python programming

- Understanding Functional Programming and how its versatility can be used to build your own
applications
- How to control your codes by tracing errors
- Understand the basics Python modules
- Create custom classes and objects

METHODOLOGY
Since the only way to learn to code is coding, all the sessions will be a mixture of explanations and
direct applications of the concepts in problems that will allow the student to gain confidence with the
tools and methods of Python. The first units deal with the basic Python and then we will see how to
load and use external modules. Each new problem we face will incorporate previous knowledge
and we will go building over the previous units and so the problems will also face new situations.
Once the Anaconda environment is installed and set up, the student will be responsible of
maintaining it clean and usable. All needed libraries will be installed and used during the
applications and examples made during the lectures so that any new concept can be immediately
coded and studied.

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Readings of the recommended books in advance will allow you to get the most out of each lecture.
When reading the textbook portions prior to each lecture, you must look at the examples, but you
do not need to solve them. Those readings may also raise doubts that can be solved during the
lectures.
Participation and involvement are important. This includes the solution of the different exercises
that will be proposed along the lectures.

Teaching methodology Weighting Estimated time a

student should
dedicate to prepare for
and participate in
Lectures 20.0 % 15 hours
Discussions 13.33 % 10 hours
Exercises 13.33 % 10 hours
Group work 26.67 % 20 hours
Other individual studying 26.67 % 20 hours
TOTAL 100.0 % 75 hours

PROGRAM

UNIT I: INTRODUCTION

SESSION 1 (FACE TO FACE)

- About the course
- Syllabus objectives
- Setting up the environment: Jupyter and Spyder in Anaconda
- An introduction to Python: PurposeOrganization of a Python programBasic SyntaxStatements
and OperatorsAssigning Values;

UNIT II: TYPES OF DATA

SESSION 2 (VIDEOCONFERENCE)
- Numbers;
- Strings;
- for-loop and if-statement

SESSION 3 (FACE TO FACE)

- Lists
- Tuples

SESSION 4 (NON-CLASS LEARNING)

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Lists and Tuples: Exercises

SESSION 5 (FACE TO FACE)

- Dictionaries
- Sets

SESSION 6 (NON-CLASS LEARNING)

Dictionaries and Sets: Exercises

UNIT III: FUNCTIONS AND FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING

SESSION 7 (FACE TO FACE)

- Functions in Python;
- Custom Functions;
- Arguments;

SESSION 8 (NON-CLASS LEARNING)

Basics of Functions: Exercises

SESSION 9 (VIDEOCONFERENCE)
Midterm Exam

SESSION 10 (FACE TO FACE)

- Control Statement: if-else-if (elif) statementsbreak-continueOther control statements

SESSION 11 (FACE TO FACE)

- Loops:
for-loopwhile-loop

SESSION 12 (NON-CLASS LEARNING)

Decision and Control Statements: Exercises

SESSION 13 (FACE TO FACE)

- Global and Local Variables;
- Lambda Functions;

SESSION 14 (NON-CLASS LEARNING)

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Advanced Functions: Exercises

UNIT III: INTRODUCTION TO THE OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

SESSION 15 (VIDEOCONFERENCE)
- Classes in Python Modules in PythonDefinition of a classthe self reference

SESSION 16 (FACE TO FACE)

- Object Oriented Programming: Organizing a Python programThe main() function

SESSION 17 (NON-CLASS LEARNING)

Object Oriented Programming: Exercises

SESSION 18 (VIDEOCONFERENCE)
Final Case Exam

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compulsory
- John Zelle. (2017). Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science.
3rd. Franklin, Beedle. ISBN 9781590282755 (Printed)

- David Diez, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Christopher Barr. (2019). Openintro

Statistics. 4th. OpenIntro, Inc. ISBN 1943450072 (Electronic)
Free pdf available at https://www.openintro.org/book/os/.
- Thomas Haslwanter. (2016). An Introduction to Statistics with Python: With
Applications in the Life Sciences. 1st. Springer. ISBN 3319283154 (Electronic)

EVALUATION CRITERIA

EVALUATION
Asynchronous
The evaluation of the asynchronous sessions will come from different sources

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 - Forum Participation: Under some threads of the course forum, you will have the opportunity to
add content: ideas or questions related to a topic proposed by the professor. Consider that the
quality and relevance of the posts is the most important part of this evaluation. However, a
minimum of 2 posts is required to receive a grade in this part
- Videos visualizations: Some of the videos will contain interactive questions which will have to
be done individually.
- Online Quizzes: randomized individual questions for each student, regarding the topics of the
session, either from the lectures or from the videos (in case these last were not interactive).
The total weight for the final grade from these activities is the 30%. An will be computed as the
average of all the previous aforementioned contributions.
Midterm Exam
The midterm exam accounts for the 35% of the final grade. It will be completed alone and will
consist on a Multiple Choice part (30% of the grade) and then a few questions based on the ideas
seen up to that point (70% of the grade).
Note that the date of this exam cannot be changed under any circumstance: it will be on the
session number 9, as established in this syllabus. Consider this before making any plans that may
affect your attendance.

Criteria Percentage Comments

Class Participation 10 %
Midterm Exam 25 %
Final Case Exam 35 %
Asynchronous 30 %

Final Case Exam

The Final Exam, which accounts for the 25% of the grade, will be completed alone. Each student
will receive a case and will have to code the optimum Python solution for it. The exam must be
submitted to the campus online within the session time.
In this case the student will have to write both, the codes designed to perform the analysis and the
explanations. The evaluation of this report is divided in two: 30% the explanations and 70% the
codes, all considering the following criteria

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 Criteria Weights

- 25% if the solution well thought out

Program Design
- 15% if the solution is partially planned out
(25%)
- 5% if the program is “designed at the keyboard”

- 20% if the program runs correctly

- 10% if the program produces correct output some of the
Program Execution
times
(20%)
- 5% if the program runs but mostly incorrectly
- 0% if the program does not run at all

- 25% if the program satisfies the specifications

Specification completely and correctly
Satisfaction (25%) - 12% if parts of the specifications are not implemented
- 5% if the program does not satisfy the specifications

- 20% for well-formatted, understandable code

Coding Style (20%) - 12% for code hard to follow in one reading
- 5% for incomprehensible code
- 10% for concise, meaningful, well-formatted comments
- 5% for partial, poorly written or poorly formatted
comments
Comments (10%)
- 2% for wordy, unnecessary, incorrect, or badly
formatted comments
- 0% if no comments at all
- 4% for programs that usefully extend the requirements
- 3% for programs that use a particularly good algorithm
Extra Credit (10%)
- 3% for programs that are written or use the capabilities
of the language particularly well
Class Participation
Class participation will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Quality (not quantity) of your participation in class discussion: The most important dimension of
participation concerns what it is that you are saying. A high-quality comment reveals depth of
insight, rigorous use of case evidence, consistency of argument, and realism. Frequency refers to
the attainment of a threshold quantity of contributions that is sufficient for making a reliable
assessment of comment quality.

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The logic is simple: if contributions are too few, one cannot reliably assess the quality of your
remarks. However, once threshold quantity has been achieved, simply increasing the number of
times you talk does not automatically improve your evaluation. Beyond the threshold, it is the
quality of your comments that must improve. In particular, one must be especially careful that in
claiming more than a fair share of “airtime”, quality is not sacrificed for quantity. Finally, your
attempts at participation should not be such that the instructor has to “go looking for you”. You
should be attempting to get into the debate on a regular basis.
You might want to avoid being classified as one of the following types of students:

- Repeaters, i.e., students that, consciously or unconsciously, make comments that are just
repeats/rephrasing of what has already been said (by other students, or you). This wastes time
and adds nothing to learning.
- Ramblers, i.e., students that take a lot of time to say simple things or they may tell long
personal/professional stories, or they roam into topics that are not relevant, or simply make
low-quality comments just to participate. They waste valuable time and prevent other students
from being able to participate.
- Students that have been distracted (by Facebook, etc.) or who have stopped paying attention
and then, later, when they realized they have missed a term or concept, they ask you about it.
RETAKE POLICY
Any student whose weighted final grade is below 5 will be required to sit for the retake exam to
pass the course (except those not complying with the attendance rules, whom are banned from this
possibility).
Grading for retakes will be subject to the following rules:

- The retakes will consist of a comprehensive exam. The grade will depend only on the
performance on this exam; continuous evaluation over the semester will not be taken into
account.
- The exam will be designed bearing in mind that the passing grade is 5 and the maximum
grade that can be attained is 8 out of 10.
- Dates and location of the retakes will be posted in advance and will not be changed.

PROFESSOR BIO

Professor: JUAN JOSE MANJARIN COLON

E-mail: jjmanjarin@faculty.ie.edu

Short Bio
Prof. Juanjo Manjarín received the highest grade for his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics in String
Theory and M-Theory from the Universdad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), after earning an Advanced
Studies Diploma (DEA) in Theoretical Physics from the Universdad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM).

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His teaching experience includes different international universities where he lectured on Complex
Variable Analysis, Theoretical Mechanics or Classical Electrodynamics. In the IE University he has
been teaching Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, R and Python Programming and Social
Media Analytics, receiving two awards for Excellence in Teaching in Mathematics II and Statistics.
He is also proffesor of Math and Stats in R and Python at the Bootcamp for Data Science in the IE
Exponential Learning. He has published a number of papers on international journals on
mathematics and theoretical physics and was reviewer for Mathematical Reviews from 2003 to
2005 and during 2016 he also worked in El Pais in the realization of some divulgative science
materials.
He has also corporate experience on different TV and cinema production companies: Gestmusic
Endemol, 7 y Acción S.L., Hill Valley S.L., 100 Balas S.L. or Zebra Producciones in TV shows such
as “El Hormiguero” or “Esto es vida!”, receiving prize Ondas and Rose d'Or in 2008 and 2009. He
has worked as director, producer and post-producer of different short films and now as director of
E8 Producciones is recording a documentary film on gender equality

OTHER INFORMATION
OFFICE HOURS; CONTACT INFORMATION
Office hours: Right after the designated classes (upon appointment)
Contact details:
E-mail: jjmanjarin@faculty.ie.edu
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
Each student has four attempts over two consecutive academic years to pass this course. Dates
and location of the final exam will be posted in advance and will not be changed. Students must
attend at least 70% of the sessions. Students who do not comply with the 70% attendance rule will
receive a 0.0 on their first and second attempts and go directly to the third one (they will need to
enroll in this course again the following academic year). Students who are in the third or fourth
attempt should contact the professor during the first two weeks of the course.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is mandatory at IE University, as it is an essential factor of IE´s learning methodology.
While we do closely monitor attendance in each course, we also consider our students responsible
for their own agenda and commitments, as adult university students. With that in mind, each
student may miss up to 30% of the sessions within a given course and still maintain the possibility
of passing that given course. This 30% “buffer” is to be used for any absences, such as: illnesses,
personal emergencies, commitments, official/governmental matters, business and/or medical
appointments, family situations, etc. Students should manage their various needs, and situations
that may arise, within that 30% buffer. If a student is absent to more than the allowed 30% of the
sessions (regardless of the reason), s/he will obtain a 0.0 grade for that course in both the ordinary
and extraordinary calls of the current academic year, and s/he will have to retake the course during
the following academic year. Having established the rule, we strongly discourage to use this buffer
as granted, we highly recommend to attend 100% of the classes as it will improve your learning
outcomes, it will increase the class performance and it might improve your participation grade.
Extreme cases involving emergencies such as: extended hospitalizations, accidents, serious
illnesses and other contexts involving force majeure, are to be consulted with the Program
Management team for assessment of the situation and corresponding documentation, so that
Program Management can support and guide each student optimally.
PLAGIARISM / ACADEMIC HONESTY
Plagiarism is the dishonest act of presenting another person’s ideas, texts or words as your own.
This includes in order of seriousness of the offense:

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 - providing faulty sources;
- copy-pasting material from your own past assignments (self-plagiarism) without the instructor’s
permission;
- copy-pasting material from external sources even while citing them;
- using verbatim translations from sources in other languages without citing them;
- copy-pasting material from external sources without citing them;
- and buying or commissioning essays from other parties.
IEU students must contact the professor if they don’t know whether the use of a document
constitutes plagiarism. The professor will advise the student on how to present said material. All
written assignments have to be submitted through Turnitin, which produces a similarity report and
detects cases of plagiarism. Professors are required to check each student's academic work in
order to guarantee its originality. If the originality of the academic work is not clear, the professor
will contact the student in order to clarify any doubts. In the event that the meeting with the student
fails to clarify the originality of the academic work, the professor will inform the Director of the
Bachelor Program about the case, who will then decide whether to bring the case forward to the
Academic Ethics Committee. Very high similarity scores will be automatically flagged and forwarded
to the Academic Ethics Committee. Plagiarism constitutes a very serious offense and may carry
penalties ranging from getting a zero for the assignment to expulsion from the university depending
on the severity of the case and the number of times the student has committed plagiarism in the
past.
CODE OF CONDUCT IN CLASS

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1. Be on time: Students arriving more than 5 minutes late will be marked as “Absent”.
Only students that notify in advance in writing that they will be late for a specific session may
be granted an exception (at the discretion of the professor).
2. If applicable, bring your name card and strictly follow the seating chart. It helps faculty
members and fellow students learn your names.
3. Do not leave the room during the lecture: Students are not allowed to leave the room
during lectures. If a student leaves the room during lectures, he/she will not be allowed to re-
enter and, therefore, will be marked as “Absent”.
Only students that notify that they have a special reason to leave the session early will be
granted an exception (at the discretion of the professor).
4. Do not engage in side conversation. As a sign of respect toward the person presenting the
lecture (the teacher as well as fellow students), side conversations are not allowed. If you
have a question, raise your hand and ask it. It you do not want to ask it during the lecture,
feel free to approach your teacher after class.
If a student is disrupting the flow of the lecture, he/she will be asked to leave the classroom
and, consequently, will be marked as “Absent”.
5. Use your laptop for course-related purposes only. The use of laptops during lectures
must be authorized by the professor. The use of Social Media or accessing any type of
content not related to the lecture is penalized. The student will be asked to leave the room
and, consequently, will be marked as “Absent”.
6. No cellular phones: IE University implements a “Phone-free Classroom” policy and,
therefore, the use of phones, tablets, etc. is forbidden inside the classroom. Failing to abide
by this rule entails expulsion from the room and will be counted as one absence.
7. Escalation policy: 1/3/5. Items 4, 5, and 6 above entail expulsion from the classroom and
the consequent marking of the student as “Absent.” IE University implements an “escalation
policy”: The first time a student is asked to leave the room for disciplinary reasons (as per
items 4, 5, and 6 above), the student will incur one absence, the second time it will count as
three absences, and from the third time onward, any expulsion from the classroom due to
disciplinary issues will entail 5 absences.

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