ACM40660 Scientific Programming Concepts (ICHEC)

Academic Year 2021/2022

This module is an introduction to programming concepts aimed at scientists who have had minimal or no formal training in the subject. The focus is on C and Fortran yet the general concepts should be applicable to other programming languages.

• Overview of computer architecture
• The UNIX/Linux shell
• The imperative programming paradigm
• Data types & arithmetic operations
• Loops & conditional statements
• Object-oriented programming
• Standard libraries
• Compilation
• C pointers & memory management
• Modern Fortran
• Scripting languages
• Introduction to HPC

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

• Gain an understanding of what constitutes a computer program and how it is constructed.
• Comprehend written source code.
• Write and compile basic programs in C/Fortran.
• Make use of standard libraries in own code.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Tutorial

6
Autonomous Student Learning

76
Online Learning

12
Total

94
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, tutorials, enquiry and problem-based learning 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Class Test: Lab-based coding test Unspecified n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

30
Assignment: Coding assignments Throughout the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

60
Continuous Assessment: A maximum of 10% will be given for working on "In-class Exercises" throughout the trimester. There is 1% per In-class Exercise and a maximum of twelve will be given in total. Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale No

10

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

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Name Role
Buket Gursoy Tutor
Mr Jake Williams Tutor