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GO2501: INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING FOR GEOSCIENCES (2024-2025)

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Course Overview

This course leads students toward the application of programming to particular problems in the Geosciences. Starting from basic principles of programming and moving towards specific focused solutions.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Juan Antonio Ramirez Luque

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Programme Level 2

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • GO2001 Introduction to Programming for Geosciences (Passed)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Yes

One or more of these courses have a limited number of places. Priority access will be given to students for whom this course is compulsory. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions for more details on this process.


Course Description

The course assumes no prior knowledge of programming and it will cover the basics consisting of topics such as the following:

  • What is programming and preparing your computer for it.
  • Write your first program.
  • Fundamental programming concepts including variables, conditional statements, iteration and reserved words.
  • Lists
  • Functions
  • How to structure and debug code.
  • Knowledge and understanding of further basic programming concepts: recursion, modular programming, importing and invoking code from within other code.

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Have a methodical thinking about how to organise the program to achieve the results you’re a looking for.
  • Put in practice everything you learnt previously to write a final project. Ex:
  • Analysis of Satellite Images
  • Analysis of Geosciences Data from Online Databases
  • Analysis of spectra for mineralogy, atmospheres studies, ….

Creating databases


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Portfolio

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
Assessment Weeks 30,33,38 Feedback Weeks 32,35,40

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Feedback

Word Count: 2,000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualRememberUnderstanding of basic programming concepts and their application.
ProceduralApplyAnalyse and optimise computer programmes
ProceduralApplyDownload external data from databases through writing a program to extract and process
ProceduralApplyBe able to write and run programs, particularly focused on analysis of Geoscience datasets

Writing a Programme

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
Assessment Weeks 41,42 Feedback Weeks 42,43,44

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Feedback

Write a program using the prior knowledge taught during the course.

Duration:3 Hours
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualRememberUnderstanding of basic programming concepts and their application.
ProceduralApplyAnalyse and optimise computer programmes
ProceduralApplyBe able to write and run programs, particularly focused on analysis of Geoscience datasets

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Writing a Programme

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Write a program using the prior knowledge taught during the course – hand write.

Duration: 3 hours

Feedback provided within 1-2 weeks after resit
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualRememberUnderstanding of basic programming concepts and their application.
ProceduralApplyAnalyse and optimise computer programmes
ProceduralApplyBe able to write and run programs, particularly focused on analysis of Geoscience datasets
ProceduralApplyDownload external data from databases through writing a program to extract and process
 

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