Bachelor
2025/2026
Independent Programming Test. Elementary
Type:
Elective course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)
Delivered by:
Digital Skills Development Unit
Where:
Faculty of Computer Science
When:
2 year, 4 module
Online hours:
2
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Паршина Анастасия Алексеевна
Language:
English
Contact hours:
2
Course Syllabus
Abstract
For each bachelor's degree course, the educational standard defines the minimum required level of mastering this digital competence: Elementary/Intermediate/Advanced. Independent Programming Test is a mandatory part of the curriculum for all bachelor's degree programs. It assumes confirmation of the minimum required level for the development of this competence. The assessment is carried out after the courses that ensure the formation of this level have been completed at the Undergraduate Program.This exam checks the availability of Programming competence at the Elementary level.A score below 4 points is rounded off with the fractional part discarded (to a smaller integer), a score from 4 points is rounded to the nearest integer.The absence of positive results of the Independent Programming Test within the established time limits entails academic failure.
Learning Objectives
- Students will master the fundamentals of the Python programming language, sufficient to understand others' code and implement their own simple programs.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Identify data types and convert between them when necessary
- Work with Boolean values and construct logical expressions.
- Create, modify, and apply built-in methods for sequence types (e.g., strings, lists, tuples).
- Transform sequences and collections to achieve desired results.
- Detect and correct syntactic and logical errors in programs containing user-defined functions.
- Work effectively with collections, particularly dictionaries and sets.
- Implement a given step-by-step algorithm to solve a problem using a programming language (Python).
Assessment Elements
- Part AIn Part A, the student will complete 3 multiple-choice questions and 3 programming tasks requiring them to write code in Python.
- Part BIn Part B, the student will complete 3 multiple-choice questions and 3 programming tasks requiring them to write code in Python.
- Part CIn Part C, the student will complete 2 programming tasks requiring them to write code in Python.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Learning Python : [covers Python 2.5], Lutz, M., 2008
- Python 3, Прохоренок, Н. А., 2016
- Schneider, D. I. (2016). An Introduction to Programming Using Python, Global Edition: Vol. Global edition. Pearson.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- 40 алгоритмов, которые должен знать каждый программист на Python. - 978-5-4461-1908-0 - Ахмад Имран - 2023 - Санкт-Петербург: Питер - https://ibooks.ru/bookshelf/390129 - 390129 - iBOOKS