TDDE44 · 8 credits · Basic level (G1N) · Datateknik, Datavetenskap

Introduction to Computer Programming

Active · next start VT 2027

53%

passed the latest regular sitting

DAT1 · 3 Jun 2026 · 129 students

56%

passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years

DAT1 · 672 students

87%

Harder than 87% of courses at basic level

Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 288 students.

Part of 4 programmes

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineeringsemester 2 · period 1, 2 · compulsory
Master of Science in Engineering Mathematicssemester 2 · period 1, 2 · compulsory
Master of Science in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineeringsemester 2 · period 1, 2 · compulsory
Bachelor's Programme in Mathematicssemester 2 · period 1, 2 · compulsory

Other module

DAT1 Computer examination

Main rounds

56% passed · 672 students

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Later rounds

55% passed · 346 students

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Pass a later round: 55% (346 students), compared with 56% (672 students) on the ordinary exam
Get 4 or 5: 24% (1,018 students)

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Other modules

Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.

Hand-in or lab

LAB1 Fundamentals in programming and computer system

Main rounds

100% passed · 327 students

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Later rounds

100% passed · 335 students

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LAB2 Data and program abstraction/intro to object-oriented programming

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Pass a later round: 100% (173 students), compared with 100% (446 students) on the ordinary exam

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About the course

Aim

The intended purpose of this course is to facilitate and provide students with fundamental skills and knowledge pertaining to computer programming and an introduction to Computer Science. After having completed the course, the student should be able to:

Make use of the computing environment for tasks related to programming and building basic programs
Explain fundamental concepts related to computer science, programming, and programming languages
Solve programming related problems by applying an interactive approach to implementation, testing and troubleshooting
Construct abstractions using varying degree of support provided by the programming language
Solve programming problems by breaking them down into smaller sub-problems
Construct recursive and iterative algorithms

Content

A general introduction to Computer Science
Programming fundamentals: expressions, basic datatypes, variables, functions, control structures, file management, file formats, modules
The Python programming language
Use of open data resources from the web
Interactive and incremental program development
Testing and troubleshooting
Programming paradigms: functional, imperative and object-oriented programming
Abstraction: Data and program abstraction

Examiner: Johan Falkenjack
Scheduled hours: 66 h
Main field of study: Datateknik, Datavetenskap

Syllabus on Studieinfo ↗