Coding Bootcamp II
Course code
GEN442
Course type
BSc Course General Studies
Weekly Hours
2,0
ECTS
2,0
Term
FS 2021
Language
Englisch
Lecturers
Alexander Hess
Please note that exchange students obtain a higher number of credits in the BSc-program at WHU than listed here. For further information please contact directly the International Relations Office.
Course content
The main purpose of the Coding Bootcamp is to make the student familiar with basic concepts of programming in Python, one of the most important languages used at the moment.
It lays the foundations for further courses in Data Science, Machine Learning, Web Development, and many more.
The Bootcamp takes place within a single week in early May. On five intense days, the students are exposed to a diverse set of programming concepts.
In between, the students use the learned ideas and implement small programs on their own or in small groups.
The small course size enables a one-on-one coaching by the instructor.
The topics introduced are:
- basic elements of a programming language
- modularization via functions
- boolean if-else logic
- flow control via for- or while-loops
- data types (lists, tuples, dictionaries, sets, arrays, data frames)
- object-orientation
- replacing Excel with Python
- data mining with APIs (e.g., Google Maps API)
Class dates
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday, 10.05.2021 | 08:00 - 23:00 |
| Tuesday, 11.05.2021 | 08:00 - 23:00 |
| Wednesday, 12.05.2021 | 08:00 - 23:00 |
| Friday, 14.05.2021 | 08:00 - 23:00 |
| Saturday, 15.05.2021 | 08:00 - 23:00 |
Exam
Die Studenten arbeiten in den Sessions in Klein-Gruppen an Exercises, die auf pass/fail Basis korrigiert werden.
Requirements
The course is not part of WHU's regular curriculum and thus there will be an extra invoice of 600 {\uc1\u8364*} for the bootcamp.