COMPUTER PROGRAMMING I
| Title | ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΣΜΟΣ Ι / COMPUTER PROGRAMMING I |
| Code | ΥΦΥ105 |
| Faculty | Sciences |
| School | Physics |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Iosif Kioseoglou |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600027782 |
Programme of Study: PMS YPOLOGISTIKĪ FYSIKĪ 2025
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 7.5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Class ID | 600286332
|
Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600286332
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will:
1. possess the programming background for the computational solution of physics problems
2. be able to create a theoretical simulation of a physics problem and
use the appropriate tools to complete it
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Generate new research ideas
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction to programming, principles of computational problem solving, the 7 steps, algorithms,
integrated development environments (IDE), the C programming language (introduction, variables,
operators, conditionals, loops, errors, arrays, strings, pointers, memory, functions, structures),
the C++ programming language (introduction, classes), modern programming languages.
Implement of algorithms from Numerical Recipes in C/C++ (https://www.cec.uchile.cl/cinetica/pcordero/MC_libros/NumericalRecipesinC.pdf https://github.com/NJdevPro/Numerical-Recipes)
Implement classic sorting algorithms (insertion, selection, bubble, shell, merge, quick, heap) in C/C++.
Keywords
Computational Languages, programming, C/C++
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
-Powepoint presentations, simulations and videos showing programming techniques as a tool for solving problems in Physics.
-Electronic communication (email, elearning)
-Quizzes, Exercises via elearning
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 13 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 70 | ✓ | |||
| Interactive Teaching in Information Center | 13 | ✓ | |||
| Project | ✓ | ||||
| Exams | 60 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 156 |
Student Assessment
Description
Written exam requiring critical thinking on programming techniques as a tool for solving problems in Computational Physics.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
The C Programming Language
Brian Kernighan
Dennis Ritchie
1988
https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ashriram/Courses/CS295/assets/books/C_Book_2nd.pdf
The C++ programming language
Bjarne Stroustrup
2013
https://chenweixiang.github.io/docs/The_C++_Programming_Language_4th_Edition_Bjarne_Stroustrup.pdf
Modern C
Jens Gustedt
2019
https://hal.inria.fr/hal-02383654
Beej’s Guide to C Programming
Brian “Beej Jorgensen” Hall
2022
https://beej.us/guide/bgc/
Additional bibliography for study
Ως online πηγή πληροφοριών θα χρησιμοποιηθεί η σελίδα https://www.learn-c.org/ και η σελίδα
https://www.stroustrup.com/glossary.html του δημιουργού της C++ Bjarne Stroustrup. Ως περιβάλλοντα
ανάπτυξης θα χρησιμοποιηθούν τo ελεύθερο Microsoft Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/)
και το ανοιχτό Dev-C++ (https://www.bloodshed.net/)
Last Update
07-09-2025
