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Course Title: Introduction to Python Programming

Course Code: 22PLC153/253 CIE Marks 50
Course Type (Theory/Practical Integrated SEE Marks 50
/Integrated ) Total Marks 100
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P: S) 2:0:2:0 Exam Hours 03
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 hours Credits 03
Course objectives
● Learn the syntax and semantics of the Python programming language.
● Illustrate the process of structuring the data using lists, tuples
● Appraise the need for working with various documents like Excel, PDF, Word and Others.
● Demonstrate the use of built-in functions to navigate the file system.
● Implement the Object Oriented Programming concepts in Python.

Teaching-Learning Process
These are sample Strategies, which teacher can use to accelerate the attainment of the various course
outcomes and make Teaching –Learning more effective
1. Use https://pythontutor.com/visualize.html#mode=edit in order to visualize the python code
2. Demonstrate and visualize basic data types (list, tuple, dictionary).
3. Chalk and talk
4. online and videos

Module-1 (08 hrs)

Python Basics: Entering Expressions into the Interactive Shell, The Integer, Floating-Point, and
String Data Types, String Concatenation and Replication, Storing Values in Variables, Your First
Program, Dissecting Your Program, Flow control: Boolean Values, Comparison Operators,
Boolean Operators,Mixing Boolean and Comparison Operators, Elements of Flow Control,
Program Execution, Flow Control Statements, Importing Modules,Ending a Program Early with
sys.exit(), Functions: def Statements with Parameters, Return Values and return Statements,The
None Value, Keyword Arguments and print(), Local and Global Scope, The global Statement,
Exception Handling, A Short Program: Guess the Number
Textbook 1: Chapters 1 – 3

Module-2 (08 hrs)

Lists: The List Data Type, Working with Lists, Augmented Assignment Operators, Methods,
Example Program: Magic 8 Ball with a List, List-like Types: Strings and Tuples, References,

Dictionaries and Structuring Data: The Dictionary Data Type, Pretty Printing, Using Data
Structures to Model Real-World Things,
Textbook 1: Chapters 4 – 5

Module-3 (08 hrs)

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Manipulating Strings: Working with Strings, Useful String Methods, Project: Password Locker,
Project: Adding Bullets to Wiki Markup

Reading and Writing Files: Files and File Paths, The os.path Module, The File Reading/Writing
Process, Saving Variables with the shelve Module,Saving Variables with the print.format()
Function, Project: Generating Random Quiz Files, Project: Multiclipboard,
Textbook 1: Chapters 6 , 8

Module-4 (08 hrs)

Organizing Files: The shutil Module, Walking a Directory Tree, Compressing Files with the
zipfile Module, Project: Renaming Files with American-Style Dates to European-Style
Dates,Project: Backing Up a Folder into a ZIP File,

Debugging: Raising Exceptions, Getting the Traceback as a String, Assertions, Logging, IDLE‟s
Debugger.

Textbook 1: Chapters 9-10

Module-5 (08 hrs)
Classes and objects: Programmer-defined types, Attributes, Rectangles, Instances as return
values, Objects are mutable, Copying,

Classes and functions: Time, Pure functions, Modifiers, Prototyping versus planning,

Classes and methods: Object-oriented features, Printing objects, Another example, A more
complicated example,Theinit method, The __str__ method, Operator overloading, Type-based
dispatch, Polymorphism, Interface and implementation,

Textbook 2: Chapters 15 – 17

Course outcome (Course Skill Set)

At the end of the course the student will be able to:
CO1 Demonstrate proficiency in handling loops and creation of functions.
CO2 Identify the methods to create and manipulate lists, tuples and dictionaries.
CO3 Develop programs for string processing and file organization
CO4 Interpret the concepts of Object-Oriented Programming as used in Python.

Programming Exercises:

1. a. Develop a program to read the student details like Name, USN, and Marks in three subjects. Display
the student details, total marks and percentage with suitable messages.
b. Develop a program to read the name and year of birth of a person. Display whether the person is a
senior citizen or not.

2. a. Develop a program to generate Fibonacci sequence of length (N). Read N from the console.
b. Write a function to calculate factorial of a number. Develop a program to compute binomial
coefficient (Given N and R).

3. Read N numbers from the console and create a list. Develop a program to print mean, variance and
standard deviation with suitable messages.

4. Read a multi-digit number (as chars) from the console. Develop a program to print the frequency of
each digit with suitable message.

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5. Develop a program to print 10 most frequently appearing words in a text file. [Hint: Use dictionary
with distinct words and their frequency of occurrences. Sort the dictionary in the reverse order of
frequency and display dictionary slice of first 10 items]

6. Develop a program to sort the contents of a text file and write the sorted contents into a separate text
file. [Hint: Use string methods strip(), len(), list methods sort(), append(), and file methods open(),
readlines(), and write()].

7. Develop a program to backing Up a given Folder (Folder in a current working directory) into a ZIP
File by using relevant modules and suitable methods.

8. Write a function named DivExp which takes TWO parameters a, b and returns a value c (c=a/b). Write
suitable assertion for a>0 in function DivExp and raise an exception for when b=0. Develop a suitable
program which reads two values from the console and calls a function DivExp.

9. Define a function which takes TWO objects representing complex numbers and returns new complex
number with a addition of two complex numbers. Define a suitable class ‘Complex’ to represent the
complex number. Develop a program to read N (N >=2) complex numbers and to compute the addition
of N complex numbers.

10. Develop a program that uses class Student which prompts the user to enter marks in three subjects and
calculates total marks, percentage and displays the score card details. [Hint: Use list to store the marks
in three subjects and total marks. Use __init__() method to initialize name, USN and the lists to store
marks and total, Use getMarks() method to read marks into the list, and display() method to display the
score card details.]

Assessment Details (both CIE and SEE)

The weightage of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) is 50% and for Semester End Exam (SEE) is 50%.
The minimum passing mark for the CIE is 40% of the maximum marks (20 marks out of 50). The
minimum passing mark for the SEE is 35% of the maximum marks (18 marks out of 50). A student shall
be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to each subject/
course if the student secures not less than 35% (18 Marks out of 50) in the semester-end
examination(SEE), and a minimum of 40% (40 marks out of 100) in the sum total of the CIE (Continuous
Internal Evaluation) and SEE (Semester End Examination) taken together.
Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE):
Two Unit Tests each of 20 Marks (duration 01 hour)
 First test after the completion of 30-40 % of the syllabus
 Second test after completion of 80-90% of the syllabus
One Improvement test before the closing of the academic term may be conducted if necessary. However
best two tests out of three shall be taken into consideration.
Two assignments each of 10 Marks
The teacher has to plan the assignments and get them completed by the students well before the closing
of the term so that marks entry in the examination portal shall be done in time. Formative (Successive)
Assessments include Assignments/Quizzes/Seminars/ Course projects/Field surveys/ Case studies/
Hands-on practice (experiments)/Group Discussions/ others. . The Teachers shall choose the types of
assignments depending on the requirement of the course and plan to attain the Cos and POs. (to have a
less stressed CIE, the portion of the syllabus should not be common /repeated for any of the methods of
the CIE. Each method of CIE should have a different syllabus portion of the course). CIE methods
/test question paper is designed to attain the different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy as per the outcome
defined for the course.
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The sum of two tests, two assignments, will be out of 60 marks and will be scaled down to 30 marks
CIE for the practical component of the Integrated Course
 On completion of every experiment/program in the laboratory, the students shall be evaluated
and marks shall be awarded on the same day. The15 marks are for conducting the experiment
and preparation of the laboratory record, the other 05 marks shall be for the test conducted at
the end of the semester.
 The CIE marks awarded in the case of the Practical component shall be based on the continuous
evaluation of the laboratory report. Each experiment report can be evaluated for 10 marks.
Marks of all experiments’ write-ups are added and scaled down to 15 marks.
 The laboratory test (duration 02/03 hours) at the end of the 14th /15th week of the semester
/after completion of all the experiments (whichever is early) shall be conducted for 50 marks and
scaled down to 05 marks.
Scaled-down marks of write-up evaluations and tests added will be CIE marks for the laboratory
component of IPCC for 20 marks.

Semester End Examination(SEE):

Theory SEE will be conducted by University as per the scheduled timetable, with common question papers
for the subject (duration 03 hours)
 The question paper shall be set for 100 marks. The medium of the question paper shall be
English/Kannada). The duration of SEE is 03 hours.

The question paper will have 10 questions. Two questions per module. Each question is set for 20
marks. The students have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
The student has to answer for 100 marks and marks scored out of 100 shall be proportionally
reduced to 30 marks.
There will be 2 questions from each module. Each of the two questions under a module (with a
maximum of 3 sub-questions), should have a mix of topics under that module.

Lab SEE will be conducted based on the Lab assignments with both internal and external examiners
as per prevailing practice. The exam will be conducted for 50 marks and minimum passing is 20
marks. The marks obtained will be proportionally reduced to 20 marks (max) and will be summed
with theory SEE to get the total SEE marks.

Passing in the subject: The student will pass the subject only if he obtained minimum passing marks
both in theory SEE and Lab SEE. If a student fails in either theory/lab he has to clear
thecorresponding component only. Grading will be assigned by combining the performance in Lab
and theory.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Text Books
1. Al Sweigart,“Automate the Boring Stuff with Python”,1stEdition, No Starch Press, 2015.
(Available under CC-BY-NC-SA license at https://automatetheboringstuff.com/)
(Chapters 1 to 18, except 12) for lambda functions use this link:
https://www.learnbyexample.org/python-lambda-function/
2. Allen B. Downey, “Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist”, 2nd Edition,
Green Tea Press, 2015. (Available under CC-BY-NC license at
http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython2/thinkpython2.pdf
(Chapters 13, 15, 16, 17, 18) (Download pdf/html files from the above link)

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Web links and Video Lectures (e-Resources):

● https://www.learnbyexample.org/python/
● https://www.learnpython.org/
● https://pythontutor.com/visualize.html#mode=edit

Activity Based Learning (Suggested Activities in Class)/ Practical Based learning

● Quizzes for list, tuple, string dictionary slicing operations using below link
https://github.com/sushantkhara/Data-Structures-And-Algorithms-with-
Python/raw/main/Python%203%20_%20400%20exercises%20and%20solutions%20for%20beginn
ers.pdf

COs and POs Mapping (Individual teacher has to fill up)

COs POs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
CO1
CO2
CO3
CO4
CO5
Level 3- Highly Mapped, Level 2-Moderately Mapped, Level 1-Low Mapped, Level 0- Not Mapped