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Starting out with Python (Global 4th edition, 2018)
by Tony Gaddis
Pearson Education
ISBN: 9781292225753

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Session Week	Date Commencing	Topic/Modules	Readings and Notes
1	20/Jul/2020	Topic 1 Programming Fundamentals	Chapter 1, sections 1.4 to 1.5 Chapter 2, sections 2.2 to 2.9
2	27/Jul/2020	Topic 2 Selection Structures	Chapter 3, sections 3.1 to 3.6
3	03/Aug/2020	Topic 3 Repetition Structures	Chapter 4, sections 4.1 to 4.7 CENSUS date: 09/Aug/2020
4	10/Aug/2020	Topic 4 Software Testing	Material on Interact site Assessment 1 Due: 16/Aug/2020
5	17/Aug/2020	Topic 5 Turtle Graphics	Chapter 2, section 2.10 Chapter 3, section 3.7 Chapter 4, section 4.8
6	24/Aug/2020	Topic 6 Functions and Modules	Chapter 5, sections 5.1 to 5.10
	31/Aug/2020	Mid-session Break
6	07/Sep/2020	Revision 1	Assessment 2 Due: 13/Sep/2020
7	14/Sep/2020	Topic 7 Files and Exceptions	Chapter 6
8	21/Sep/2020	Topic 8 Sequences and Lists	Chapter 7, section 7.1 to 7.9
9	28/Sep/2020	Topic 9 Strings and Dictionaries	Chapter 8, section 8.1 to 8.3 Chapter 9, section 9.1 Assessment 3 Due: 04/Oct/2020
10	05/Oct/2020	Topic 10 Object Oriented Programming	Chapter 10 05/Oct/2020: Labour Day public holiday
11	12/Oct/2020	Revision 2
	19/Oct/2020	Examination period
	26/Oct/2020	Examination period