ASTR 288P: UNIX and Scientific Programming (Spring 2017)

Class Structure

Instructor will guide students in their learning, with problems and assignments being somewhat self-paced. Formal lectures will occur in some sessions, but most time will be taken up by students working on programming assigments. Instructor will be present for guidance and trouble-shooting. Student will have access to the computer lab (CSS 0224) when it is otherwise not in use. Contact instructor if access is needed.

Class Schedule:

Week 1: Jan 30: intro and assessments, set up class collaborations Lecture1 Notes (Peter/Kevin)
Week 2: Feb 6 unix Lecture2 Overview (Kevin) and Lecture2 Notes
Week 3: Feb 13: unix/python Lecture3 Notes
Week 4: Feb 20: unix/python - Lecture4 [HW0 discussed during class]
Week 5: Feb 27: git/python - Lecture5
Week 6: Mar 6: python - Lecture6 [HW1 due]
Week 7: Mar 13: python - Lecture7
Week 8: Mar 20: SPRING BREAK ---
Week 9: Mar 27: python - ODE - Lecture8 [HW finish working through n6503-case1]
Week 10: Apr 3: python - ODE - Lecture9
Week 11: Apr 10: python - ODE and fitting
Week 12: Apr 17: C
Week 13: Apr 24: C [HW2 due]
Week 14: May 1: C
Week 15: May 8: Astronomy and Open Source Software [HW3 due at noon!!!]
(no final exam)

This page was last modified on 10-Apr-2017 by teuben@astro.umd.edu.