The Joy of Computing using Python

Week by week (official course layout)

1. Week 1: Introduction to Programming Introduction to programming, Scratch and its features, loops and sequencing.
2. Week 2: Variables, Expressions and the Python Console Variables and expressions, printing and assigning values, executing instructions in the console, design your own calculator.
3. Week 3: Lists, Slicing and Comprehensions Slicing, removing items, list comprehensions, FizzBuzz, crowd computing, permutations of jumbled words.
4. Week 4: Probability and Combinatorial Thinking Magic Square, Dobble game, Birthday Paradox, Guess the Movie.
5. Week 5: Speech Recognition, Sorting and Searching Speech recognition, Monty Hall problem, Rock, Paper, Scissors, sorting and searching.
6. Week 6: Cryptography, Game Logic and Recursion Substitution cipher, Tic Tac Toe, recursion.
7. Week 7: Matrix Traversal and Route Finding Snakes and Ladders, spiral traversal, GPS route tracking.
8. Week 8: Data Structures and Applied Analysis Tuples, lottery simulation, image processing, anagrams, sentiment analysis.
9. Week 9: Natural Language Processing and Graphs Natural Language Processing, NetworkX, Six Degrees of Separation, area calculation.
10. Week 10: Pattern Matching and Data Compression FLAMES, data compression.
11. Week 11: Automation with Python Browser automation, working with the calendar.
12. Week 12: Web Search Algorithms and Number Theory Page Rank, Collatz conjecture.

Topics as the course page lists them. Weekly assignment due dates are shown only inside the course after a SWAYAM sign-in, so they are not here — check the course page every week.

This course's certificate rule

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course. Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100 Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week. YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

As printed on the course page. General rules: NPTEL FAQ.