MECH&AE M20P · MAE M20PIntroduction to Computer Programming with Python
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
(Formerly numbered 20P.) Fundamentals of computer programming taught in the context of Python. Topics include basic data types and control structures, input/output, functions, data visualization, and list- and array-based data structures. Introduction to object-oriented programming. Basic algorithms and data structures including sorting, searching, stacks, queues, heaps, and graph traversal techniques such as depth-first and breadth-first search. Examples and exercises from engineering, mathematics, and physical sciences.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
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Requisite: Mathematics 33A.
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MECH&AE M20P
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
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