Week 08: Functions: Scope and Higher-Order Functions

ENGR 103 — Introduction to Python for Living Systems

Dr. Cheng Li  |  Oregon State University  |  Mon & Fri 9:00–9:50 AM

Reading: Ch 4.3–4.6

📖 Weekly Overview

This week we go deeper into Python functions: understanding how variables are scoped, how function calls create execution environments, and how functions can be treated as data — passed as arguments and returned from other functions.

🎯 Learning Objectives

By the end of this week, you will be able to:

📚 Required Reading

Guttag, "Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python" (3rd Ed)
Week 08 Reading: Ch 4.3–4.6
Complete before the first lecture of the week.

📅 This Week's Schedule

✅ Assignments Due This Week

🔗 Resources