Computer Programming Skills and Concepts 1 (CS0004)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : INF-1-CP1

This course introduces basic skills required to develop computer programs using modern computer systems, assuming little or no previous experience. It also introduces fundamental concepts of program construction in a suitable high-level programming language. The course has a significant practical component requiring students to construct small programs.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Informatics, (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	11:10	12:00	Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	14:00	14:50	Central
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	12:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	12:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Tutorials (1hr/week) as arranged.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

-Students will be able to make effective use of a modern computer system for organising data, communicating, accessing resources worldwide and problem solving.

-They will know the larger part of a high-level programming
language (currently C) and be able to express themselves effectively within that language.

-They will have developed problem solving skills: the ability to analyse a modest-scale computational problem, develop a solution at the level of a high-level program design, and implement that design in a programming language.

-They will understand some of the basic principles
underlying the discipline of computer science, and gain an appreciation of alternative approaches to the particular one (based on an imperative programming language) explored in this course.