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University of California Davis - Introduction to Programming
Country: | USA |
University: | University of California Davis |
Course code: | ECS 10 |
Course title: | Introduction to Programming |
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Source: | Manual search |
Associated Degrees: | Computer Science |
Prerequisits: | no |
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Programming language: | Python |
Language of Instruction: | English |
URL: | http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/blog/ecs-10-introduction-programming/ |
Explicit or !Explicit LOs: | Scraped |
Learning Outcomes: |
Simple programs: variables, assignment statements, arithmetic expressions, input and output statements Control flow statements: if statements, while statements, for statements Functions: declaration and calls, parameters, scope of variables Data structures: lists, strings, dictionaries, lists of objects Algorithms: at least one algorithm is presented in detail and introduces students to related topics such as scalability |
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Designing Algorithms Data Structures (general or implied complex like stacks, queues etc) Control Structures & logic (if/else etc) Repitition & loops (for/while etc) Functions, methods and procedures Arrays, Lists, dictionaries, vectors, sets Variables, assignment, arithmetic expressions, declarations, data types Scope of code |