What Do CS1 Syllabi Reveal About Our Expectations of Introductory Programming Students?
University of California Santa Barbara - Solving Problems with Computers 1
| Country: | USA |
| University: | University of California Santa Barbara |
| Course code: | CS 8 |
| Course title: | Solving Problems with Computers 1 |
| Date of Syllabus: | |
| Source: | Manual search |
| Associated Degrees: | Computer Science |
| Prerequisits: | no |
| Course for Majors: | yes |
| Course stage: | 1 |
| Semester: | |
| Programming language: | Python |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| URL: | http://cs.ucsb.edu/~zmatni/syllabi/CS8S17_syllabus.pdf |
| Explicit or !Explicit LOs: | Explicit |
| Learning Outcomes: |
The “Why do we care?” question regarding computer science and its role in society Problem solving and abstraction Memory concepts: variables, names, types, values, and assignment statements Strings of characters Control structures (for loops, if/else, while loops) Functions Processing text files Lists and dictionaries Program style: How to write code that other people can read and understand |
| LO categories: |
Developing good program Design methodology & styling Problem Solving (also things like computational thinking) Abstraction Control Structures & logic (if/else etc) Repitition & loops (for/while etc) Functions, methods and procedures Arrays, Lists, dictionaries, vectors, sets Strings Variables, assignment, arithmetic expressions, declarations, data types |