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University of Arkansas - Programming Foundations 1
Country: | USA |
University: | University of Arkansas |
Course code: | CSCE 2004 |
Course title: | Programming Foundations 1 |
Date of Syllabus: | |
Source: | Manual search |
Associated Degrees: | Computer Science |
Prerequisits: | no |
Course for Majors: | yes |
Course stage: | 1 |
Semester: | |
Programming language: | C++ |
Language of Instruction: | English |
URL: | http://www.csce.uark.edu/~sgauch/2004/S14/index.html |
Explicit or !Explicit LOs: | Explicit |
Learning Outcomes: |
Software Development - The specification, design, implementation, testing, and documentation of software to solve specific problems. Structured Programming - The syntax, semantics, and use of the basic features of a typical structured programming language (e.g., loops, conditionals, functions). Algorithms and Data Structures - Basic methods for storing and manipulating data to effectively solve specific problems (e.g., arrays, binary search). Object Oriented Programming - The syntax, semantics, and use of the basic features of a typical object-oriented programming language (e.g., C++). |
LO categories: |
Designing Algorithms Problem Solving (also things like computational thinking) Generating clear documentation Basic OOP 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 Testing & Debugging code |