What Do CS1 Syllabi Reveal About Our Expectations of Introductory Programming Students?
Georgetown University - Computer Science 1
| Country: | USA |
| University: | Georgetown University |
| Course code: | COSC 151 |
| Course title: | Computer Science 1 |
| Date of Syllabus: | |
| Source: | Manual search |
| Associated Degrees: | Computer Science |
| Prerequisits: | no |
| Course for Majors: | yes |
| Course stage: | 1 |
| Semester: | 1 |
| Programming language: | C++ |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| URL: | https://myaccess.georgetown.edu/pls/bninbp/bwckctlg.p_disp_course_detail?cat_term_in=201730&subj_code_in=COSC&crse_numb_in=051 |
| Explicit or !Explicit LOs: | Scraped |
| Learning Outcomes: |
The course covers the following topics: basic data types, the C++ string class, variables and constants, and their declaration, input/output (cin/cout) operators assignment operators, arithmetic operators, conditional control structures, repetition control structures, basic file operations user-defined functions, value and reference parameters, scope rules, name precedence, function overloading, template functions, elementary software engineering principles Standard Template Library (STL), the vector class, elementary searching and sorting, user-defined classes, operator overloading, pointers, self-referential classes, dynamic object creation and destruction, linked lists, and recursion |
| LO categories: |
Classes & objects 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 Strings Pointers Variables, assignment, arithmetic expressions, declarations, data types File handling & I/O Scope of code Recursion |