What Do CS1 Syllabi Reveal About Our Expectations of Introductory Programming Students?
University of Camberidge - Foundations of Computer Science
| Country: | England |
| University: | University of Camberidge |
| Course code: | |
| Course title: | Foundations of Computer Science |
| Date of Syllabus: | |
| Source: | Manual search |
| Associated Degrees: | Computer Science |
| Prerequisits: | no |
| Course for Majors: | yes |
| Course stage: | 1 |
| Semester: | |
| Programming language: | ML |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| URL: | https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1112/FoundsCS/ |
| Explicit or !Explicit LOs: | Explicit |
| Learning Outcomes: |
be able to write simple ML programs; understand the importance of abstraction in computing be able to estimate the efficiency of simple algorithms, using the notions of average-case, worse-case and amortised costs know the comparative advantages of insertion sort, quick sort and merge sort understand binary search and binary search trees know how to use currying and higher-order functions |
| LO categories: |
Writing programs Abstraction Searching algorithms Sorting Algorithms Evaluating Time/Space Complexity |