What Do CS1 Syllabi Reveal About Our Expectations of Introductory Programming Students?
Tulane University - Introduction to Computer Science
| Country: | USA |
| University: | Tulane University |
| Course code: | CMPS 1500 |
| Course title: | Introduction to Computer Science |
| 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://www.cs.tulane.edu/~carola/teaching/cmps1500/fall13/ |
| Explicit or !Explicit LOs: | Explicit |
| Learning Outcomes: |
Understand how computational tools, and computational thinking, are used to solve problems in a diverse set of application areas. Understand the basic theory and organization of a computer system. Understand the basic operation of modern software tools (e.g., operating systems, social media tools, embedded operating systems) Use Python to implement a computational solution, reason about its performance, and measure its efficiency. Data structures such as lists, vectors, dictionaries, trees Iteration and recursion Performance analysis via profiling and timing |
| LO categories: |
Writing programs How Computers & computational systems work & history of computing Problem Solving (also things like computational thinking) Data Structures (general or implied complex like stacks, queues etc) Repitition & loops (for/while etc) Arrays, Lists, dictionaries, vectors, sets Evaluating Time/Space Complexity Recursion |