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Trinity College Dublin - Introduction to Programming

Country: Ireland
University: Trinity College Dublin
Course code: CS 1010
Course title: Introduction to Programming
Date of Syllabus:
Source: Manual search
Associated Degrees: Computer Science
Prerequisits: no
Course for Majors: yes
Course stage: 1
Semester:
Programming language: Java
Language of Instruction: English
URL: https://www.scss.tcd.ie/modules/?m=CS1010
Explicit or !Explicit LOs: Explicit
Learning Outcomes:

Solve introductory programming problems in Java.

Break problems into sub-problems, which can then be solved using simple algorithms.

Design algorithms using sequence, selection, iteration and recursion.

Design simple classes using primitive data types, Strings and arrays.

Build object-based programs using class-based decomposition.

Write, compile, test, and debug object-based programs using an Interactive

Development Environment (IDE).

Recognise the software engineering concerns that give rise to the use of classes and other abstraction mechanisms.

LO categories:

Designing Algorithms

Problem Solving (also things like computational thinking)

Basic OOP

Classes & objects

Control Structures & logic (if/else etc)

Repitition & loops (for/while etc)

Arrays, Lists, dictionaries, vectors, sets

Strings

IDE use

Recursion