INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

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A first course in computer programming. Introduces computing fundamentals, computational thinking, program design, and programming in a block -structured language, such as Python or Scheme. The fundamentals of programming introduced include data types, program control, input and output, functions, recursion, data and procedural abstraction, and debugging. This is a programming-intensive course, but it does not assume any previous programming experience. Prerequisite: MATH 150 with a grade of no less than a B or placement. Corequisite: MATH 151. This course fulfills the MATH 270 course requirement for mathematics and physics majors.