Exploring Computer Science

Catalog description

An introduction to the study of computational and algorithmic processes and the insight such study provides into age-old questions about human creativity and intelligence, the nature of social networks, evolution and self-replicating systems, mind-body duality, language, and economic systems. Students will learn to read and understand short computer programs in a beginner-friendly language. Satisfies the Mathematical and Quantitative Thought requirement. Prerequisites & Notes This course is not open to students with prior credit for (or concurrently enrolled in) any major or minor-eligible CSC course, CSC/MAT220, or MAT 230. No previous experience with computing is needed or assumed.