Introduction to Algorithms and Program Design

Catalog description

This course introduces students to prgamming with an emphasis on computational problem-solving. Topics include program design and testing strategies, programming language syntax and semantics, scalar data types and an introduction to data structures, control structures, iteration, recursion, file input/output exceptions as well as introduction to algroithm analysis. Students will use a high-level programming language to develop programs and reinforce their understanding of topics.