COMPUTER SCIENCE I

Catalog description

An introductory course covering the fundamental concepts and skills of programming in a high-level language. Emphasis is placed on problem solving, algorithm development, program design and structure, code documentation and style, and testing and debugging. Topics include hardware and software systems, data types and variables, device/file input and output, flow control and functions, use of basic data structures, as well as principles and applications of object-oriented programming. (4 credits) fall, spring