CS 161P Computer Science 1

This is the first in a sequence of 2 courses that teaches students the Computer Science concepts and skills underlying programming. The course introduces students to fundamental programming concepts as well as the syntax of the Python programming language and the PyCharm development environment.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Complete one of the following: CIS 125A, CIS 125G, CS 160, MTH 095, MTH 098, MTH 111Z, MTH 211, MTH 231, MTH 241, MTH 251 (or by placement)

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Describe introductory programming concepts orally and in writing
2. Develop, test and debug algorithms involving the three structured programming constructs
3. Design, implement, test and debug a Python program using: variables and expressions, selection, repetition, methods and strings
4. Evaluate personal work and that of others. Incorporate feedback