PROGRAMMING MASTERY (7 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to: apply principles of Java programming in designing programs; identify and analyze basic computing problems, and define the appropriate solutions; identify and apply professional and ethical principles in programming; describe the use of various data structures; explain and apply appropriate operations for maintaining common data structures; apply appropriate data structures and simple algorithms for solving computing problems; and design computer programs applying different data structures and related algorithms.

Topics:

This course is designed to enhanced problem solving techniques and programming concepts and to enable the students in developing algorithms and well-structured programs. It introduces students to the concepts and techniques of basic programming using the Java programming language; basic computing algorithms and basic data structures are also discussed. The students’ competency is assessed by their capability to create a middle-sized application program. This course also serves as one of the foundation courses in programming principles. It provides students with an understanding of the principles of data structures and algorithms in the design and development of computer software. Students will also learn the basic data structures and their use in different algorithms that are commonly used in making structured and efficient software programs. Part of the course will also cover a short introduction to the analysis of algorithms.

Pre-requisite(s): None