Computer Science I - CSCI 1301

Description

CSCI 1301 is an introduction to computer science with coverage of algorithmic foundations, hardware concepts, and introductory programming in Java. Specific topics include data storage, data manipulation, and data abstractions. Programming concepts covered are algorithm design, primitive data types, and expressions, loops, modular programming, conditional execution, program logic, and arrays.

Name	Office	Phone	Email
Thomas Gonzalez	Dalton State College	706-272-2488	tgonzalez@daltonstate.edu
Frank Malinowski	Albany State University		frank.malinowski@asurams.edu
Sean Mullins	University of North Georgia		sean.mullins@ung.edu
Wesley Steverson	University of West Georgia		wstevers@westga.edu
Alexandra Young	University of West Georgia		ayoung@westga.edu
Jianmin Zhu	Fort Valley State University	478-827-3067	zhuj@fvsu.edu

Credit Hours

Prerequisites

See your home institution's prerequisite requirement.

Free Textbook

Open educational resources (OER)

Course Equivalency

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Analyze and design strategies for solving basic programming problems.
Write expressions using constants, variables, and operators.
Write and apply sequential, conditional and loop constructs.
Create and invoke methods with procedural abstraction and stepwise refinement.
Use arrays to store and process data.
Perform input/output operations and handle exceptions.

The following units are covered in this course:

Unit 1 Computer Programming
Unit 2 Variables and Operators
Unit 3 Methods, Strings and Console Input/output
Unit 4 Methods and Modular Design
Unit 5 Conditional and Logic
Unit 6 Loops
Unit 7 Arrays and Reference

Your final grade will be based on the following breakdown. Please note that each instructor may choose to make modifications.

Quizzes - 15%
Exam 1 - 5%
Exam 2 - 5%
Discussions - 5%
Assignments - 20%
Labs - 20%
Midterm Exam - 15%
Final Exam - 15%

* The midterm and/or the final will be proctored.

The following third-party software applications must be downloaded in order to complete this course:

Java Platform (JDK) Standard Edition 14 (from oracle.com)
Eclipse IDE (from eclipse.org/downloads)

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