Computing Science  
 
 
 
 

Semester 1:	2002-03
Module leader:	Prof. A. Yakovlev
Pre-requisites:	GCSE maths or equivalent
Co-requisites:	none
Credits:	10
Aims (the purpose of the module):
This course is intended as an introduction to programming for those students with an engineering/scientific background who will be required in their main subject to develop programs that process data. The language taught will be (a restricted subset of) C++, but no aspects of O-O will be covered as such, although the I/O and complex classes (for example) will be used.
Teaching and Learning Objectives (skills acquired by the end of the module):
In this course the student will: learn the fundamentals of a programming language gain familiarity with a computer system learn how to analyse numerical problems and produce solution designs and implementations
Syllabus (the contents of the module; durations are approximate):
Basic number types Variable declarations Expressions Repetition and selection Functions Arrays Structures Formatted and file i/o
Teaching and Learning Methods:			Number of Student Hours:
	Lectures: Tutorials: Practicals: Student presentations: Group work: Private study:		24 12 12 - - 52
	Total:		100	hours
Methods and Timing of Assessment:
Coursework (40%): A number of short programming exercises will be set, approximately every 2 weeks, plus a more substantial project towards the end of the course, and will count 40% towards the final assessment. It may be possible to set practical work that is directly relevant to a student's main studies. Students must pass the coursework component of a module in order to pass the module as a whole.
Examination (60%): 1.5 hour unseen open book examination at the end of the semester, counting 60% towards the final assessment. Instructions to candidates:
Personal Transferable Skills Development:
Practical experience of using GNU C++ (under cygwin) software, application packages under Windows.
References:
Recommended:	Lee, P.A. and Phillips, C., The Apprentice C++ Programmer: A Touch of Class Int. Thomson Computer Press, 1996.
Recommended:	Friedman, F.L. and Coffman, E.B., Problem Solving, Abstraction, and Design Using C++ Addison-Wesley, 1994.
Background:	Capper, D.M. , C++ for scientists, engineers and mathematicians Springer-Verlag, 1994.
Background:	Barton, J.J. and Nackman, L.R., Scientific and Engineering C++ (Addison-Wesley), 1994

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Last update: 17 September 2001