Introduction to Programming (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

After completing the course, the student will have acquired basic programming skills. The student will be proficient in constructing basic applications and will comprehend several crucial principles associated with application development.

Upon completion of the course the student is able to:
• compile and run a programs,
• write programs to solve problems,
• implement basic applications.

Content (course unit)

• Programming tools installation
• Variables, data types, data structures etc.
• Constructs, control structures, loops etc.
• Methods
• Fundamentals of objects

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
• will understand the code of various applications,
• can compile and run applications, and create applications using control structures, variables, and arrays.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
• is capable of implementing an application that utilizes complex data structures (such as two-dimensional arrays) and whose functionality is divided into parts (methods).
• is able to apply good programming practices.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
• is able to use advanced data structures,
• can use the features of object-oriented programming in applications,
• is able to use maintainability and other supporting programming practices (e.g. Green Coding).

Assessment scale

0-5