Introduction to Programming I

Course name: Introduction to Programming I
Course number: XYZ
Knowledge area: Programming Languages and Software Engineering

Administrative details

Faculty: Computer Science and Engineering
Year of instruction: 1st year of BS
Semester of instruction: 1st semester
No. of Credits: 4 ECTS
Total workload on average: 144 hours overall
Frontal lecture hours: 2 per week
Frontal tutorial hours: 2 per week
Lab hours: 2 per week
Individual lab hours: 0
Frequency: weekly throughout the semester
Grading mode: letters: A, B, C, D

Prerequisites

None

Course outline

The Introduction to Programming course teaches the fundamental concepts and skills necessary to perform programming at a professional level. Students will learn how to master the fundamental control structures, data structures, reasoning patterns and programming language mechanisms characterizing modern programming, as well as the fundamental rules of producing high-quality software. They will acquire the necessary programming BS Degree 2019/2020 background for later courses introducing programming skills in specialized application areas. The course focuses on Object Oriented paradigm.

Expected learning outcomes

After taking the course, students will

master the fundamental data structures, reasoning patterns and programming language mechanisms characterizing modern programming.
the fundamental rules of producing high-quality software.
acquire the necessary programming background for later courses introducing programming skills in specialized application areas.

Expected acquired core competences

Basic principles of imperative programming
Object oriented programming
Elements of the verification of the software based on predicates (Design by Contract ®)
Generic programming (templates)
Functional programming within imperative programming languages
Parallel programming approaches

Textbook

Bertrand Meyer: Touch of Class, Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts, Springer 2009, ISBN: 978-3-540-92144-8
Introduction to Programming in Java: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2nd Edition) - Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne

Reference material

Lecturing and lab slides and material will be provided.

Required computer resources

Students should have laptops with basic software for reading and editing document. The programming language for this course is Eiffel. Instructions on how to install it will be provided in the first week of the course.

Evaluation

Mid-term Exam (25%)
Final Exam (30%)
Lab assignments (40%)
Lab participation (5%)

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