CS 161P - Computer Science 1

4 Credit(s)

This course is an introduction to software design, development and testing. It covers basic syntax and semantics of Python, data types, and algorithm and program design. Development tools and object-oriented programming are introduced. Will be offered online.

Prerequisite: Choose one of the following courses, which must be completed with a B- or better: CIS 125G, CS 160, CS 161C, MTH 095, MTH 098, MTH 111, MTH 112, MTH 231, MTH 241, MTH 251 (or by placement).
Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:

Develop, test, and debug algorithms involving the three structured programming constructs when given a written description .
Write algorithms in proper Python syntax.
Write, edit and compile a Python program.
Implement, test, and debug elementary programs written in Pytho.

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