CSCI

106

Fundamentals of Computer Science

(

3

cr)

Prerequisite: College level preparation course in mathematics or MATH 100. Offered in fall and spring.

Introduction to the discipline of computing. Sets, relations, functions. Propositional and predicate logic. Problem-solving concepts, algorithms, pseudo-code. Control structures, functions, procedures, parameters, one-dimensional arrays. Number systems, representation of data, computer organization. The social context of computing. Programming laboratory provides a systematic introduction to the Pascal language.
 

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