Introduction to Programming I

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Course
CSIS 1175
Discontinued
No
Course code
CSIS 1175
Descriptive
Introduction to Programming I
Department
Computing Studies & Information Systems
Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Credits
3.00
Start date
End term
Not Specified
PLAR
No
Semester length
15 Weeks
Max class size
35
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Contact hours

Lecture: 2 hours per week

Seminar: 2 hours per week

 

 

 
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Learning activities

Lecture, seminars, laboratory assignments, reading, and research

Group work may be involved

Course description
This course introduces students to computing science and programming. It includes fundamental concepts and terminology of computing science, program design and fundamental building blocks for programming in a high-level language. Topics cover, but are not limited to Windows forms, properties, pseudo code, data types, arrays, operators, control structures, methods, classes, objects, and fundamental algorithms.
Course content

1) Programming in general

  • Program development cycle
  • Programming tools – flowcharts, pseudocode
  • Integrated development environment

2) Programming in C#, NET

  • Console application development
  • Data type and expressions
  • Variables and constants
  • Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  • Windows Forms

3) Methods

  • Calling and implementing methods
  • Scope of variables
  • Value-type and reference-type parameters

4) Fundamental of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

  • Classes and objects
  • Properties, methods and constructors
  • Method and constructor overloading

5) Flow of control

  • Relational and logical operators
  • Conditional statements
  • Repetitions

6) Basic data structures and algorithm

  • One-dimensional and two-dimensional arrays
  • Dictionary
  • List/ArrayList
  • Searching and sorting

7) File I/O

  • Reading and writing text files
  • LINQ
Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, successful students will be able to:

  1. describe the process of program design and development;
  2. develop a structured console program given a well-defined specification;
  3. differentiate various data types and expressions;
  4. describe the use of variables and constants and their scope in a program;
  5. state the purpose of methods;
  6. differentiate different forms of parameters of a method;
  7. demonstrate basic object-oriented programming concepts such as classes, objects, properties, methods, constructors, etc.;
  8. implement different flows of controls such as conditional statements and repetitions;
  9. implement basic data structures such as one-dimensional arrays, two dimensional arrays, dictionaries, and list ;
  10. utilize different GUI forms and controls to build windows form applications;
  11. implement the process of file I/O;
  12. design a working program to solve a well-defined problem.
Means of assessment

Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy.

Assignments     

10%-20%

Quizzes

10%-30%

Midterm Examination

20%-30%

Final Examination*

30%-40%

Total

     100%

 * Practical hands-on programming exam

In order to pass the course, students must, in addition to receiving an overall course grade of 50%, also achieve a grade of at least 50% on the combined weighted examination components (including quizzes, tests, exams).

Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.

 

Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

C# Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Barbara Doyle. Cengage Learning, latest edition

or

other textbooks as approved by the department

Prerequisites

Pre-Calculus 11 (C or better) or Foundations of Math 11 (C or better) or MATU 0410 (C or better) or approved substitute OR currently active in:

PDD Information and Communication Technology or

PDD Data Analytics or

PBD Computer and Information Systems

Equivalencies

 

 

 

Which prerequisite

CSIS1275, CSIS2365, CSIS3540