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Students will be exposed to the basic principles of computer programming, e.g. fundamental programming techniques, concepts, algorithms, data structures, and object orientated programming. The course contains lectures where the principles are systematically developed. As the course does not presuppose knowledge of these principles, we start from basic intuitions so that students know the basics of programming as the foundation for their future study.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will be delivered in two halves. The first will provide a self-contained introduction to computer programming. It assumes no prior knowledge of computers or programming. It will cover the basic principles of computer programming consisting of topics such as the following:
The second half will equip the students with advanced object-oriented programming knowledge, implementation of data structure and algorithms, and basic software engineering techniques.
The second half of the course will, for example, provide:
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Knowledge and understanding of basic programming concepts and their application: scope, functions, recursion, modular programming, importing and invoking code from within other code. |
| Procedural | Analyse | An understanding of, and ability to apply, techniques to support correct code in a program. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to apply programming concepts for solving problems in order to create a new program. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to analyse simple problems, and design a program solution. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | An ability to judge how computer programs should be structured. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 27 | Feedback Weeks | 29,30 | |
| Feedback |
Feedback in MyAberdeen about 2-3 weeks after submission. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | The understanding of floating point numbers, scientific computing libraries and their application in order to classify them for usage. |
| Procedural | Apply | An ability to write and run programs. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to apply programming concepts for solving problems in order to create a new program. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to analyse simple problems, and design a program solution. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | An ability to judge how computer programs should be structured. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 25,26,27 | Feedback Weeks | 25,26,27 | |
| Feedback |
Each student needs to participate in the session and complete quiz questions, which are marked automatically in MyAberdeen. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | The understanding of floating point numbers, scientific computing libraries and their application in order to classify them for usage. |
| Procedural | Analyse | An understanding of, and ability to apply, techniques to support correct code in a program. |
| Procedural | Apply | An ability to write and run programs. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to analyse simple problems, and design a program solution. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to apply programming concepts for solving problems in order to create a new program. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | An ability to judge how computer programs should be structured. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 75 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Evaluate | An ability to judge how computer programs should be structured. |
| Procedural | Analyse | An understanding of, and ability to apply, techniques to support correct code in a program. |
| Procedural | Apply | An ability to write and run programs. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to analyse simple problems, and design a program solution. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Knowledge and understanding of basic programming concepts and their application: scope, functions, recursion, modular programming, importing and invoking code from within other code. |
| Conceptual | Understand | The understanding of floating point numbers, scientific computing libraries and their application in order to classify them for usage. |
| Procedural | Create | The ability to apply programming concepts for solving problems in order to create a new program. |
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