CS1028: PROGRAMMING FOR SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING (2020-2021)

Last modified: 21 Apr 2021 12:00

Course Overview

This course will be delivered in two halves. The first half will provide a self-contained introduction to computer programming. It will be accessible to all undergraduates. Students will be exposed to the basic principles of computer programming, e.g. fundamental programming techniques, concepts, algorithms and data structures. 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. The second half will be particularly of use to those studying Science and Engineering subjects, broadly interpreted, as well as Computing and IT specialists. It will include a gentle introduction to professional issues and security concepts.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	1
Term	First Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Bedour Alshaigy

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Either Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2
Any Undergraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

CS1022 Computer Programming and Principles (Passed)
CS1030 Progamming and Web Applications for All (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

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:

How to write and run your first program
Built-in types of data
Fundamental programming concepts including variables and scope, conditional statements, and iteration
Arrays
Programs that take inputs, and that generate outputs
How to structure and debug code

The second half will build on the first. It is particularly designed to be of use to those studying Science and Engineering subjects, broadly interpreted, as well as Computing Science and IT specialists. The second half of the course will, for example, provide:

Knowledge and understanding of further basic programming concepts: scope, functions, recursion, modular programming, important and invoking code from within other code
Knowledge and understanding of floating-point numbers, and libraries for scientific computing
Skill in deploying the above concepts in practice
A brief introduction to professional issues and professional institutions in computing
A brief introduction to security issues in computing

There will be weekly practical sessions and exercises to work with the concepts.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Computer Programming Exercise (30%)

Computer Programming Exercise (50%)

MCQ Class Test (20%)

Alternative Resit Arrangements for students taking course in Academic Year 2020/21

Where a student fails the course overall they will be afforded the opportunity to resit those parts of the course that they failed (pass marks will be carried forward).

Alternative Resit Arrangements for students who took the course in Academic Year 2019/20 and C8 students

Students resit failed components only.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.