CS 18000: Problem Solving And Object-Oriented Programming

4 Credits

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Hubert Dunsmore
Jeffrey Turkstra
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Problem solving and algorithms, implementation of algorithms in a high level programming language, conditionals, the iterative approach and debugging, collections of data, searching and sorting, solving problems by decomposition, the object-oriented approach, subclasses of existing classes, handling exceptions that occur when the program is running, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), data stored in files, abstract data types, a glimpse at topics from other CS courses. Intended primarily for students majoring in computer sciences. Credit cannot be obtained for both CS 18000 and any of 15600, 15800 and 15900. Not open to students with credit in CS 24000.

Course CS 180 from Purdue University - West Lafayette.

Prerequisites
  • ONE of:
    • MA 16100 [may be taken concurrently]
    • MA 16300 [may be taken concurrently]
    • MA 16500 [may be taken concurrently]
    • MA 16500 [may be taken concurrently]
    • MA 16700 [may be taken concurrently]
    • BOTH of:
      • MA 22100
      • ONE of:
        • MA 22200
        • MA 16021
    • BOTH of:
      • MA 22300
      • MA 22400
    • BOTH of:

Course Overview

Course GPA

GPA: 3.34
Grade Distribution% of Students
A
B
C
A: 59%
B: 23%
C: 10%
D: 2%
F: 6%

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Instructors5 instructors
Semesters7 semesters

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