Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:

Civic Engagement

• Engage and build technology that responds to human needs and helps people navigate institutional systems

• Assess why certain solutions might not work and to save time in coming up with a more efficient approach

• Work well with others and display situationally and culturally appropriate demeanor and behavior

• Perform accurate calculations, interpret quantitative information, apply and analyze relevant numerical data, and use results to support conclusions

• Represent real-world objects and processes virtually by identifying properties, behavior, and operations relevant to solving problems on a computer.

• Develop, convey, and exchange ideas in writing, as appropriate to a given context and audience

• Differentiate computer components by functionality.
• Define basics of computer storage devices.
• Illustrate the computer structure.
• Define Binary and Hexadecimal numeration systems.
• Define types of software
• Explain the use of computers, and the social impact they have.
• Discuss secure programming
• Evaluate the ethical aspects of programming

• Editors, compilers and/or interpreters; distinguishing source code, object code, and executables.
• Reading and evaluate compilation error messages.
• Executing programs.
• Analyzing and resolving run-time errors.

• List and apply the steps involved in problem solving through algorithmic modeling.
• Describe activities related to program modeling and design including algorithm development.
• Solve problems using techniques such as pseudocode, flowcharts, and model development.
• Verify algorithms and identify errors.
• Distinguish between procedural techniques and object-oriented techniques.
• Write programs using good programming practices.

• Compare and contrast data types.
• Describe the use of variables.
• Build expressions using variables, literal data, and operators, correctly using rules of operator precedence.

• Describe how conditional selection operations are used to alter the sequential execution of a program.
• Describe how relational and Boolean operators are used to form logical expressions that evaluate to true or false
• Identify techniques to evaluate selection statements for logic errors.
• Develop programs using sequential and selection operations.

• Describe how repetition structures are used to alter the sequential execution of a program.
• Choose appropriate repetition structures based on the type of application.
• Identify techniques to evaluate repetition statements for logic errors.
• Develop programs using repetition structures.

• Apply modularization to manage complexity of programming
• Describe the roles of parameters in a procedure definition.
• Illustrate parameter passing when invoking procedures.
• Solve problems using procedures.

• Describe information hiding and encapsulation.
• Describe the concept of class and object of a class.
• Use language classes from the standard library to develop programs.

• Define the nature and purpose of an array.
• Use arrays as parameters and returned values in procedures.
• Evaluate programs that use arrays.
• Develop applications using arrays.