CS 102

Course Information: Same as INFO 102. See INFO 102.

(Required) Computer Science Illuminated Sixth Edition, Nell Dale and John Lewis, Jones and Bartlett Learning 1284055914

1. Students should understand binary representation of numbers, text, and other data.
2. Students should understand Boolean logic
3. Students should understand basic digital logic and sequential circuits
4. Students should be able to read and simulate simple programs
5. Students should understand some basic algorithms and understand that some algorithms are better than others (basic computational complexity)
6. Students should understand how basic ADTs work (e.g. stacks, queues, lists, graphs, and trees.)
7. Students should understand that some problems cannot be solved by computers
8. Students should recognize the basic components of a computer (e.g. RAM, CPU, motherboard)
9. Students should understand the role of an operating system in a computer
10. Students should be able to describe the basics of a computer network and the Internet

1. Binary and Boolean representations
2. Basic digital design
3. Basic sequential design
4. Computation (fetch, decode, execute cycle)
5. Assembly programming
6. Representing integers, floats, and text
7. Algorithms
8. High level language programming
9. Abstract data types and objects
10. Operating systems and file systems
11. Networking, the internet, and search engines
12. Computer security and cryptography
13. Machine learning
14. Simulations and graphics
15. Computability and countability

Required for informatics minor

2/18/2019by Ryan Matthew Cunningham