Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Terhi Kilamo

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1 : Wednesday 12 - 14, TB214 Per 1, 2 : Monday 12 - 14, TB214

Requirements

Weekly programming tasks, homework assignments and a final exam. All homework assignments need to be turned in and accepted before the exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

After completing the course, the student can write small programs in an imperative programming language.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	The basic concepts of programming. What can be done with a program. The concept of algorithms. Designing and implementing a simple program.	Divide and conquer approach to designing programs. Programming style basics.
2.	Variables and data types.	Choosing the suitable data type for different purposes.	vector
3.	if-statements. The while-loop.	Other loop mechanisms (for and do-while) break and continue.	switch-statement.
4.	Functions, parameter passing mechanisms.
5.	Using the basic programming tools (editor, compiler).	Using the style analysis tools.	Using the debugger.

Evaluation criteria for the course

The grade is given based on the exam, points from the homework assignments and possible extra credit from active attendance.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	C++ from the Beginning	Jan Skansholm	0 201 72168 6				English
Book	Problem Solving with C++: the object of programming	Walter Savitch	0 321 26975 6				English
Lecture slides	Programming I	Terhi Kilamo					English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Excercises Practical works	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	08.08.2008
Modifier	Terhi Kilamo