CS 210 - Fundamentals of Computer Science I

5 CR

Introduces computer science and programming for CS majors. Students learn design and implementation of algorithms and programming in a structured, modular language, with emphasis on problem solving, program design, and style.

Recommended: CS 209 or previous programming experience, see CS2xx Placement page at website https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/cs/
Prerequisite(s): MATH 142 or higher with a C- or better, or placement by assessment in MATH 151 or above, or entry code.

Course Outcomes

Solve computer programming problems using current industry standards in software engineering; editing, compiling, and executing code; which is structured in maintainable style with programmer comments (documentation).
Define the concepts of data types, specifically the use of primitive data versus object, accessing and creating methods, their parameters passed, and returned.
Use procedural decomposition to construct programming solutions using decision controls (if, else), repetitions (for, do while), and external file reading (secondary storage).
Utilize simple data structures such as arrays and classes to solve complex problems, and use an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to fix potential errors identified with code testing concepts.

GenEd Outcomes: Creative and Critical Thinking

Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning

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