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Course Outlines

Summer 2024 - CMPT 125 D100

Introduction to Computing Science and Programming II (3)

Class Number: 4004

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Mon, Wed, Fri, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 120 or CMPT 130, with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A rigorous introduction to computing science and computer programming, suitable for students who already have some background in computing science and programming. Intended for students who will major in computing science or a related program. Topics include: memory management; fundamental algorithms; formally analyzing the running time of algorithms; abstract data types and elementary data structures; object-oriented programming and software design; specification and program correctness; reading and writing files; debugging tools; shell commands. Students with credit for CMPT 126, 129, 135 or CMPT 200 or higher may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course is a rigorous introduction to computing science, intended primarily for students who have already taken CMPT 120 as an introduction to algorithms and programming. Students will learn fundamental concepts of computing science and basic principles of algorithm design and software development. Most case studies will be presented using C. Students will also be introduced to object-oriented software development using C++.

Topics

  • Brief review of problem solving and programming; introduction to C.
  • Performance measurements; algorithm design and analysis.
  • Recursion: simple recursion; divide and conquer algorithms.
  • Reasoning about programs: assertions, invariants, and correctness.
  • Good programming style; defensive coding practices; testing.
  • The memory model: addresses, dynamic data types, safe initialization, safe cleanup and safe arrays.
  • Encodings of basic types: int, unsigned, float, char, pointer.
  • Elementary data structures; abstract data types; information hiding.
  • Introduction to object-oriented software development; basic class design in C++.

Grading

NOTES:

To be discussed the first week of classes

Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C- or better).

Registrar Notes:

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