Intensive Foundations of CS
Course Description
Introduces systematic problem solving through programming. Offers students an opportunity to learn how to analyze a problem, how to divide and organize the problem into appropriate components, how to describe the problem in a computer language, how to analyze and understand the behavior of their programs, and how to test that their programs are working correctly. Additionally, introduces a method of program design called object-oriented programming and various ways to organize data, including a discussion of their advantages and disadvantages. To practice the course concepts, students undertake assignments ranging from small, highly specified programming tasks to larger open-ended problems where students design and code their own solutions.
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Quick Takeaways
- ✅Best for: Challenge and Feedback stand out (Strong, Strong).
- ⚠️Watch out: Clarity is below average.
- 💡Key insight: Hard to follow and hard to understand
Strengths & Areas for attention
- ✅On Par: Learning (4.5)
- ✅Strong: Feedback (4.6)
- ⚠️Below average: Clarity (4.2)
- ⚠️On Par: Prepared (4.5)
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