Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: COMPUTATIONAL THINKING: AN INTEGRATED INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING

Department: Computer Science

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Distribution Group: Distribution Group III

Credit Hours: 4

Description: An integrated introduction to computation taught by solving real-world problems in audio, video and text processing, physical robotics, control and simulation of complex systems in nature, and swarm intelligence. Technical topics include how to model computational artifacts operating in the world; how to design and implement algorithmic solutions in Python; and how to experimentally test and evaluate performance of computational systems. Open to first-year students.