CS 120 - Computational Thinking/WGS

Credits: 4

Focused on the fundamentals of programming by introducing the following topics: Problem solving and computational thinking through perspective re-framing, algorithms and visualization; Coding in a high-level programming language, attending to syntax, semantics, linear data types, variables expressions and statements, iteration, input/output and library functions to make decisions, generate random numbers, draw images, access and write to files, by debugging and successfully executing programs. Two hours of lecture and three hours of lab per week.

Pre-Requisites:

Pre-Requisites: Department placement criteria
Repeatable: May not be repeated for credit
Lecture: 3
Lab: 2
Requirements: May only be taken by Digital Design & Media Arts students who have not completed CS 125.