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Introduction to Programming (5 cr)

Code: 5051111-3017

General information


Enrollment

01.08.2020 - 30.08.2020

Timing

31.08.2020 - 18.12.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish
  • English

Seats

0 - 120

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Information and Communication Technology

Teachers

  • Tapani Ojanperä

Groups

  • PTIVIS20A
  • PTIVIS20C
  • PTIVIS20B

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
- describe the most important software application types and their typical features
- discuss the selection of a proper solution technology
- define the main concepts of programming such as source code, compiler, variable and data type
- read program code written by someone else
- utilize the most important decision and control structures
- recognize basic object-oriented concepts (class and its members, object, reference, exceptions)
- design and implement simple software applications
- draw a flow chart of the program.

Content

- software application structure
- development environment and tools
- variables and data types
- functions
- decision and control structures
- arrays and lists

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Basic computer skills and high school or vocational school mathematics curriculum or equivalent skills.