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Introduction to Programming (5 cr)

Code: 5051111-3056

General information


Enrollment

28.09.2023 - 14.01.2024

Timing

01.01.2024 - 31.07.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Teachers

  • Päivi Oliva
  • Jaakko Lamminpää

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.