Introduction to Programming (5 cr)
Code: 5051111-3059
General information
Enrollment
27.09.2024 - 13.01.2025
Timing
01.01.2025 - 30.05.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Engineering and Business
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Teachers
- Päivi Oliva
- Paula Steinby
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.