66003 INTRODUCTORY PROFESSIONAL COMPUTING
FACULTY OF SCIENCES
Full Unit Specifications
(Variations may occur between Day & External Offerings)
Credit Points 1.00
Synopsis
This unit provides students with a sound knowledge base relating to
professional computer programming. It covers basic programming
techniques such as structured design, functions, input/output, data
types and arithmetic, strings, looping, conditional statements,
function arguments and results, top-down programming, arrays, and text
files. Also the unit includes an introduction to formal program
verification methods based on mathematical principles.