PROGRAMMING I

COMPSCI 200

Course Description

Learn the process of incrementally developing small (200-500 lines) programs along with the fundamental Computer Science topics. These topics include: problem abstraction and decomposition, the edit-compile-run cycle, using variables of primitive and more complex data types, conditional and loop-based flow control, basic testing and debugging techniques, how to define and call functions (methods), and IO processing techniques. Also teaches and reinforces good programming practices including the use of a consistent style, and meaningful documentation. Intended for students who have no prior programming experience.

Prerequisties

Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A requirement or declared in the Capstone Certificate in Computer Sciences for Professionals

Satisfies

STAT 405 , COMPSCI 638 , ISYE 350 , COMPSCI/MATH 513 , COMPSCI 402 , COMPSCI/MATH 514 , ME 331 , ME 468 , ISYE 521 , BME/ECE 463 , COMPSCI/ECE/ME 539 , ISYE/ME 643 , ISYE 620 , COMPSCI/ECE/ISYE 524 , ME 472 , COMPSCI/ECE/ME 532 , COMPSCI 541 , MATH 444 , COMPSCI/ISYE 526 , COMPSCI 412 , ME 459 , COMPSCI 300 , and MATH 345

Credits

Offered

Fall, Spring, Summer

Grade Point Average

3.54

11.75% from Historical

Completion Rate

97.14%

3.87% from Historical

A Rate

57.71%

49.14% from Historical

Class Size

629

3.01% from Historical

2025 Fall Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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Andrew Kuemmel

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