CSC 173
Java Programming for Engineers

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Prerequisite

Recommendations MAT 250, CSC 170 or concurrent enrollment CSC 170, or instructor's consent.

Course Description

Course introduces Java programming language. Content focus is on solving numerically intensive applications present in scientific and engineering fields. Numerical algorithms implemented using object-oriented programming tools and elementary data structures.

Course Objectives

A. Compose, edit, compile and execute programs written in the Java programming language.
B. Apply the tools of problem analysis and algorithmic development to problems from the natural sciences and engineering.
C. Design programs using the essential programming tools: modularity, selection and repetition.
D. Implement programming solutions using data structures such as files and arrays.
E. Design class objects demonstrating the proper use of encapsulation and data abstraction.
F. Survey elementary numerical algorithms.