Computer Science
Computer Science Fundamentals: COMPSCI 107 Semester 1
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This is the entry course to Computer Science for students with prior programming knowledge. It focuses on data structures and efficient ways to manipulate data. Topics include: a brief recap of programming concepts, recursion, regular expressions, data interchange, abstract data types, linear data structures (lists, stacks and queues), non-linear data structures (heaps, hash tables, trees), searching and sorting.
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Achievement Standards NCEA Level 3: Digital Technologies and Programming : 91637 Develop a complex computer program for a specified task, 91636 Demonstrate understanding of areas of computer science, or equivalent programming experience, or Departmental approval |
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25% assignments, 15% test and 60% exam |
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You must pass the practical (labs) and the theory (test and exam) sections separately to pass the course as a whole. |
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This course has a significant practical component. Students attend three lectures and one two-hour lab session per week. Extra practical work can be done either in the Computer Science laboratory or on any modern computer elsewhere.
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