Evan Anderson
PT1420
Introduction to Programming
Welcome!
Welcome to the onsite Summer Quarter 2016 session of PT1420 at the Everett, Washington campus of ITT Technical Institute.
Course Summary
This course serves as a foundation for understanding the logical function and process of computer programming. Basic computer programming knowledge and skills in logic and generic syntax are studied. Coding convention and procedures are discussed relevant to the given programming language environment.
Major Instructional Areas
- Program structure and reserved keywords
- Variables and data types
- Error handling and debugging
- Modules
- Conditional structures
- Loops
- Functions
- Files
Course Objectives
- Describe the fundamental concepts in computer programming.
- Design programs by using flowcharts and pseudo code.
- Write programs that perform input, processing, and output.
- Write programs that use variables and constants.
- Apply modular programming techniques to programming.
- Write programs that use conditional statements to solve problems.
- Write programs that use loops to solve problems.
- Apply techniques to write functions in programs.
- Write programs that can read data from and write data to files.