Nov 13, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

CS 105 - An Introduction to Computer Concepts


3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded (includes P/F option)
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This course presents an overview of the role of computers in society: their application and misapplication, their capabilities and limitations. Applications may include artificial intelligence, medical, aerospace and business use of computers. Computer hardware and associated technologies are discussed. Computer programming is taught from a non-mathematical, problem-solving point of view; the course objective is to help students acquire an understanding of the programming process, rather than to develop complex or extended computer programs.

Course Note
This survey course is not part of the computer science major sequence. Students planning to major in computer science should start with CS 110.

Distribution Area: Mathematics and Technology
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: MATH 115  or appropriate math placement score

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