CS 112 - Foundations of Computer Science

• General Overview of computer science and the specialty fields within the discipline.
  • Recognize the various specialty fields within computer science as a profession and their application.
• Algorithm foundation of Computer Science
  • Develop algorithms for different kinds of problems.
  • Analyze algorithms within limited contexts.
• Basic Machine Organization
  • Describe the basic machine organization for von Neumann class computers.
  • Define the role and function of the various components of computers.
  • Show how machine languages provide the directions for computer operations for computers of this class.
• Programming languages for computers
  • Describe the development of programming languages from machine language through high-level languages.
  • Identify the programming paradigms of imperative programming, functional programming, logic programming, object-oriented programming.
  • Recognize the purpose, function, and differences of language assemblers, compilers, and translators.
• Data representation and numbers stem used in computers
  • Convert numbers between bases including base 2 (binary), base 10 decimal), and base 16 (hexadecimals).
  • Perform arithmetic operations in the binary and hexadecimal.
  • Identify other forms of computer data representation including characters and floating-point numbers.
  • Describe computer applications as they apply to fields within the profession.
  • Describe database, networking, and artificial intelligence as computer applications.
  • Introduction to social and ethical issues of computer science.
  • Identify social and ethical issues related to computer science.
  • Discuss current social and ethical issues of computer science.