CS 160Introduction to Computer Science

Andrew Scholerandrew.scholer@chemeketa.edu

The big picture

• Breadth first introduction to Computer Science– High level overview of the “big ideas”

• Purpose– CS Majors : A preview– Non-majors : Increased familiarity with

computational problem solving

The big picture

• Introduction to CS discipline– Binary systems– Computer architecture– Operating systems & networking– Algorithms and computation– Programming & Software Engineering– Data structures– AI

Web Resources

• Elearn:http://elearn.chemeketa.edu– Discussion boards– Turn in assignments and check grades

• My website:http://faculty.chemeketa.edu/ascholer/– Course content– Lab documents

Syllabus

• Guide to the class– Not a contract