Course Introduction

• Prerequisite：None
• Recommended for： freshmen
• Introduction：

The goal of this course is twofold. On the one hand, the course examines the basic ideas of the science of computing. Lectures cover a wide variety of topics such as computer organization, different number systems and its conversions, operating systems.

On the other hand, the course introduces the theory and practice of computer programming. The emphasis is on techniques of program development using the C++ language. It aims to help students feel confident of their ability to write programs to solve problems in mathematics or engineering.

• Syllabus：

1. (I) An introduction to computer science:
   1. Data representation
   2. Computer organization
   3. Operating systems
   (II) C++ programming language:
   1. Introduction to computers and C++ programming
   2. C++ basics
   3. More flow of control
   4. Procedural abstraction and functions that return a value
   5. Functions for all subtasks
   6. I/O streams as an introduction to objects and classes
   7. Arrays
   8. Strings and vectors
   • Reference：
   1. 計算機概論 (第5版，趙坤茂,張雅惠,黃寶萱合著), 全華
   2. Problem Solving with C++, 7th Ed, Walter Savitch, 歐亞