Table of contents

The course is connected to the following study programs

  • Industrial Mathematics, Bachelor's Programme
  • Mathematics, 1-year Programme

Teaching language

 Norwegian.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to

  • develop and write structured computer programs for solving problems from economics, mathematics and sciences
  • define and describe the use of the most important building blocks in a program
  • develop and write computer programs for producing graphical illustrations
  • interpret programs
  • find and correct bugs in programs
  • assess the efficiency of programs

 

Contents

  • The building blocks of a program: Variables, constants, functions, parameters, tables, if/else-structures, loops, operators, etc.
  • Simple algorithms and data structures.
  • Basic structured programming.
  • Simple graphics.
  • Finding and correcting errors.
  • Assessing efficiency.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, work on computers and compulsory assignments. The course has an expected workload of around 200 hours

Examination requirements

7 out of 10 required assignments must be approved, see Canvas for more information.

Examinations

A 5-hour written examination.

Student evaluation

The person responsible for the course decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course Reduction of Credits
INF120 – Programming with applications in mathematics. 7.5
INF118 – Programming with Applications in Economics and Science. 5
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