James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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CC1002:03

Computing for Engineers

Townsville, Cairns

Prerequisites: Senior Maths B
Inadmissable Subject Combination: CP1000

39 lectures, 21 tutorials, 18 hours practicals. First semester.

Available to level 1 engineering and science students.

Section A: A structured approach to problem solving; algorithms; programming in Matlab; program design.

Section B: Introduction to computer hardware systems; Boolean algebra and logic; computer codes.

Learning Objectives:

  1. know the relationships between problems, algorithms, programs, executables, computers and resources;
  2. be able to use structured techniques to solve problems using algorithms;
  3. be able to code an algorithm into a structured Matlab program using a full range of Matlab features;
  4. be capable of expressing logical relationships as equations in Boolean algebra and be able to reduce logical expressions to their simplest forms;
  5. know the fundamental functions of the digital hardware used in computers and the various coding systems available for data representation.

Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).

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