Course Goals

Fundamentally this class is about building confidence in a number of areas: communication, time management, and computational thinking. By the end of the term, students will:

• learn about the Problem Solving Process and how it relates to computer science,
• learn about the Software Engineering Life cycle and time management techniques for software development,
• learn how to give a technical talk and run a technical discussion,
• gain experience with the processes (particularly debugging!) used in CSE, and
• develop three projects
  • A personal About Me web page published on the student servers.
  • An “app” project that will focus on how users interact with apps on handheld devices.
  • A physical Computing project

Modules

1. Problem Solving Process and Reflection
2. Software Engineering and Time Management
3. Teach the Class
4. Personal Web Page (HTML/CSS)
5. User Centered App Development
6. Physical Computing