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CT 100

This syllabus outlines the course "Computational Thinking for Everyone," taught by Professor Hunt at UWLAX. Designed to help students think like computer scientists and software engineers, this course covers various areas of computing, including electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, software engineering, and information systems. Students will explore how technology meets organizational needs and learn foundational skills for problem-solving in a digital world. For the full syllabus, visit charity.cs.uwlax.edu/ct100.

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CT 100

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  1. CT 100 Computational Thinking for Everyone

  2. Syllabus • Professor Hunt • 213 Wing Technology • campus email: khunt@uwlax.edu • campus phone: 608.785.7822 • campus web site: charity.cs.uwlax.edu • Refer to charity.cs.uwlax.edu/ct100 for full syllabus

  3. Computational Thinking • How to think • like a computer scientist/software engineer • like a geek • like a computer nerd • like the graduate with a real job and great pay

  4. Will you use CT?

  5. Ubiquitous: Bigger than just CS

  6. 4-Year College Degreeswith Highest starting salary Taken from Forbes article: January 2013 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-college-degrees-with-the-highest-starting-salaries-204949790.html

  7. Areas related to Computers http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos304.htm • Electrical Engineering (EE) • Focuses on hardware design of electrical devices • EE's design and make power supplies, electric motors, digital cameras, MRI's, etc… • Computer Engineering (CE) • Focuses on digital electronics • CE's design and make electronic chips for a wide variety of computing systems • Computer Science (CS) • Focuses on writing software to control the hardware • Software Engineering (SE) • Focuses on managing the development of large software system • Information Systems (IS) • Focuses on understanding how the needs of a company can be met by technology

  8. Definitions • Computer hardware: • The physical parts of a computer • Computer program: • A group of instructions that cause the computer to perform some specific task • Computer software: • one or more computer program(s)

  9. Topics

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