ACM40660

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

• Understand what constitutes a computer program and how it is constructed.
• Comprehend written source code.
• Write and compile programs in C/Fortran.
• Make use of standard libraries in their own code.
• Keep track of code changes using version control.
• Write a computer program to solve problems relevant to scientific research.

Indicative Module Content:

• Overview of computer architecture
• The UNIX/Linux shell
• C and Fortran programming
• Variables and arithmetic operators
• Version control with git
• Loops & conditional statements
• Arrays, functions and subroutines
• Casting and pointers
• Structs and programmer tools
• Dynamic memory allocation
• Algorithms
• Recursive functions
• Standard libraries
• Object-oriented programming

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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