Informatics 190S - Introduction to Programming

The world is rich in data and our ability to process, manipulate, analyze, and visualize that data is growing in power. This course discusses how to understand and solve real-world problems using modern programming techniques. Concepts and techniques covered include the representation of data, fundamentals of programming including data types, expressions, objects, methods, program design, program testing and debugging, state representation, accessing, processing, and manipulating data, generating visualizations of data, interpreting results, and introductory data analytics using data to make predictions that help solve important problems in the world around us. Use of a laptop computer is required. (Gen. Ed. R2)

Open to first-year students in the CICS Connect: FIERCE RAP in Webster Hall. INFO 190S/COMPSCI 121 pre-req This section is reserved for CICS Connect: FIERCE RAP, Webster Hall students only. CICS majors with prior programming experience and a placement score below 20 may still enroll in the class with CICS advisor approval.STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.