College of Inform & Comp Sci 110 - Foundations of Programming

An introduction to computer programming and problem solving using computers. This course teaches you how real-world problems can be solved computationally using programming constructs and data abstractions of a modern programming language. Concepts and techniques covered include variables, expressions, data types, objects, branching, iteration, functions, classes, and methods. We will also cover how to translate problems into a sequence of instructions, investigate the fundamental operation of a computational system and trace program execution and memory, and learn how to test and debug programs. No previous programming experience required. (Gen. Ed. R2)

Open to freshman, sophomore, and junior COMPSCI, INFORM, MATH, PHYSICS, Computational Linguistics, and Statistics & Data Science majors. CICS 110 pre-req Students are not permitted to take CICS 110 after successfully completing COMPSCI 121. After eligible CS, INFORM, MATH, PHYSICS, CMPLING AND STATS & DATA SCI majors have enrolled, will open to all undergraduate freshmen, sophomore, and juniors, if available seats. Freshmen, sophomore, and juniors in other majors should wait for the eligibility restriction to be removed to self-enroll and should not request an override. Students needing special permission must request overrides via the on-line form: https://www.cics.umass.edu/academics/course-overrides.