University College Dublin

Management Information Systems

MIS 387: Introduction to Computer Programming

First Semester 1999-2000

Last updated Saturday, February 09, 2008

LECTURER : Dr. Derek O'Connor

Retired Sept 2000 -- See Home Page

EMAIL : Given out in Class

PHONE : 706-8202

OFFICE : D412 Arts-Commerce Building

Lectures : 12.00 - 2.00 Tuesday

Lab Class: 2.00 - 3.00 Friday

COURSE PURPOSE:

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of algorithms and their implementation in the programming language Pascal.

COURSE OUTLINE:

The topics covered in this course include:

Contents MIS387-0.pdf   ( file sizes 120-190 KB)

1. Introduction to Algorithms MIS387-1.pdf
2. Introduction to Pascal MIS387-2.pdf
3. Elementary Data Types MIS387-3.pdf
4. Elementary Statements MIS387-4.pdf
5. Control Structures MIS387-5.pdf
6. Procedures and Functions MIS387-6.pdf
7. Text Files and Input/Output MIS387-7.pdf
8. Data Structures MIS387-8.pdf
9. Searching & Sorting MIS387-9.pdf

Assignments :

1. Input - Output: ASS-99-1.pdf
2. Mortgage Payments :
3. Frequency Counts : ASS-99-3.pdf --- EncBr11.txt

Assessment :

• 3 or 4 programming assignments counting for 10% of total grade
• 1 mid-semester exam counting for 15% of total grade
• 1 final exam counting for 75% of total grade

Recommended Texts :

• O'Connor, Derek R. : An Introducion to Pascal : Notes for MIS 387, 1999 (see links above)
• Hennefeld, Julien : Using Turbo Pascal 6.0-7.0, 3rd Ed., PWS Publishing Co., 1995.
• Any introductory book that uses Turbo Pascal. Nearly all books cover the material in this course.

Past Exam Solutions : MIS 357 1998 (pdf) and MIS 387 1999 (pdf)

Past Mid-TermExams : MIS 387 1998 MT (pdf)

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