The aim of the course is to introduce the basic principles of software engineering and basic practice in program design and implementation.

Students will be able to design a relatively complex computer application, and implement it using development environments in the target language (C++). Students will acquire the necessary competence to undertake other coursework or laboratory exercises that requires computer programming. Students will become familiar with software design, programming concepts, and tool use: these are all transferable skills relevant to whatever programming language/environment students encounter.

Introduction; Variables, Types, Statements and Expressions; Structured programming: iteration and conditionals; Data Structures; Algorithm design; Functions; Pointers; Files and Streams; Introduction to Objects.