Course Description:
Programming languages are a key component of all aspects of computer science. As with natural languages, our ability to express ideas is limited by the language that we use. In this course we start with language concepts that you think you understand very well, and show you that they are much more complex than you think. This includes concepts like variables, loops, arrays, parameters, and pointers. Not only do we dig deeper into these concepts, but we look at languages that take very different approaches than the ones you’ve seen in Java and C++. This expands your ability to think about how to solve problems and adds to the set of languages that you can choose.

This course is guaranteed to expand your mind and increase your understanding of how computing is done.

Offerings:
Offered fall semester in even numbered years.

Instructor:
This course is usually taught by Dr. Dershem.

Prerequisites:
CSCI 241 and CSCI 260. See the department policy on prerequisites.

Comments from Previous Students:

• "Essentially taught me how to learn new languages. I found that after this course, I could pick up new languages and concepts with much more ease than before."
• "Glad for the exposure to lots of languages."
• "The constantly switching topics made this class interesting."

The most recent offering's web page can be found at: http://www.cs.hope.edu/csci361

Catalog Description:
This course introduces the basic concepts of imperative and object-oriented programming languages including control structures, data aggregates, and procedural abstraction. Scripting languages will be examined as examples of these principles.