Context

In this time of the Covid-10 pandemic and virtual classes, audience members may or may not understand the basic structure of Grinnell's introductory computer science sequence:

• Three course sequence emphasizes different views of problem solving:

  Course Number	Title	Supporting Language
  CSC 151	Functional Problem Solving	Scheme
  CSC 161	Imperative Problem solving	C
  CSC 207	Object-Oriented Problem Solving, Data Structures, and Algorithms	Java

• Focus on problem solvng ⇒ need problems to solve

  In-person classes: ofen have application theme CSC 151: image processing or data analysis CSC 161: control of robots CSC 207: computing for the common good

  Virtual classes students practice solving many types of problems problems may or may not have a theme.

• In all cases, the courses cover the same fundamental problem-solving approaches, algorithms, approaches for storing and processing data, etc.

  • Practice problems may change,
  • but the underlying content largely remains the same.

created 25 January 2021 revised 25-27 January 2021

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