Themes of the course

• Design (the art of creation)
• Abstraction (find commonality (共性), neglecting details)
• Refinement (revisiting and improving initial ideas)
• Syntax (how to say it), expressiveness (how easy it is to say and understand), and semantics (语义) (the meaning of what’s being said)
• Communication (in general)

<aside> 💡 The approach is by leaning how to think about solving problems using a computer

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Course Structure:

Lectures:

Present course materials (slides are attached to the web)

Tutorials:

Will provide work through a problem or two that are similar to the upcoming assignment.

Assignments:

Individual work to demonstrate what you’ve learned

Exams:

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In a typical week…