This course is the first programming course for computation-focused majors in the College of Engineering.  It introduces the fundamental concepts for solving computational problems through the design, implementation, testing and evaluation of efficient and robust computer programs.  A central theme to the course is computational thinking which includes a wide range of approaches to solving problems and designing systems that draw upon concepts fundamental to computer science.

Rhetoric and Composition (ENGL 15) an intensive, rhetorically based experience in reading and writing that will prepare you both to understand the communications that surround you and to succeed in your own communication efforts. Thus, in this course, we will focus specifically on analyzing verbal and visual texts (our reading) as well as on producing such texts (our writing), always in terms of rhetorical principles. ENGL 15 fulfills 3 credits of the writing and speaking requirement for general education.

This pride is reserved for students enrolled in the College of Engineering or the Division of Undergraduate Studies.

To ensure readiness for CMPSC 131, it is recommended that students who enroll in this pride have taken calculus in high school or score at least a 76 on the ALEKS math assessment.