Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

Computing and computer technology are part of just about everything that touches our lives from the cars we drive to the movies we watch, to the ways businesses and governments deal with us. Understanding different dimensions of computing is part of the necessary skill set for an educated person in the 21st century. What we study: • Fundamentals of programming • Fundamentals of data structures • Fundamentals of algorithms • Theory of computation • Fundamentals of Data Representation • Fundamentals of computer systems • Fundamentals of computer organisation and architecture • Consequences of uses of computing • Fundamentals of communication and networking • Fundamentals of databases • Big Data Fundamentals of functional programming • Systematic approach to the problem