Computer Literacy Through Coding Applications

AY2018/2019 Semester 2

This course aims to equip students with computer literacy, especially an appreciation of three scales within which computers work in the real world, i.e., the user perspective of things (mesoscale), the electronic aspects of the machine and coding to make it work (microscale), and the internet of things (macroscale). There will be special emphasis on the acquisition of coding skills and how to apply them in some real world contexts, such as HTML for the development of webpages, and use of macros and VBA programming in Excel worksheets. The course will cover the following suggested topics at the basic level: 1. HTML programming 2. Excel VBA 3. Haskell, Python, Yabasic, or any other similar programming languages