School of Computing prospectus 2012 - Walter Sisulu University

Assessment
and progression
rules
Introduction to Problem Solving
Continuous Assessment (CA) (Compulsory): Two Assignments(30%),
Two Tests (40%), 12 tutorial assessments(10%) and 12 Practical
assessments(20%)
Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of
the examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 40%. OA = 60%(CA)
+ 40%(EA).
Re-examination (Not compulsory): To qualify for re-examination
students must obtain an overall assessment of between 40 and 49%.
Module Code Module Name NQF Level Credits Semester
CSI 1102 Introduction to
Problem solving
Lectures per week Pracs per week Tutorials
per week
1 x 2 hrs 1 x 3 hrs(x 2 groups) 1 x 1hrs (x
2 groups)
31
5 8 1
Number
of weeks
14 84
Notional
hours
Content / Syllabus Theory: The Basics of a C++ Program, Data Types, Arithmetic Operators
and Operator Precedence Expressions, Type Conversion, Input, Increment
and decrement Operators, Output Preprocessor directives, Creating a
C++ Program. Input/Output, I/O Streams and Standard I/O devices, Using
predefined functions in a program, Input failure, Control Structures, Relational
Operators, Logical Operators and logical Expressions, Selection: if and if ….else
Switch structures, Control structures , Looping, User defined functions, Value
returning functions, Void functions without parameters, Void functions with
parameters, Value parameters, Reference variables as parameters, Value and
reference parameters and memory allocation, Scope of an identifier, Global
variables, Static and automatic variables, Function overloading, Functions with
default parameters, User defined simple data types, namespaces and the string
type, Enumeration type, Arrays and strings, Applications of arrays (searching
and sorting), List processing, Bubble sort, Selection sort, Insertion sort, Binary
search, Vector type (class), Records, Pointers, linked lists
Entry rules MATRICULATION: Certified for degree. At least 3 in mathematics, 2 in
English and 2 in life orientation.
Assessment
and progression
rules
REQUIRED NSC SUBJECTS (Compulsory): Mathematics, English
RECOMMENDED: IT, CAT
OTHER (NBT): 3 in mathematics,
Continuous Assessment (CA) (Compulsory): Two Assignments(30%),
Two Tests (40%), 12 tutorial assessments(10%) and 12 Practical assessments(20%)
Examination (Compulsory): One examination (EA). The contribution of
the examination (EA) to the overall assessment (OA) is 40%. OA = 60%(CA)
+ 40%(EA).
Re-examination (Not compulsory): To qualify for re-examination students
must obtain an overall assessment of between 40 and 49%.
2012
PROSPECTUS