After successful completion of the course, students are able to

• describe important concepts of a modern programming language
• convert content of natural language programming tasks into executable small programs
• apply practices and tools during the implementation of small programms
• implement and analyze selected algorithms

The following topics are covered in this course:

• Procedural programming concepts (variables, data types, operators, branching, loops, arrays, subroutines)
• Input/Output
• Recursion
• Basic algorithms (searching, sorting)
• Fundamental development methods (procedural abstraction, checking correctness, debugging) and programming tools inclusive a development environment.

Java is used as programming language.

• Lectures with discussions (live stream in TUWEL, recorded lectures in LectureTube)
• Exercise sheets as a preparation for labs
• Presentation and discussion of solved tasks in exercises (if online, then in ZOOM)
• Tests
• Placement test for competence level 2 and 3 (voluntary)
• Online tests (TUWEL) for consolidation of basics
• Practical programming test 

Preliminary lecture: Tuesday, October 4, from 01:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Lectures

• On Tuesday, 01:00 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. (c.t.),Thursday, 12:00 a.m. - 02:00 p.m. (c.t.) and Friday 12:00 a.m. - 02:00 p.m. (c.t.).
• Initially, all lectures will be offered on-site. During the semester we will evaluate the situation and possibly adjust the offer.
• Live stream in TUWEL
• Recorded and archived in TUWEL (1-3 days after the corresponding lecture).

Placement tests:

• Voluntary tests on October 7 (Competence Level 2) and October 14 (Competence Level 3).
• Admission to a practice group in Competence Level 2 will occur if >= 80% of the points are achieved on the test for Competence Level 2.
• A positive test at competency level 3 will result in completion of the LVA

Workload estimation (ECTS Breakdown): 137.5 hours = 5.5 ECTS

• lecture (VO) attendance (50 hours)
• laboratory (UE) attendance (14.5 hours)
• homework exercises (48 hours)
• exercise and test preparation, tests (25 hours)

All information, documents and exercises will be available on the TUWEL platform of the course.

The TUWEL course will be available starting September 20. Information about the voluntary placement tests will also be available in TUWEL from September 20.

For further questions please send an e-mail to: ep1@list.tuwien.ac.at

The grading will be based on the following performances:

• Competence level 1
• Points for solved tasks from 6 exercise sheets
• Participation in the first three lab exercises
• Presentation of selected exercises during lab exercises
• Exercise interview
• 1 TUWEL test (2 dates are offered and the better result is scored)
• 1 programming test (2 dates are offered and the better result is scored)
• Competence level 2
• Placement test for competence level 2
• Points for solved tasks from 4 exercise sheets
• Presentation of selected exercises during labs
• 1 TUWEL test (2 dates are offered and the better result is scored)
• 1 programming test (2 dates are offered and the better result is scored)
• Competence level 3
• Placement test for competence level 2
• Placement test for competence level 3 (Note: The placement test for competence level 3 tests the entire material of the course)

For all tests applies:

• On site at the university. Changes may occur due to the COVID infection process.
• Open book exam.

Registration for the course is mandatory for attendance and also provides access to the TUWEL course.

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