Dates: To be advised
Duration: 3 Days
Course Overview
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of problem solving by computing and programming using an imperative programming language. Topics covered include computational thinking and computational problem solving, designing and specifying an algorithm, fundamental data structures (arrays, strings, composite data types), basic sorting, and recursion.
This course is part of Professional Certificate in Programming.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Understand how recursion is used in programming
• Search for and sort a list of data
• Understand how to use a dictionary and set data type
• Appreciate the need and use self-defined abstract data types
Who Should Attend
Data, AI, system and software engineers.
Prerequisites
Have knowledge of:
- Fundamental programming constructs (variables, types, expressions, assignments, functions, control structures)
- Control statements: branching and looping
- Function abstraction
- Programming Methodology (design, implementation, test, debug)
- List, Tuple & String
- Composite data structures
Course Conveners
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Assoc Prof Soo Yuen Jien

Assoc Prof Soo Yuen Jien
Assoc Prof Soo Yuen Jien has been in NUS for more than 20 years. He received the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D degree from NUS in year 2000, 2001 and 2006 respectively.
Starting off as a teaching assistant in year 2000, he has since enjoyed teaching for 10 plus years. Yuen Jien is now an Associate Professor in Computer Science Department of School of Computing.
Dr Leong Wai Kay

Dr Leong Wai Kay
Dr Leong Wai Kay is a lecturer with the Department of Computer Science at National University of Singapore (NUS). He graduated with Bachelor of Computing and PhD in Computer Science from National University of Singapore. He is currently teaching undergraduate courses in programming methodology, and software engineering on iOS platform.
Course Fees
Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, Including GST, after additional funding from the various funding schemes
Participants must fulfill at least 75% attendance and pass all assessment components to be eligible for SSG funding.
This course is eligible for Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP). NTUC members can enjoy up to 50% funding (capped at $250 per year) under UTAP. NTUC members aged 40 and above can enjoy higher funding support up to $500 per individual each year, capped at 50% of unfunded course fees, for courses attended between 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2025. Please click here for more information.
To enquire, email soc-ace@nus.edu.sg
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Course Codes
TGS-2022012312 (Classroom Learning)
TGS-2022012313 (Synchronous e-learning)
Course Fee Breakdown
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