CSE130 – Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms
Units: 4
Course Objectives:
Starting Fall 2007 CSE 130 is a prerequisite for CSE 131. This course is intended
to broaden students' experience beyond traditional
imperative programming and provide a framework for understanding what makes a programming
language useful. The students learn about the basic components of programming languages
and how they have evolved over time. In practice, this material will help students pick
the right language for the problem, or, if a particular language must be used, adopting
an appropriate programming paradigm within the language.
Course Description:
Introduction to programming languages and paradigms, the components that
comprise them, and the principles of language design, all through the analysis and
comparison of a variety of languages (e.g., Pascal, Ada, C++, PROLOG, ML). Will involve
programming in most languages studied.
Format:
Per week: 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour discussion section, 4 hours of computer lab,
and 4 hours of outside preparation.
Prerequisites:
CSE 12 and CSE 100 or Math 176.
Other restrictions:
Majors only.
Example Textbook(s):
One of Wall , MacLennan, or Jayzeri & Ghezzi.
Laboratory work:
Programming assignments that expose the importance and synergy of key features and
convey the essential qualities of programming paradigms studied.
Offered:
Two sections per year. Fall and Winter.
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