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ICS 365 Organization of Programming Languages

This course is a comprehensive introduction to the principal features and design of programming languages. It provides a comparative study of programming paradigms including structured programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming and logic programming. This course is a survey of programming concepts and constructs including data types, control structures, subprograms and parameter passing, nesting and scope, derived data types, input and output, and dynamically varying structures. Also covered are the principles of lexical and semantics analysis.

Prerequisites

Special information

First day attendance is mandatory.
Note: Students are responsible to both be aware of and abide by prerequisites for ICS courses for which they enroll, and will be administratively dropped from a course if they have not met prerequisites.
4 Undergraduate credits

Effective August 17, 2014 to present

Learning outcomes

General

  • Compare programming languages for their effectiveness in problem solving based on control and data structures provided by them.
  • Read, understand, and use the grammar of a programming language.
  • Select the appropriate proper programming language to solve problems in a given domain.
  • Understand, write, and document programs in the imperative, functional, object-oriented, and logic paradigms.
  • Explain features of several programming languages
  • Explain the key principles used in the translation and implementation of programming languages

Summer 2024

Section Title Instructor books eservices
01 Organization of Programming Languages Amouzou, Christopher Books for ICS-365-01 Summer 2024 Course details for ICS-365-01 Summer 2024

Fall 2024

Section Title Instructor books eservices
01 Organization of Programming Languages Amouzou, Christopher Books for ICS-365-01 Fall 2024 Course details for ICS-365-01 Fall 2024
50 Organization of Programming Languages Liu, Jigang Books for ICS-365-50 Fall 2024 Course details for ICS-365-50 Fall 2024

Spring 2025

Section Title Instructor books eservices
01 Organization of Programming Languages Tuladhar, Prakat Books for ICS-365-01 Spring 2025 Course details for ICS-365-01 Spring 2025
02 Organization of Programming Languages Hassan, Farris Adam Books for ICS-365-02 Spring 2025 Course details for ICS-365-02 Spring 2025