National University of Singapore School of Computing National University of Singapore Transition Course Foreign Students Preparation Programme

Welcome! Dr Heng Aik Koan Mr Aaron Tan T.C. hengak@comp.nus.edu.sg http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~hengak/ S15, #05-13 Mr Aaron Tan T.C. tantc@comp.nus.edu.sg http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~tantc/ S15, #04-29 Preparation for Programming Teaching Staff

Topics Learning in NUS (chapter 1) Problem Solving (chapter 2) Introduction to UNIX (chapter 3) Communication: email, bbs, web (chapter 4) Preparation for Programming Topics

Topics Algorithmic Problem Solving Software Concepts JAVA Program Elements Introduction to Methods More Programming Constructs Mathematics (exploring LoD) Preparation for Programming Topics

Schedules Lectures: 9-10:30am Tut/Labs: 10:30am-12nn Week -2: 9 – 11, 13 July 2001 (12 July – No class) Week -1: 16 – 20 July 2001 Week 0 : 23 – 27 July 2001 Venue for lectures: LT33, S17 Level 2. Venue for labs: Programming Lab 5 (S15, Level 2.) Preparation for Programming Schedules