Foundations of Computer Science , WH Freeman, p95. Heinle provides an excellent introductory tour of programming using JavaScript. HTML Editors, Photoshop, Maple, Fetch, WS-FTP, telnet. Students program in JavaScript, Stella, and Excel in the WinNT and MacOS environments. The quantitative tool-based component includes a significant emphasis on mathematical content.
Computers are the most flexible tool humans have invented.
Computer scientists see the computer as having near unlimited potential, capable of taking any shape imaginable. Our primary emphasis this semester is to develop an understanding of the potential, and limitations, of technology by studying several computing tools. For example, we might calculate just how much interest is paid on student loans and how much the length of the loan can be shortened by making prepayments toward the principal. Modeling population growth or the spread of disease using Stella, a program for the Macintosh that aids in the analysis of these models. Disseminating via the web quantitative results generated by these tools.