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Course: 2025/2026

Programming Techniques

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Bachelor in Mathematics and Computing (Plan: 567 - Estudio: 362)

Coordinating teacher: GRANADOS FONTECHA, ANA

Department assigned to the subject: Computer Science and Engineering Department

Type: Basic Core

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 1º

Semester: 2º

Branch of knowledge: Engineering and Architecture

Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)

Differential Calculus (Course 1 - Semester 1) Programming (Course 1 - Semester 1)

Learning Outcomes

K08: To know the declarative paradigm of programming in general and logic programming in particular, as an alternative to other types of programming. K09: Know the principles of the relational model and database design, as well as software verification strategies, including the definition of tests in different development processes S04: Identify programming paradigms (imperative, generic, object-oriented and functional) evaluating their impact on the performance of algorithms and applications. C02: Design programs that solve mathematical problems, applying algorithmic procedures with special attention to performance.

Description of contents: programme

1. Basics of Non-Interpreted Languages 2. Functions: Declaration, Definition, and Call 3. Compound Data Types 4. Dynamic Memory Management 5. Object-Oriented Programming 6. Error Handling 7. STL: Containers, Iterators, and Algorithms 8. Input/Output Streams 9. Generic Programming with Templates

Learning activities and methodology

THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CLASSES. [44 hours with 100% classroom instruction, 1.67 ECTS] Knowledge and concepts students must acquire. Student receive course notes and will have basic reference texts to facilitate following the classes and carrying out follow-up work. Students partake in exercises to resolve practical problems and participate in workshops and evaluation tests, all geared towards acquiring the necessary capabilities. TUTORING SESSIONS. [4 hours of tutoring with 100% on-site attendance, 0.15 ECTS] Individualized attendance (individual tutoring) or in-group (group tutoring) for students with a teacher. STUDENT INDIVIDUAL WORK OR GROUP WORK [98 hours with 0 % on-site, 3.72 ECTS] WORKSHOPS AND LABORATORY SESSIONS [8 hours with 100% on site, 0.3 ECTS] FINAL EXAM. [4 hours with 100% on site, 0.15 ECTS] Global assessment of knowledge, skills and capacities acquired throughout the course. METHODOLOGIES THEORY CLASS. Classroom presentations by the teacher with IT and audiovisual support in which the subject's main concepts are developed, while providing material and bibliography to complement student learning. PRACTICAL CLASS. Resolution of practical cases and problem, posed by the teacher, and carried out individually or in a group. TUTORING SESSIONS. Individualized attendance (individual tutoring sessions) or in-group (group tutoring sessions) for students with a teacher as tutor. LABORATORY PRACTICAL SESSIONS. Applied/experimental learning/teaching in workshops and laboratories under the tutor's supervision.

Assessment System

% end-of-term-examination/test 40
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 60

Calendar of Continuous assessment

SE1 - FINAL EXAM. [40%]
This exam will provide a comprehensive assessment of the knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired throughout the course.

SE2 - CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT. [60%]
Continuous assessment will consist of seven short programming exercises on paper, scheduled for weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 of the semester, with the aim of regularly monitoring students' progress. In addition, there will be a computer-based exam in week 7. This continuous assessment approach is designed to help students keep up with the course content and to adjust their study and learning strategies if needed throughout the semester.

The CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT system [60%] includes the following activities and their corresponding weightings:
 - Seven short programming exercises on paper [5% each]
 - Computer-based exam [20%]
 - Exercise completion and class participation [5%]
 - Final exam [40%]: Minimum required grade: 5/10

The final grade is obtained by summing the scores of the different partial assessments. In order to pass the course, students must obtain a final grade equal to or greater than 5/10.

If a student decides not to follow the continuous assessment process, they will have the right to take a final exam (on the same date and in the same location as the regular exam). The grade obtained in this exam will represent the entire final grade, with a maximum possible score of 6 out of 10.

In the extraordinary session, the final exam will account for 100% of the final grade. However, continuous assessment may be applied if it benefits the student (grades from continuous assessment [60%] + extraordinary exam [40%]). To apply this option, a minimum score of 5/10 must be obtained in the final exam.

Extraordinary call: regulations

Basic Bibliography

Bjarne Stroustrup. The C++ Programming Language. Addison-Wesley. 2013
Bjarne Stroustrup. Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++, Second Edition. Addison-Wesley Professional. 2014
Josuttis, Nicolai M.. The C++ standard library: a tutorial and reference, 2nd Edition. Addison-Wesley. 2012
Stanley, B., and Lajoie L. . C++ PRIMER. Addison-Wesley. 2019
Stroustrup, Bjarne. A Tour of C++. 2nd Edition. Addison-Wesley Professional. 2018

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.