CPSC/DTSC 115L: Introduction to Computer Science Fall 2026

Homework 1

Due Monday, September 14

1. About yourself

First, on page 1, please tell me
  1. your name,
  2. how you wish to be called,
  3. if you have taken CPSC 110, when and from whom,
  4. if there are any, other computer science courses you have taken at a college or high school,
  5. why you are taking this course.

2. About algorithms

The second part is a short essay assignment. For this, review what you have learned this week and then watch the following video clip: On page 2, in 300 words or more, answer the following three questions.
  1. Before you signed up for this course, among those five levels, approximately where do you think you were, in terms of your understanding of algorithms? Explain with an example.
  2. After spending the first week in this course and watching the video clip, at what level do you think you are now? If you were to explain to a friend informally what an algorithm is, how would you now do that, with an appropriate example?
  3. What did you find most interesting, or eye-opening, in this clip?
We expect everyone to reach Level 3 by the end of this course.

What to hand in

Submit both pages in paper, stapled together.


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