Introduces basic procedural and object-oriented programming. Topics include: variables, data types, assignments, conditionals, loops, arrays, input/output, static methods, libraries, recursion, data types, API, classes, access modifiers, instance variables, constructors, instance methods, testing, encapsulations, immutability, interface inheritance, implementation inheritance, exceptions, assertions, analysis of algorithms, order of growth, memory usage, binary search, insertion sort, merge sort, stacks, array implementation of stacks, linked list implementation of stacks, queues, generics, autoboxing, iteration, symbol tables, hash tables, binary search trees, examples and applications. Offered by Info Sciences & Technology. May not be repeated for credit.
Programming Essentials
Host University
George Mason University
Semester
Fall 2026
Course Number
AIT 502 010
Credits
3
Instructor
Emilia Butu (ebutu@gmu.edu)
Times and Days
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Course Information
Prerequisites
Basic information technology knowledge.