Duration
28h Th, 24h Pr, 15h Proj.
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
General introduction to functions and procedures. Function definition techniques. Data structures. Recursive definitions, lambda-expression, lambda-calculus and functional programming. Structural recursion. Program schemes. Functional programming vs imperative programming. Recursion vs interation. Procedural abstraction. First class object. Special techniques, continuation passing style. Programming exercises. The language Scheme is used.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Writing good functional programs, with adequate documentation. Using the functional programming paradigm to solve various problems. Determining when the functional approach is more convenient than the imperative, command-based approach.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic knowledge in programming and mathematics.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Weekly theoretical lectures and exercise sessions.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
2nd quadrimester, face-to-face.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
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Recommended or required readings
P. Gribomont, Eléments de programmation en Scheme, Dunod, Paris, 2000.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Three partial exams and a homework, a second-chance partial exam in June, for students whose average is less than 10/20 only.
Second session only: final examination.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~gribomon/cours/cours.html
Contacts
Pascal Gribomont <gribomont@montefiore.ulg.ac.be> Jean-Michel Begon <jm.begon@uliege.be>