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Introduction to Programming

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: DU00BS05
Curriculum: TK 2025
Level: Bachelor of Business Administration
Year of Study: 1 (2025-2026)
Semester: Autumn
Credits: 5 cr
Responsible Teacher: Ulvinen, Tero
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, the student will have acquired
fundamental programming skills. They will be proficient in
building basic applications and will understand key principles of
application development.

Upon completion of the course the student can:
• compile and run a programs
• write programs to solve problems
• implement basic applications

Student's Workload

135 hours

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Fundamentals of Information Technology

Contents

• Programming language
• Variables, data types, data structures etc.
• Control structures, loops etc.
• Functions or Methods
• Fundamentals of objects

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Online Learning

Assessment Criteria

The course is assessed on a scale of 0 to 5.

1-2:
The student can understand in some extent the code in existing
applications, can compile and run applications, and create
applications using control structures, variables, and arrays.

3-4:
The student is capable of implementing an application that
utilizes appropriate data structures and whose functionality is
divided into parts. The student is also able to apply good
programming practices.

5:
The student is able to use advanced data structures, apply
object-oriented programming features in applications, and
implement practices related to maintainability and other best
programming guidelines


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