BSTT 623 : Progra mming in Health Informatics

This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts and techniques in programming. It covers concepts such as numbers, stings, assignments, functions, loops, file
streams, sequential and selective execution. Other areas to be covered will include language and syntax, class libraries and their implementation. The course is intended to be practical
with much opportunity for handson practical exercises in building classes, debugging codes, refactoring, and creating and running tests on applications using appropriate programming
language including Java. The course will serve as the basis for development of healthcare applications and the overall goal is for students to learn how to make computers perform useful functions in health care. The course will make extensive use of object oriented system and analysis design concepts from the System Analysis and Design course