First part of a two-part sequence in programming. Fundamental concepts of structured programming; procedures and data structures with a focus on problem solving strategies and implementation; introduction to concepts of informal specification, informal reasoning about program behavior, debugging, and ad hoc testing. Only one of the following courses may be counted: Computer Science 303E, 312, 312H. Credit for Computer Science 312H may not be earned after a student has received credit for Computer Science 314 or 314H. Three lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.