Invitation to Computer Science | 7th Edition

G. Michael Schneider/Judith Gersting

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Introduce your students to a contemporary overview of today's computer science with Schneider/Gersting's best selling INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, 7E. This flexible, non-language-specific text provides a solid foundation using an algorithm-driven approach that's ideal for your students' first course in Computer Science. Expanded chapter exercises and practice problems, feature boxes and the latest material on emerging topics, such as privacy, drones, cloud computing, and net neutrality, keep your course in touch with current issues. Optional online language modules for C++, Java, Python, C#, and Ada correspond seamlessly with this edition and give you the flexibility of incorporating a programming language to expand concepts from the text. INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, 7E's optional CourseMate™ provides helpful study tools, such as flashcards, quizzing, and games, as well as an online Lab Manual containing 20 laboratory projects that map directly to the main text. You'll find a wealth of effective visual and hands-on activities that allow your students to master and truly experience the fundamentals of today's computer science.