Faculty/Grace Okoye

Grace Okoye

Senior Lecturer · Computer Science

Programming Languages

Biography

Grace Okoye designs the first programming experience most Northridge students ever have. She has rebuilt the department's introductory curriculum twice, each time starting from careful observation of where new students actually get stuck.

Research Interests

Type systemsIntroductory computing pedagogyLanguage design for learners

Courses Taught

Core100 Level

CSC101

Introduction to Computing

Introduction to Computing is most students' first formal encounter with computational thinking. The course treats programming as a way of expressing precise ideas, not as a set of syntax to memorize: students learn to break problems into steps, represent information in ways a machine can use, and read their own logic critically before a computer ever runs it. By the end of the semester, students are writing small but complete programs and can explain, in plain language, what every line of their code is for.

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Related Faculty

Leila Amrani

Assistant Professor

Programming Languages

Office

Ada Turing Hall, Room 104

g.okoye@cs.northridge.edu