This module introduces students to skills in computer programming and computational thinking needed for practical data science (e.g. decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction and ... will focus ...

Decomposition close decompositionBreaking ... the police officer may be able to solve the crime. Abstraction close abstractionThe process of separating and filtering out ideas and specific details ...

This means that before a problem can be tackled, it must first have been through decomposition and abstraction. This will result in a modular programmed solution with subroutines and clear interfaces.