Introduction to the fundamentals of software design through object-oriented programming, abstraction principles, information hiding and encapsulation. Introduction to design tools like pseudo-coding and basic Unified Modelling Language (UML) diagrams. Introduction to simple data structures, including linked lists, stacks, and queues, and their applications to Engineering problems. The content outline by topic is as follows: principles of object oriented programming; debugging and analysis; maintain and document programs using techniques of good programming style; basic and advanced, aspects of abstraction, recursion, parameter passing, file I/O and classes; object libraries and packages; object-oriented analysis and design using UML object interaction, messaging, association, and composition diagrams; abstract data types and basic data structures like lists, stacks, and queues.