The document provides an introduction and overview of the COIT29222 Structured Programming course, including information about the textbook, assessments, topics to be covered, and a simple C++ program example. Students are instructed to contact their local lecturer/tutor if they have any problems or questions. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and assignments must follow a five-step software development process using pseudocode to design programs that will be written and tested in C++, compiling the code using Visual C++.