[vc_row el_class=”inner-body-content” css=”.vc_custom_1667209417182{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”COURSE OBJECTIVES” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1667209406996{margin-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]The purpose of this course is to introduce to students to the field of programming using C language. The students will be able to enhance their analyzing and problem-solving skills and use the same for writing programs in C.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]At the end of this course, the students should be able to:CLO:1. Display basic knowledge of the tools used especially Visual Studio to develop computer programs.CLO:2. Write pseudo code and debug logical errors in C programsCLO:3. Perform small scale C programs using acquired skills, design algorithms and draw flow charts to represent the problem.
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Introduction to Computers – Two Lectures

• Basic Blocks
• Bits & Bytes Concepts
• Types of Memories

Number Systems – Two Lectures

• Binary, Decimal and Hexadecimal Conversions
• Signed and Unsigned Numbers
• Number Representations and Ranges
• ASCII Codes
• Strings, Integers and Real Numbers

Computer Architecture Basics – Two Lectures

• Processor, Registers, Memory and ALU
• Memory
  • Memory Management & Manipulation
  • Program vs. Data Memory
• Stack vs. Queue

Programming Basics – Two Lectures

• Types of Programming Languages
• Programming Errors
• Program Execution Steps
• Compiler
  • Interpreter
  • Linker
• Assembler

Algorithms & Problem Solving – Four Lectures

• Algorithms
  • Conditional Structures
  • Recursive Structures
• Flow Diagrams
• How to Approach Problem Solving

Introduction to C Language and Programming Environment – Four Lectures

• Data Types
  • Variable Types
  • Variable Scope (Local vs. Global Variables)
• Basic I / O, Constants, Variables, Arithmetic Operators , Escape Sequence
• Introduction to Visual C++ environment
• Relational Operators, Logical Operators and Expressions
  • Logical, Bitwise and Unary Operators
  • Typecasting
• Precedence
• Commenting

Control Structures I (selection) – Two Lectures

• Selection: if statements
• Switch statements

Control Structures II (selection) – Two Lectures

• while, for, do-while loops
• Nested control structures.

User-Defined Functions & Header Files – Two Lectures

• Definition, Arguments, Returning a value
• Scope rules
• Call by value, Call by reference
• Inline Functions
• Macros
• Header Files

Arrays and Strings – Two Lectures

• Declaration, Initialization, Accessing and processing one-Dimensional Array
• 1-D Array Applications
• Searching, Multidimensional Arrays
• User-Defined Simple Data Types, Namespaces, and string Type
• Enumeration Type, Namespaces, and string operations

Pointers – Two Lectures

Declaring, Dereferencing, Initializing Pointer variables

• Functions and Pointers
• Pointer Expressions and Arithmetic

Structures – Two Lectures

Definition/Declaration

• Accessing, Assignment, Comparison
• I/O, Arrays versus Structs, Structs in Arrays

Input/Output Streams – Two Lectures

• I/O streams
• Output formatting

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