Introduction to Computer Programming

Hariri Canadian University

School of Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

Introduction to Computer Programming – Course Guide

CCEE 140

1. Course Details:

Course Title:	Introduction to Computer Programming
Level	Sophomores
Course Reference	CCEE 140

Lectures	MW 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and F 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Laboratory	Posted
Office Hours	Posted
Student Study Hours Per Week	9
Contact Hours Per Week	3
Private Study Hours Per Week	6
Year and Semester	2005 - 2006 Fall
Lecturer	Dr. I. Damaj
Contact Details	damajiw[@]hariricanadian.edu.lb - Remove the brackets [ ]

Summary of Assessment Method	3 Quizzes, Laboratory assignments and project, and a final exam
Textbook	C How to Program, 4th edition, Deitel & Deitel, Prentice Hall, 2001.
Software Packages	Visual C++ IDE
Links	http://academics.idamaj.net

2. Aims of the Course:

This course will teach the design and implementation of imperative programs using the C programming language. It assumes no previous knowledge of programming. The main aims of this course are summarized in the following:

Understanding the nature of programming as human activity
Learning and experiencing main components of programming process
Understanding main control structures of procedural programming languages
Understanding the principles of data storage and manipulation
Getting prepared for the more advanced programming courses

Upon satisfactory completion of this course, students will be able to write meaningful C programs that includes major control structures (such as loop, selection), programming patterns (such as array processing), and data types. Towards that goal we will have to learn and master a reasonable subset of C language, explore many working examples and write many C programs.

3. Short Description:

This course is of 11 chapters divided into 15 weeks. The student should be aware of the importance of revising the material synchronously with the lectures. The assessment is done by 3 quizzes (weeks 7, 11 and 14), a project, and a final exam.

4. Schedule:

Details:	Topic	Chapter No.	Book Ch. No.	Assessment
Week 1	Introduction	1	1
Week 2	C Standard Library	2	2
Weeks 3 – 5	Control Structures	3	3, 4
Weeks 6 – 7	Functions	4	5
Weeks 8 – 9	Arrays	5	6	Quiz I (W7)
Week 10	Pointers	6	7
Weeks 11 – 12	Characters and Strings	8	8	Quiz II (W11)
Week 12	C Formatted Input/Output	9	9
Weeks 13 – 14	C Structures	10	10
Week 14	C File Processing	11	11
Week 15	Data Structures	12	12
Week 15	Other C Topics, C++ as a better C	13	15	Postponed from Week 11 Quiz III (W15)

5. Assessment of the Course:

Quiz I	10%
Quiz II	15%
Quiz II	25%
Laboratory	25%
Final	25%

6. Notes

Homework and assignments should be submitted on time; no late submissions will be accepted.
No make up exams will be given, make sure not to miss any exam.
Exams (Quizzes and Final) will be held in the Labs.

Announcements

[Dec 12, 2005] Chapters 12 and 13 are posted.

[Dec 5, 2005] Chapter 11 is posted.

[Dec 2, 2005] Book Chapter 7 (Pointers) problems: 7.21, 7.22, 7.23, 7.24, 7.28, 7.30, 7.16, 7.17, Optional project: 7.18, 7.19, 7.29.

[Nov 28, 2005] Chapters 9 and 10 are posted.

[Nov 20, 2005] Chapter 8 is posted.

[Nov 4, 2005] Chapter 6 is posted.

[Oct 19, 2005] There will be no classes next week. Classes will resume normally from 31/10/2005.

[Oct 14, 2005] Chapter 5 is posted.

[Oct 14, 2005] Quiz I is postponed till Friday 21, October 2005. It is to include Functions (slides Chapter 4)

[Oct 2, 2005] Chapter 4 is posted.

[Sep 28, 2005] An extra session will be held on Friday, 30 September, 2005 at 8:00 a.m..

[Sep 15, 2005] It is quite important to run your first program under VC++ before next Monday's class. Chapters 1 and 2 from the book are helpful in

completing this task.

[Sep 15, 2005] Chapter 3 is posted.

[Sep 12, 2005] Chapter 2 is posted.

[Sep 6, 2005] Lab. schedule is to be announced during the lab. session.

[Sep 6, 2005] Chapter 1 is posted.