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Course Description

This course introduces the students to the C programming language using the C-99 standard. Daily activities include both lecture and hands-on programming exercises. The core C language features covered in this course includes functions, arrays, strings, pointers, structures and file I/O. Related programming techniques such as modularity, abstraction and top-down design are incorporated throughout the course.

Course Objectives

• To continue the development of programming skills to solve problems.
• To learn the basics of programming with the C programming language

Course Topics

• Data types and Operators
• Control Constructs
• Boolean expressions
• Functions
• Recursive Functions
• User Input/Output
• Header Files and Conditional Compilation
• Multi-file Applications
• Variable and Function Scope and Lifetime
• Simple Arrays and 2-d Arrays
• Characters and Strings
• Structures
• Pointers
• Dynamic Memory Allocation
• File I/O
• Command Line Arguments
• Miscellaneous Topics
• Useful Library Functions

Course Prerequisites

Some experience or prior training in a structured, high-level programming language such as Python or Javascript is strongly recommended.

Course Duration

15 days

Contact Information

E-mail Heith Hart or call (443) 692-6599 if you have any questions about this course or if you would like to be added to the interest or wait list.