CSC 201: C Programming Language

CSC 201: C Programming Language
Instructor:           Dr. Soha S.Zaghloul,
                Building 6, Third Floor, Office 124 (6T124)
Schedule:            Sun, Tue, and Thu from 11 to 11:50
Office Hours:      Mon, Tue and Thu from 9 to 11 and 12 to 1
                                Sun from 12 to 1
Blog:                      www.csc201.wordpress.com
Course Description:
CSC 201 provides an introduction to the C programming language for those with no prior programming experience. The course aims to teach the syntax and use of major constructs of the C language. The course coversC built-in data types, arithmetic, assignment, relational, and logical operators. In addition, it includes the selection and repetition constructs. Functions, arrays, pointers, character strings, and files are also discussed. After successfully completing this course, the student will be able to write computer programs using C language.
Course Objectives:
This course aims at gaining experience in the computer programming using the C language. The course enables the students to analyze and apply the concepts of programming in the C language. Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Understand introductory computer science terms.
• Understand the program specification.
• Translate the program specification into the C language
• Compile and execute a C program in a programming environment.
• Debug C programs.
• Perform arithmetic, relational and logical operations.
• Manipulate characters and strings.
• Apply various selection constructs.
• Implement repetition controls.
• Use functions.
• Manipulate arrays using pointers.
• Manipulate files

 
Textbook:
Paul Deitel and Harvey Deitel.“C: How to Program”, Prentice Hall, 7th Edition, 2012.
 
Grades Distribution:
Homeworks and Quizzes                              10
Labs and Projects                                             20
Mid 1                                                                     15
Mid 2                                                                     15
Final                                                                       40
 
Prospective Course Plan (for the current semester)
 

W	L	Topics	Reference in Deitel
1	1	Course Orientation
	2	Introduction Computer Organization Compilers C Standard Library	Section 1.3 Section 1.6 Section 1.9
	3	C Keywords Writing a sample program Writing comments in a program The Memory Concept Data Types in C Strings & characters fundamentals Constants & Variables	Fig. 2.15 Fig. 2.1 to 2.5       Section 9.6 Section 7.5
2	1	The scanf statement Reading formatted input with scanf The printf statement Formatting output with printf Printing characters and strings Other conversion specifiers Printing with field widths and precision Using flags in the printf statement Printing literals and escape sequences	Section 9.11   Sections 9.3 to 9.5   Section 9.7 (defer p) Section 9.8 Section 9.9 Section 9.10
	2	Operators in C language Arithmetic operators Assignment operator Increment & Decrement operators Relational operators Confusing Equality (==) & Assignment operator (=) Logical operators Rules of precedence	Fiig. 2.9 Section 3.11 Section 3.12 Fig. 2.12 & 2.13 Section 4.11   Section 4.10 Figs 2.10, 2.11, 2.14, 4.16
		Quiz #1: All Above
	3	Program Development in C Algorithms, flowcharts &pseudocode The if selection statement The if…else selection statement Nested if statements	Sections 3.1 to 3.4 Section 3.5 Section 3.6 Section 3.6
3	1	The selection structure (cnt’d) The switch statement The break statement	Section 4.7 Section 4.9
		Quiz #2: Selection Structure
	2	Loops:    The counter-controlled repetition The for statement	Sections 4.3 to 4.6
	3	Loops:    The sentinel-controlled operation The while repetition statement The continue statement	Section 3.7 Section 4.9
4	1	Loops:    The sentinel-controlled operation (cnt’d) The do…while repetition statement	Section 4.8
	2	The National Day
		Quiz #3: Loops
	3	Functions What are functions? Function prototype Function definition Function calling (execution)	Section 5.6, Fig. 5.3 Section 5.5 Section 5.7, Fig. 5.3
5	1	Eid Al-Adha
	2
	3
6	1
	2
	3
7	1	Functions (cnt’d) Call-by-value Scope Rules	Section 5.9
	2	Functions (cnt’d) C built-in functions String manipulation functions	Fig. 5.2, 5.6, 8.1, 8.5, 8.12 Fig. 8.17, 8.20, 8.22, 8.36
		Quiz #4: Functions
	3	Arrays What is an array? Declaration (definition) of arrays Examples	Section 6.2 Section 6.3 Section 6.4
8	1	Arrays with functions Passing arrays to functions Searching arrays Sorting arrays	Section 6.5 Section 6.8 Section 6.6
	2	Arrays (cnt’d) Multiple-subscripted arrays The sizeof operator	Section 6.9 Section 7.7
		Quiz #5: Arrays
	3	Revision (if time allows)
9	1	Mid-Term 1 Exams
	2
	3
10	1
	2
	3
11	1
	2
	3	Pointers: Definition & initialization Pointer operators Pointer expressions and arithmetic The pointer conversion specifier	Section 7.2 Section 7.3 Section 7.8 Section 9.7
12	1	Pointers with functions Call-by-reference Example: Bubble sort using call-by-reference	Sections 5.9 and 7.4 Section 7.6
	2	Relationship between pointers and arrays Arrays of pointers	Section 7.9 Section 7.10
	3	Revision (if time allows)
		Quiz #6: Pointers
13	1	Mid-Term 2 Exams
	2
	3
14	1
	2
	3
15	1
	2
	3	Files: Data Hierarchy Files and streams	Section 11.2 Section 11.3
16	1	Files (cont’d): Creating a sequential-access file Reading data from a sequential-access file	Section 11.4 Section 11.5
	2	Files (cont’d): Random-Access files Creating a random-access file Writing data randomly into a random-access file Reading data from a random-access file	Section 11.6 Section 11.7 Section 11.8   Section 11.9
	3	Revision (if time allows)
17	1	Practical Exams Week
	2
	3
18	1	Final Exams
	2
	3
19	1
	2
	3
20	1
	2
	3

 
 
 
Important Policies:
1) Cheating is prohibited. If the student caught cheating, then the grade on that assignment for the person providing answers and the one taking the answers will be 0%.
2) Late assignments will not be accepted.