BIL 110E - Intr. to Prog. Language (C)

Course Objectives

The aim of the course is,
1 - To develop enough familiarity with the specific programming environment
2 - To develop an understanding of fundamental programming logic and programming
techniques
3 - To develop the knowledge of editing, compiling, running and debugging of a
program
4 - To develop a working knowledge of the computer algorithms and programming
the language of different numerical methods which are used to solve scientific and
engineering problems
5 - To emphasize on developing the student's ability to analyze and solve problems by
using high-level programming language

Course Description

Introduction to C programming, I/O operations, memory concepts, arithmetic operators,
Algorithms, if, if/else, while structures, assignment operators, increment/decrement
operators, Essentials of repetition, Logical operators, Equality/assignment operators,
Modules, Library functions, functions, Recursion vs. Iteration, Arrays, Pointers,
Bubble sort using call by reference, Fundamentals of strings and characters, Data
hierarchy, Writing/reading data randomly, Introduction to Scientific Visualization,
Structure definitions