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Search results - C Programming 1

Key facts

TypeWeekly Classes
LocationOxford
AddressRewley House
1 Wellington Square
Oxford
DatesWed 3 Oct to Wed 5 Dec 2012
Day: Wednesday
Time of meeting: 6.45-8.45pm
Number of meetings: 10
Subject area(s)Computing
CATS points10
FeesFrom £180.00
Application statusCourse ended
Course codeO12P610COW
Course contactIf you have any questions about this course, please email ppweekly@conted.ox.ac.uk.

Overview

We offer an introduction to structured programming. Emphasis is on programming in general, and algorithm design. The course is unsuitable for people with no previous experience.
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Description

This course is aimed at learning programming as a generic skill (transferrable to any programming language), students will nevertheless acquire knowledge of both C and the Unix standard libraries. No mathematical knowledge required. The art of algorithm design will be developed by tackling tasks of gradually increasing difficulty. Although introductory, this is a brisk and rigorous course in a major programming language and would probably not suit a beginner.
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Programme details

Week 1: The Unix command line and file system
Week 2: Unix programming tools and console i/o
Week 3: Structured Programming
Week 4: Context and simple data type
Week 5: Compound data type (array and record)
Week 6: Text files and file i/o
Week 7: Strings
Week 8: Programming Practical
Week 9: Programming Practical
Week 10: How not to program in C

Reading list
Kernighan & Ritchie, The C Programming Language
Prata, C Primer Plus
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Staff

Dr Ian East

Role: Tutor

Dr. Ian East has been Lecturer in Electronics at the Clarendon Laboratory (Oxford), and Senior Lecturer in Computing at the University of Buckingham...more

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Course aims

Course Aim:
To introduce structured imperative programming, and good practice therein, to those new to it.

Course Objectives:
Students should become able to :
– compose algorithm and data structure to implement simple tasks
– encode an algorithm and data structure in C, using the Unix and C standard libraries
– open/close, read, and write text files within a program.
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Assessment methods

Two assignments of equal measure
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Teaching methods

Intermixed tutorial, mini-lecture, and practical class.
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Teaching outcomes

By the end of the course students can expect to:
– compose an algorithm and data structure to solve simple tasks
– encode an algorithm and data structure in C, using the Unix and C standard libraries
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Fee options

Programme Fee
EU Fee: £180.00
Non-EU Fee: £180.00
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