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CIS 15AG

Advisory:
  • English Writing 211 and Reading 211 (or Language Arts 211), or English as a Second Language 272 and 273
  • Mathematics 114
  • Computer Information Systems 50
  • Computer Applications and Office Systems 70AA

Course Description:

Problem solving, algorithms and structured program design. Programming, testing and debugging of well-structured programs in C. Introduction to data types. Expressions, control structures, functions, sequential files, and one-dimensional arrays.

Text required:

Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach Using C by Behrouz A. Forouzan & Richard F. Gilberg, third edition. Thompson 2006.

Other requirements:

Use CodeLab, a web-based learning system. http://www.turingscraft.com

Student Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will:
  • Read, analyze and explain introductory level C programs.
  • Design solutions for introductory level problems using appropriate design methodology incorporating elementary programming constructs.
  • Create algorithms, code, document, debug, and test introductory level C programs.

Course objectives:

Upon completion of the course, students will:
  • Design solutions to introductory level problems using structured top-down design.
  • Write code exhibiting best programming practices
  • Implement preprocessor commands in the writing of C programs.
  • Use identifiers in the writing of C programs
  • Declare and define identifiers in the writing of C programs
  • Employ sequential text files for the input and output of information
  • Incorporate arithmetic expressions in the writing of C programming code.
  • Write C programs containing user-defined functions without reference parameters
  • Write code employing boolean expression and functions with boolean return type
  • Implement decision selections structures in C programs
  • Implement repetition in C programs through looping structures
  • Write code using user-defined functions along with reference parameters
  • Write C programming code employing single-dimensional arrays using indexing
  • Write C programming code to process arrays

 Updated Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 6:31:21 PM by Delia Garbacea - garbaceadelia@fhda.edu
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