| Description: |
Introduction to computer programming in C and its use in
solving problems. Intended primarily for technical majors.
Basic instruction in programming techniques is combined with
tools use and discussions of ethical issues arising from the
impact of computing on society.
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| Prerequisites: |
None.
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| Required texts: |
Kochan, Stephen W.,
Programming in C,
4th ed.,
Pearson Education,
2015.
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| Recommended texts: |
Kernighan, Brian W. and Ritchie, Dennis M.,
The C Programming Language,
2nd ed.,
Prentice-Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988.
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| Supplemental notes: |
Additional material will be placed on Canvas.
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| Professor: |
Dr. Andrew Duchowski
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| Office: |
McAdams 309, 656-7677, duchowski@clemson.edu
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| Office hours: |
Mon, Wed 13:00-14:00 and by appointment.
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| Objectives: |
To learn to write and understand a short C program.
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| Laboratory content: |
This is a lab course.
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Evaluation:
| % | Grade |
| 90-100 | A |
| 80-89 | B |
| 70-79 | C |
| 60-69 | D |
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| Tests (3) | 40% |
| Programming Assignments (5) | 25% |
| Lab | 10% |
| Final Exam | 25% |
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| Assignments: |
Unless otherwise specified, these are individual
assignments, and must be strictly your own work and are not to
be shown to anyone else.
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| Attendance: |
Roll will be taken for the first one or two weeks while
the class roll fluctuates. However, attendance is not required.
Absence, excused or not, does not change the responsibility for
assigned work.
An unexcused absence from a
test will normally result in a grade of zero for that test
(i.e., there will normally be no makeup tests).
Students are expected to give at least one week advance notice for
excused absences.
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| Academic dishonesty: |
The University policies on academic dishonesty apply.
Publicly-available code or other material may be freely used if
appropriately attributed. Each student is responsible for protecting
his or her files from access by others. Work that is essentially
the same and submitted without proper attribution is considered
to be a violation of academic dishonesty policy by all those
submitting the work, regardless of who actually did the work.
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| Class cancelation: |
Students are expected to wait for 15 minutes after
the class beginning time before leaving if the instructor is late.
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| Assignment late policy: |
Late assignments will be accepted but points will be
deducted according to the formula (3n)3 where
n is the number of days late. Example: assuming assignments
are due on Wednesday, the point deduction is as follows:
| Max points possible |
Day received |
Days late |
| 100 | Wed. | 0 (due date) |
| 73 | Thu. | 1 day late |
| 0 | Fri. | 2 days late |
Late assignments will receive lowest priority for grading and
returning.
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| Topical outline: |
A standard intro to C programming course. Computers, compilation,
execution; input/ouput; control structures: loops, conditionals,
logical operators; functions; arrays; pointers and strings; files.
- Part 1 Variables and data-types
- Part 2 Decisions and repetition
- Part 3 Arrays and functions
- Part 4 Strings and pointers
- Part 5 Odds and ends
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