CS 214: Self-paced C

MW 1:00-2:30
IACC, Rm. #102

Dr. Brian M. Slator, Associate Professor
Computer Science and Operations Research
North Dakota State University
Office: IACC Building, Rm. #258-6A
Phone: 701-231-6124
Office hours: MTWR 11:30-12:30, or by appt.

Textbooks:

• C: How to Program by Deitel and Deitel. Published by Prentice Hall, 1994, ISBN 0-13-226119-7.

Course Overview and Philosophy

The course will cover the essentials of the C programming language. Students will be expected to read the textbook and complete a series of assignments. Class periods will be for informal discussion, questions and individual attention. There will be an organizational meeting on the first day of class and no formal lecture there-after.

General Comments

• Participate, cooperate, and help others.
• Note: the important things to learn are the language syntax, and the standard libraries
• The assignments will require you to read the first ten (1) chapter of the book.
• You should read the "good programming practices" section in every chapter.

Grades

• You will be graded on whether you turn in working assignments or not.
• Don't turn in an assignment unless it is working (no partial credit)
• You will get credit when you turn in a listing of code and output from the assignment.
• You are expected to test your code with suitable data: both typical inputs and boundary inputs (zero, negative numbers, etc.)
• There are nine (9) assignments, each worth eleven (11) points
• Grades: A (99 points); B (88 points); C (77 points); D (66 points); F (0-55 points);

Assignments

Policy on Turning in Assignments

Everything must be turned in by Friday, June 6th. After that you cannot get credit for it.

Turning things in ahead of time is a FINE idea.

Compilers

There are no restrictions on where you can do your work: IACC clusters, home, work, whatever. The compilers available on campus are these:

• Turbo C/C++ in the IACC IBM-PC clusters
• cc or gcc on the various Unix machines (ITS and SOD)
• Think C on the IACC Powermacs (although ITS no longer supports Think C, and so this might not work).