CSC 171
C Programming for Engineers

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Prerequisite

MAT 250, CSC 170 or concurrent enrollment in CSC 170, or instructor's consent.
 

Course Description

This is an introduction to the C programming language with an emphasis on solving numerically intensive applications that occur in scientific and engineering fields. Numerical algorithms will be implemented using essential programming tools and elementary data structures.

 

Course Objectives

1. Compose, edit, compile and execute programs written in the C programming language.
2. Apply the tools of problem analysis and algorithmic development to problems from the natural sciences and engineering.
3. Design programs using the essential programming tools: modularity, selection and repetition.
4. Implement programming solutions using data structures such as files and arrays.
5. Survey elementary numerical algorithms.
 

Instructional Materials:

Required Textbook: Essential C++ for Scientists and Engineers by Hanly, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2002.

One floppy diskette.
 

Instructors:

SPRING 2005
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CSC 170 Introduction to Numerical Methods
CSC 172 FORTRAN90 Programming for Engineers
CSC 173 Java Programming for Engineers
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