BESCK205E Introduction to C Programming syllabus for EE Stream Physics Group

Introduction to C:

Introduction to computers, input and output devices, designing efficient programs. Introduction to C, Structure of C program, Files used in a C program, Compilers, Compiling and executing C programs, variables, constants, Input/output statements in C, Textbook: Chapter 1.1-1.9, 2.1-2.2, 8.1 –8.6, 9.1-9.14

Operators in C, Type conversion and typecasting.

Decision control and Looping statements:

Introduction to decision control, Conditional branching statements, iterative statements, nested loops, break and continue statements, goto statement.

Textbook: Chapter 9.15-9.16, 10.1-10.6

Functions:

Introduction using functions, Function definition, function declaration, function call, return statement, passing parameters to functions, scope of variables, storage classes, recursive functions.

Arrays:

Declaration of arrays, accessing the elements of an array, storing values in arrays, Operations on arrays, Passing arrays to functions,

Textbook: Chapter 11.1-11.13, 12.1-12.6

Two dimensional arrays, operations on two-dimensional arrays, two-dimensional arrays to functions, multidimensional arrays.

Applications of arrays and introduction to strings:

Applications of arrays, case study with sorting techinques.

Introduction to strings:

Reading strings, writing strings, summary of functions used to read and write characters. Suppressing input using a Scanset.

Textbook: Chapter 12.7-12.12

Strings:

String taxonomy, operations on strings, Miscellaneous string and character functions, arrays of strings.

Pointers:

Understanding the Computers Memory,Introductionto Pointers, Declaring Pointer Variables

Structures:

Introduction to structuresTextbook: Chapter 13.1-13.6, 14.1-14.3,15.1

Course Outcomes(Course Skill Set)

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

CO1. Elucidate the basic architecture and functionalities of a computer and also recognizethe hardware parts.

CO2. Apply programming constructs of C language to solve the real world problem

CO3.Explore user-defined data structures like arrays in implementing solutions toproblems like searching and sorting

CO4.Explore user-defined data structures like structures, unions and pointers inimplementing solutions

CO5.Design and Develop Solutions to problems using modular programming constructsusing functions

Assessment Details (both CIE and SEE)

• The weightage of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) is 50% and for Semester End Exam (SEE) is 50%.
• The minimum passing mark for the CIE is 40% of the maximum marks (20 marks out of 50).
• The minimum passing mark for the SEE is 35% of the maximum marks (18 marks out of50).
• A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to each subject/ course if the student secures not less than 35% (18 Marks out of 50) in the semester-end examination(SEE), and a minimum of 40% (40marks out of 100) in the sum total of the CIE (Continuous Internal Evaluation) and SEE (Semester End Examination) taken together.

Continuous Internal Evaluation(CIE):

Two Unit Tests each of20 Marks (duration 01 hour)

• First test after the completion of 30-40 % of the syllabus
• Second test after completion of 80-90% of the syllabus

One Improvement test before the closing of the academic term may be conducted if necessary. However best two tests out of three shall be taken into consideration.

Two assignments each of 10 Marks

The teacher has to plan the assignments and get them completed by the students well before the closing of the term so that marks entry in the examination portal shall be done in time. Formative (Successive) Assessments include Assignments/Quizzes/Seminars/ Course projects/Field surveys/ Case studies/ Hands-on practice (experiments)/Group Discussions/ others. . The Teachers shall choose the types of assignments depending on the requirement of the course and plan to attain the Cos and POs. (to have a less stressed CIE, the portion of the syllabus should not be common /repeated for any of the methods of the CIE. Each method of CIE should have a different syllabus portion of the course). CIE methods /test question paper is designed to attain the different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy as per the outcome defined for the course.

The sum of two tests, two assignments, will be out of 60 marks and will be scaled down to 30 marks

CIE for the practical component of the Integrated Course

• On completion of every experiment/program in the laboratory, the students shall be evaluated and marks shall be awarded on the same day. The15 marksare for conducting the experiment and preparation of the laboratory record, the other 05 marks shall be for the test conducted at the end of the semester.
• The CIE marks awarded in the case of the Practical component shall be based on the continuous evaluation of the laboratory report. Each experiment report can be evaluated for 10 marks. Marks of all experiments’ write-ups are added and scaled down to 15 marks.
• The laboratory test (duration 02/03 hours)at the end of the 14th/15thweek of the semester /after completion of all the experiments (whichever is early) shall be conducted for 50 marks and scaled down to 05 marks.

Scaled-down marks of write-up evaluations and tests added will be CIE marks for the laboratory component of IPCC for 20 marks.

Semester End Examination (SEE):

SEE for IC

Theory SEE will be conducted by University as per the scheduled time table, with common question papers for the course (duration 03 hours)

1.The question paper will have ten questions. Each question is set for 20 marks.

2.There will be 2 questions from each module. Each of the two questions under a module (with a maximum of 3 sub-questions), should have a mix of topicsunder that module.

3.The students have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

The theory portion of the Integrated Course shall be for both CIE and SEE, whereas the practical portion will have a CIE component only. Questions mentioned in the SEE paper shall include questions from the practical component).

Passing standard:

• The minimum marks to be secured in CIE to appear for SEE shall be 12 (40% of maximum marks-30) in the theory component and 08 (40% of maximum marks -20)in the practicalcomponent. The laboratory component of the IPCC shall be for CIE only. However, in SEE, the questions from the laboratory component shall be included. The maximum of 04/05 questions to be set from the practical component of IPCC, the total marks of all questions should not be more than 30 marks.
• SEE will be conducted for 100 marks and students shall secure 35% of the maximum marks to qualify for the SEE. Marks secured will be scaled down to 50.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Textbooks

1.Computer fundamentals and programming in c, “Reema Thareja”, Oxford University, Second edition, 2017.

Reference Books:

1.E. Balaguruswamy, Programming in ANSI C, 7th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill.

2.Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, The ‘C’ Programming Language, Prentice Hall of India.