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Course Catalog Computer Science: Secondary-level C11A Intro to C Programming Lectures Lessons Exercises Programming Assignments Exams Textbook		Week 1: Introduction Objectives and overview of the course. What is C? The development of the computer languages. The development of C. The compilation and linking process. Week 2: The Compiler Getting started: Installing the compiler and creating a new folder. Running the "Hello World" program. Running the "Hello You" program. The compilation and linking process. Weeks 3-4: Fundamentals of C The structure of C programs: The general structure. The statements in main. Data Types: Integer, Boolean. Variables - Names, declarations The assignment operator Expressions - Arithmetic, boolean Arithmetic expressions Operands and operators Constructing complex expressions with the operands The expressions in the addMul program Boolean expressions Simple input and output Summary Weeks 5-8: Basic control statements The if statement Basic if statements if/else statements Multiline if statements The ?: operator Cascading if statements Structure and operation The if/else blocking rule The switch statement The while statement How do loops operate? While loops - structure and operation Abbreviations Using sentinel values A different approach - infinite loops Drawing circles The for statement For loops - structure and operation Nested for loops Evaluation of boolean expressions in C Summary - Part 1 Summary - Part 2 Week 9: The computer behind the Scenes Hardware Components Memory C.P.U. I/O devices Secondary storage devices A historical point of view Software Computer languages Summary - The general picture Weeks 10-12: Data types, constants, algorithms and output displays Constants The floating point data type Problem solving - algorithms and flow charts The quadratic equation GCD - The brute force way GCD - Euclid's algorithm Flow charts The string data type Definition The string data type Simple operations with strings Controlling the output display Summary Week 13: Exam