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The document outlines a course titled 'Introduction to Programming' for first-year B.Tech students, focusing on fundamental programming concepts and skills using the C language. It includes course objectives, outcomes, and a detailed syllabus covering topics such as algorithms, control structures, arrays, pointers, functions, and file handling. The course aims to enhance students' problem-solving abilities and collaborative learning through coding projects.

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Ip Syllabus

The document outlines a course titled 'Introduction to Programming' for first-year B.Tech students, focusing on fundamental programming concepts and skills using the C language. It includes course objectives, outcomes, and a detailed syllabus covering topics such as algorithms, control structures, arrays, pointers, functions, and file handling. The course aims to enhance students' problem-solving abilities and collaborative learning through coding projects.

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Subject INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING

Year / Semester I [Link]. / I Sem. L T P C

Regulation Year R - 23 3 0 0 3

Course Objectives:
1. To introduce students to the fundamentals of computer programming.
2. To provide hands-on experience with coding and debugging.
3. To foster logical thinking and problem-solving skills using programming.
4. To familiarize students with programming concepts such as data types, control
structures, functions, and arrays.
5. To encourage collaborative learning and teamwork in coding projects.
Course Outcomes: A student after completion of the course will be able to
1. Understand basics of computers, the concept of algorithm and algorithmic thinking.
2. Analyse a problem and develop an algorithm to solve it.
3. Implement various algorithms using the C programming language.
4. Understand more advanced features of C language.
5. Develop problem-solving skills and the ability to debug and optimize the code.
SYLLABUS
UNIT - I
Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving: History of Computers, Basic
organization of a computer: ALU, input-output units, memory, program counter, Introduction to
Programming Languages, Basics of a Computer Program- Algorithms, flowcharts (Using Dia
Tool), pseudo code. Introduction to Compilation and Execution, Primitive Data Types,
Variables, and Constants, Basic Input and Output, Operations, Type Conversion, and Casting.
Problem solving techniques: Algorithmic approach, characteristics of algorithm, Problem
solving strategies: Top-down approach, Bottom-up approach, Time and space complexities of
algorithms.
UNIT - II
Control Structures: Simple sequential programs Conditional Statements (if, if-else, switch),
Loops (for, while, do- while) Break and Continue.
UNIT III
Arrays and Strings: Arrays indexing, memory model, programs with array of integers, two
dimensional arrays, Introduction to Strings.
UNIT - IV
Pointers & User Defined Data types: Pointers, dereferencing and address operators, pointer
and address arithmetic, array manipulation using pointers, User-defined data types-Structures
and Unions.
UNIT - V
Functions & File Handling: Introduction to Functions, Function Declaration and Definition,
Function call Return Types and Arguments, modifying parameters inside functions using
pointers, arrays as parameters. Scope and Lifetime of Variables, Basics of File Handling.
Note: The syllabus is designed with C Language as the fundamental language of
implementation.
Textbooks:
1. "The C Programming Language", Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie,
Prentice- Hall, 1988.
2. -Hill
Education, 1996.
Reference Books:
1. Computing fundamentals and C Programming, Balagurusamy, E., McGraw-Hill
Education, 2008.
2. Programming in C, Rema Theraja, Oxford, 2016, 2nd edition.
3. C Programming, A Problem Solving Approach, Forouzan, Gilberg, Prasad,
CENGAGE, 3rd edition.

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