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COMP2002 Outline SP2012

This document outlines the course details for COMP2002: Introduction to Computer Programming for Engineers at Sultan Qaboos University. The course introduces engineering students to software development using C++. It will cover basic programming concepts like data types, control structures, functions, arrays, and files. The course is taught over 15 weeks by 5 instructors and includes assignments, labs, and exams. Students will learn to design, write, and debug C++ programs to solve engineering problems.

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COMP2002 Outline SP2012

This document outlines the course details for COMP2002: Introduction to Computer Programming for Engineers at Sultan Qaboos University. The course introduces engineering students to software development using C++. It will cover basic programming concepts like data types, control structures, functions, arrays, and files. The course is taught over 15 weeks by 5 instructors and includes assignments, labs, and exams. Students will learn to design, write, and debug C++ programs to solve engineering problems.

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SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE SPRING 2012


COMP2002: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR ENGINEERS
COURSE OUTLINE

Instructors Prof. Dr.


Ms. Hanaa Al- Fatima Al-Raisi
Ms. Huda Al-Amri Khaled Day Mohammed
Zidjali (Coordinator)
Elhadi
Section/Lab 10/11 and 20 30/31 40/41 and 50/51 21 22
Email
hanaa alraisif hudam kday elhadi
@squ.edu.om
Room No. 230 209 208 007 011
Phone Ext. 2227 2228 2246 2231 2464
Office Hours Sun & Tue Sun & Tue& Wed Sun & Tue Sun & Tue Tue & Wed
10:00-11:30 11:30-12:30 9:00-10:00 9:00-10:00 12:00-13:00
Contact/Credit Hours: 3CH/2 – 2
Pre-requisite: None
Textbook: Engineering Problem Solving with C++ by D. M. Etter and J. A. Ingber,
Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 2008.
References: www.cplusplus.com
Prerequisites by topic: Familiarity with PC and Understanding of Windows
Course Description: The course is intended to introduce engineering students to software
development using a high-level programming language. Course contents
include program structures, language syntax, control flow, variable scores,
data types and declarations, expressions, selection and repetition,
functions, data files, one-dimensional arrays, strings, and two-dimensional
arrays.
Course Outcomes: On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify and utilise basic problem solving steps.
2. Recognise the syntax and structure of C/C++ programs.
3. Employ basic programming concepts such as control structures, files,
functions and arrays.
4. Be able to design C/ C++ programs to meet stated requirements.
5. Write and debug programs using appropriate tools.
Assessment plan
Item Due Dates Marks
Lab Exercise All Lab Sessions 5%
4 Programming Assignments
At 11:55 PM of the Due Date 15%
(2.5%, 2.5%, 5% & 5%)
Exam 1 (Written exam (10%) + Lab test (10%)) Week 7 (Mon 19-Mar, 17:00-19:00) 20%
Exam 2 (Written exam (10%) + Lab test (10%)) Week 13 (Mon 30-Apr, 17:00-19:00) 20%
Final Mon 28-May-2012, 08:00-11:00 40%
1. Late submission of assignments faces a penalty of 50% per day.
2. Students involved in copying (e.g. copying in an exam, submitting similar or exact assignment
solutions, sharing Moodle class accounts) will be severely penalized. A zero mark will be given
the first time a student is caught involved in copying in Exam or Assignment and his/her name
will be added to a watch list. Further repeated involvement in copying will result in F grade in
that course. This is in line with the university academic regulations.

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Detailed Syllabus:
Assess-
Week Topic & Event Chap.Sect
ment
Introduction to Computing and Engineering Problem Solving
1 Computing systems, programming languages, and problem-solving
1.3 & 1.5
04-Feb-12 methodologies.
Prophet Birthday Holiday
Simple C++ Programs
2
Basic Language Elements: data types, arithmetic expressions, constants and 2.1 – 2.3 HW1 Out
11- Feb -12
variables, statements, precedence of operators.
Simple C++ Programs (Contd.)
3
Standard input and output, formatting numerical results, and basic built-in 2.4 & 2.7
18- Feb -12
functions.

4 Control Structures (Selection-Part1) HW2 Out


3.1 – 3.3
25- Feb -12 Relational and logical expressions, if/else statements HW1 Due

5 Control Structures (Selection-Paret2)


3.3
03-Mar-12 Nested if statements, Switch statements. Engineering Problem Solving..

6 Control Structures (Repetition-Part1)


3.4 HW2 Due
10- Mar -12 while, do/while, and for loops.

Control Structures (Repetition-Part2)


7 Break and continue statements, and sentinel-controlled and end-of-data
3.4 Exam1
17- Mar -12 loops. Engineering Problem Solving.
Exam 1 (Includes up to Week 6 coverage, Mon 19-Mar, 17:00-19:00)*
8-9 Working with Data Files
24- Mar -12 Defining, reading, and generating data files. Engineering Problem Solving. * 4.1 – 4.3 HW3 Out
31- Mar -12 Last day for withdraw with a grade W; 24/Mar
Modular Programming with Functions
10
Standard library functions, programmer-defined functions, parameter 5.1 – 5.3
07- Apr -12
passing.
11-12 Modular Programming with Functions (Contd.)
5.3 & HW4 Out
14- Apr -12 Variable scopes, variable storage classes, and random numbers. Engineering
5.5 HW3 Due
21- Apr -12 Problem Solving.
One-Dimensional Arrays
13 Array definition and initialization, passing arrays to functions, Array and data
6.1-6.3 Exam2
28-Apr-12 files. Engineering Problem Solving.
Exam 2 (Includes up to Week 12 coverage, Mon 30-Apr, 17:00-19:00)*
One-Dimensional Arrays (Cont.)
14 6.5-6.7 &
Selection sort and searching unordered list algorithms, C Style strings. HW4 Due
05-May-12 6.9

15
Two-Dimensional Arrays and Matrices 7.1 & 7.3
12-May-12

* Date and time might change

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