CS-2210 Programming Fundamentals

Instructor: Arbish Akram

This course introduces the foundational concepts of programming using C++. Students learn problem solving, algorithm design, and the core constructs of structured programming including variables, control flow, functions, arrays, and pointers. No prior programming experience is required.

Text

C++ How to Program by Paul J. Deitel and Harvey Deitel, 8th Edition

Grading

Assignments5%

Quizzes25%

Midterm Exam20%

Final Exam50%

Schedule

Week	Topics	Quizzes	Assignments
1	Introduction to Programming Compiler vs. Interpreter, C++ Development Environment
2	Variables and Operators Data Types, Assignment and Relational Operators	Q1
3	Conditional Logic Logical and Bitwise Operators, Unary Operators, `if` / `if-else` / `if-else-if`
4	Conditional Statements Nested `if`, `switch`, Menu-Driven Programs, Character Comparison	Q2, Q3	A1
5	Loops `while`, `do-while`, `for`
6	Functions Global vs. Local Variables, Call Stack and Activation Records
7	Functions II Pass-by-Value vs. Pass-by-Reference, Inline Functions, Static Variables, Overloading	Q4
8	Midterm Exam
9	Arrays Declaration and Initialization, Out-of-Bounds Access, Passing Arrays to Functions
10	Arrays II Character and String Arrays, Static vs. Automatic Local Arrays, Constant Arrays, Multi-dimensional Arrays
11	Arrays III Linear Search, Binary Search, Bubble Sort, Selection Sort	Q5	A3
12	Recursion and Pointers Declaration and Initialization, Reference and Dereference Operators, Pointer Operators
13	Pointers II Pass-by-Value vs. Pass-by-Reference, Pointer Arithmetic, Passing Pointers to Functions, Pointers and Arrays, Arrays of Pointers	Q6	A4
14	Structures and Dynamic Memory Structures, Dynamic Memory Allocation	Q7	A5
15	File Processing Reading and Writing Text Files, `ifstream` and `ofstream`, Formatted File I/O
16	Pseudo-Random Number Generation `rand()` and `srand()`, Generating Numbers in a Range, Simple Simulations	Q8	A6
17	Final Exam

Assignments

Assignment 1 Conditional Statements
Assignment 2 Loops
Assignment 3 Arrays and Sorting
Assignment 4 Pointers
Assignment 5 Structures and Dynamic Memory
Assignment 6 File Processing and Random Number Generation

Policies

Attendance is mandatory. All submitted work must be your own; plagiarism will result in a zero grade for the assessment.