Syllabus

This course aims to introduce the fundamentals of structured programming using a high-level programming language. Topics include concepts of structured programming, program design, development, running, and testing, and debugging programs. Syntax and semantics of the presently adopted language so that students will develop the ability to program in the language. Basic elements of the language: variables,constants, and data types. Basic input/output functions. Conditional and Iterative control structures. Functions (or methods) and parameterpassing. Recursive functions (or methods). References and dynamicvariables. Basic data structures: one and two-dimensional arrays, stringmanipulation, structures. At the end of this course, students are expected to be able to analyze a computing problem, design, and implement a solution using a high-level programming language.