1 Semester or equivalent

54 hours

Hawthorn, Sarawak

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the  Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering),Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) ( E057), Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Computer Systems), Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Sciences), Bachelor of Science (Psychology and Psychophysiology), Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering), Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering)/ Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Software Engineering), Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology, and Bachelor of Science (Information Technology)

Aims & Objectives:

• Solve engineering problems using the C language.
• Write numerical intensive applications in C.
• Use modular decomposition to reduce the complexity of engineering issues.
• Construct well structured C language programs.
• Describe the issues of the software development life cycle.
• Test and validate their software solutions.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures (24 hrs), Tutorials (lab) (24 hrs), Practical Classes (Tests) (6 hrs)

Assessment:

Assignments, Tests, Portfolio

Content:

• Introduction to engineering problem solving with C
• The building blocks of the C programming language
    -  Sequence
    -  Selection
    -  Repetition
    -  Variables and constants
    -  Pointers
    -  Arrays
    -  Function calls
    -  Simple data structures
    -  Input and output
• Engineering numerical techniques
• Control structures and file I/O
• Functions, Arrays, Pointers, Strings, Structs
• Program Testing and Validation
• The Software Development of Life Cycle

References:

Etter Delores M, Engineering Problem Solving with C, 3rd edn, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005

Hanly, JR & Koffman, EB, Problem Solving and Program Design in C, 4th edn, Addison Wesley, Boston, 2004

Hanly, JR & Koffman, EB, C Program Design for Engineers, Addison Wesley, Boston, 2001