DKT 121 Fundamental of Computer Programming
Teaching Plan
PUSAT PENGAJIAN KEJURUTERAAN KOMPUTER DAN PERHUBUNGAN
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PERLIS
FUNDAMENTAL OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
DKT 121
SEMESTER 2
SESSION 2009/2010
1.0 OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, students will be
 Able to understand programming concept and principle
 Able to identify, analyze and produce software using flowchart and pseudocode
 Familiarize with LINUX environment for coding, compiling, executing and debugging computer
software program
 Obtain logical, creative and innovative thinking skills
 Able to work as a team
2.0 SYNOPSIS
Topics covered are:
Introductions to C Programming, Conditional statements, Loops, Functions, Pointers, Files operations, Array
and multi-dimensional array.
3.0 PRACTICAL
Designing and writing basic C program using various operations, i.e. conditional statements, loops,
functions, pointers, file operations and arrays.
4.0 REFERENCES
[1] Deitel & Deitel, Suhizaz Sudin, R. Badlishah, Yasmin Yacob “C How To Program”, Pearson-Prentice
Hall, 2006
[2] Jeri R. Hanly & Elliot B. Koffman “C Program Design for Engineers”,Addison-Wesley, 2001
[3] Tan & D Orazio “C Programming for Engineering & Computer Science” , Mc Graw Hill , 1999
[4] Forouzan, B. A. & Gilberg R. F., “Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach Using C”,
Brooks/Cole, 2001
[5] Al Kelley, Ira Pohl, “C by Dissection: The Essentials of C Programming” 4th ed., Addison-Wesley, 2000
5.0 COURSE IMPLEMENTATIONS
i) Lecture

2 hours per week for 14 weeks (Total = 28 hours)
ii) Laboratory

2 hours per week for 14 weeks (Total = 28 hours)
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6.0 ASSESSMENT
Laboratory Assignment
Test 1 & 2
Lab Test
Final Exam
Total
20%
20%
20%
40%
100%
7.0 TEACHING PLAN
Teaching Plan DKT121 Fundamental of Computer Programming
Week #
Hours
1
28/12/091/1/10
2
2
4/1/108/1/10
3
11/1/1015/1/10
4
18/1/1022/1/10
5
25/1/1029/1/10
6
1/2/105/2/10
2
2
Contents
Introduction to Computers
Introduction to C (part 1)
Algorithm
Pseudo-code
Flow chart
Introduction to C (part 2)
Identifiers and Reserved words
Preprocessor directives
Data types and type declarations
Sample programming question
Sample C program
Introduction to C (part 2)
Operators
Formatted input and formatted output
Laboratory
Remarks
Lab Exercise 1
Intro. to C and Linux
Lab Exercise 2
Flowchart and
Pseudocode
Lab Exercise 3
Introduction to C
Programming
Tutorial
1
Program debugging
2
Conditional statements
Types of selection
One way selection
Two way selection
Multi selection
Compound Statement
2
Conditional statements
Nested if
Conditional operators
Switch operators
2
Loops
While loops
Do-while loops
For loops
Nested loops
Lab Assignment 1
Introduction to C
Programming
Lab Exercise 4
if…else; switch
Lab Exercise 5
Loop
Tutorial
2
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Functions – Library (Math & String)
7
8/2/1012/2/10
15/2/1021/2/10
8
22/2/1026/2/10
9
1/3/105/3/10
10
8/3/1012/3/10
11
15/3/1019/3/10
12
22/3/1026/3/10
13
29/3/102/4/10
14
5/4/109/4/10
15
12/4/1018/4/10
16
2
Functions – User-defined
Lab Assignment 2
Conditional statements
and loop
Test 1
(10%)
MID TERM BREAK
2
Functions – Scope (global & local)
Functions – Passing arguments (by
value)
2
Pointers
Pointer variables definitions and
initialization
Pointers operators
2
Files operation
File Declaration
File Operations
File Mode
2
Files operation
Reading data from text files
Writing data to text files
2
Array & multi-dimensional array
Arrays of data
Declaration of Array
Array Initialization
2
Array & multi-dimensional array
Operations on Array
Multidimensional Arrays
Index out of bound
Lab Exercise 6
Functions
Lab Assignment 3
Functions
Lab Exercise 7
Pointers
Lab Exercise 8
File Operations
Lab Assignment 4
Pointers & Files
Introduction to Number Systems
Bitwise Operators
Tutorial
4
Test 2
(10%)
Lab Exercise 9
Array
Bitwise Operation
2
Tutorial
3
Tutorial 5
LAB
TEST
(30%)
Study Week
FINAL EXAMINATION
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