Module – 1 : (Introduction to Programming) [08]

Introduction to components of a computer system:

Memory,

processor,

I/O Devices,

storage,

operating system,

Concept of assembler, compiler, interpreter, loader and linker.

Idea of Algorithm:

Representation of Algorithm,

Flowchart,

Pseudo code with examples,

From algorithms to programs,

source code.

Programming Basics:

Structure of C program, writing and executing the first C program,

Syntax and logical errors in compilation,

object and executable code.

Components of C language.

Standard I/O in C,

Fundamental data types,

Variables and memory locations,

Storage classes.

Module – 2 : (Arithmetic expressions & Conditional Branching) [08]

Arithmetic expressions and precedence:Operators and expression using numeric and relational operators, mixed operands, type conversion, logical operators, bit operations, assignment operator, operator precedence and associativity.

Conditional Branching: Applying if and switch statements, nesting if and else, use of break and default with switch.

Module – 3 : (Loops & Functions) [08]

Iteration and loops:

use of while,

do while and

for loops,

multiple loop variables,

use of break and

continue statements.

Functions:

Introduction,

types of functions,

functions with array,

passing parameters to functions,

call by value,

call by reference,

recursive functions.

Module – 4 : (Arrays & Basic Algorithms) [08]

Arrays:

Array notation and representation,

manipulating array elements,

using multi dimensional arrays.

Character arrays and

strings,

Structure,

union,

enumerated data types,

Array of structures,

Passing arrays to functions.

Basic Algorithms:

Searching &

Basic Sorting Algorithms (Bubble, Insertion and Selection),

Finding roots of equations,

Notion of order of complexity.

Module – 5 :( Pointer& File Handling) [08]

Pointers:

Introduction,

declaration,

applications,

Introduction to dynamic memory allocation (malloc, calloc, realloc, free),

Use of pointers in self-referential structures, notion of linked list (no implementation)

File handling:

File I/O functions, Standard C preprocessors, defining and calling macros, command-line arguments.