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There are three required courses in the certificate program: C Programming: Introduction, C Programming: Advanced, and C Programming: Data Structures and Algorithms.

Interested in taking a single class? Some courses (designated by a below) may be open on a space-available basis to professionals who are not seeking the certificate. See Single-Course Enrollment for details.

Winter Course

C Programming: Introduction

Instructor: David Nielsen

This course is an entry point into the certificate program for students with the following qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• PC or Mac literacy (e.g., use of e-mail and directories, and understanding of operating systems)
• Working knowledge of a high-level language (e.g., Fortran, Basic, Pascal, Cobol, Smalltalk, Java, Ada)
• Familiarity with compilers
• Experience having written at least one computer program

Course Objectives

• The ability to write operational, understandable, modifiable programs in C. This area concentrates on acceptable coding styles and documentation of the program.
• The ability to use fundamental C programming constructs in programs (variables, expression evaluation, control statements, simple terminal I/O, modular design using functions, pointer operations).
• The ability to write programs that use dynamic memory allocation.
• The ability to use many of the standard library routines that are packaged with C, and understand the usefulness of, and documentation describing, other C routines in the standard library to be able to use them as well.

This course is offered in a computer lab. Homework assignments give students the opportunity to practice effective writing techniques and good programming style.

Spring Course

C Programming: Advanced

Brings together all elements of the C language, with the often conflicting demands of real-world development tools and application requirements. All aspects of the design and development process are covered, from initial specification through testing.

Course Objectives

• The ability to write C programs according to a project specification.
• The ability to properly create C program modules according to standard industry practices.
• The ability to properly design data structures, and algorithms to transform them.

How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course

Summer Course

C Programming: Data Structures and Algorithms

This applications-oriented course offers practical examples of the major classical data structures and algorithms, complemented by theoretical analyses.

Course Objectives

• Ability to write C programs according to a project specification
• Ability to properly create C program modules according to standard industry practices
• Ability to properly design data structures, and algorithms to transform them

How to sign up for individual enrollment in this course