C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals

This course is for everyone. In the new world we live in, coding is a universally valuable skill, whether you're a scientist, artist, or a humanist. Algorithms are everywhere, and we all have to understand how they work. The C language is particularly well suited as an introduction to coding: It's a tried-and-true language, and it allows you to understand computing processes at a deep level. No prior knowledge of coding is needed for this course. We'll start at the beginning. The time estimated time commitment for this course is five hours a week for five weeks.

• Introduction
• An overview of the course, a history of the C language, and a first set of programming activities.
• Lexical Elements and Data Types
• Lexical elements and data types, programming activities of increasing sophistication, and an optional discussion of more advanced issues.
• Flow of Control and Simple Functions
• Flow of control and simple functions, even more sophisticated programming activities, and an optional discussion of more advanced issues.
• Advanced Functions, Recursion, Arrays, and Pointers
• A continuation of functions, recursion, arrays, and pointers.
• Arrays and pointers
• Further treatment of arrays and pointers and an interesting programming activity.
• Final Exam
• The end of the first part of C for Everyone and an opportunity to assess your learning.