Course Catalog Information (24-25)
CIS 26A
C as a Second Programming Language
Course Description
This course is an introduction to the C programming language and its applications with topics covering basic input/output, structured program design and implementation, basic control structures and keywords, character and string manipulation, arithmetic expressions, functions and program modularization, arrays, pointers, structures, and linked lists.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Read, analyze and explain introductory and intermediate level C programs.
- Design solutions, create algorithms, code, document, debug, and test introductory and intermediate level problems using appropriate design methodology incorporating elementary and intermediate programming constructs.
Course Details
- Units
- 4.5 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 1.5
- Gen Ed
- Non-GE Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Prerequisite(s)
- An Introductory Programming Language course such as CIS 22A or CIS 36A or equivalent
- Corequisite(s)
- Advisory(ies)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
- This course is intended for students who are competent in another programming language.