1. Ministry of Higher Education Sohar College of Applied Sciences IT department Comp1411 - Introduction to Programming Using C++ Fall, 2011

2. In this Lecture Course Instructor Course Description Course Objectives Course Assessment Brief Introduction to Programming Problem Solving and Algorithms

3. Course Instructor Mr. Yahya Al-Azri IT department, office: 7 Email: yalazri@gmail.comyalazri@gmail.com Feel free to contact me any time!

4. Course Description Compulsory for all engineering students Introduction to software development using the high level programming language C++. Students are expected to know the basic principles of a computer system such as file management. The course includes topics like: data types, operators expressions, functions, and loops. Textbook: Engineering Problem Solving using C++, Deores M. Etter and Jeanine A. Ingber, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008

5. Course Objectives At the end of this course, students should be able to: Understand the syntax of C++ programs including functions and looping Formulate simple and moderate numerical engineering problems into a computer program. Design, edit, compile, execute, test, and debug a program.

6. Course Assessment Assignments: 10% Practical Tests: 10% Quizzes: 15% Programming Task: 10% Mid Exam: 20% Final: 35%

7. Brief Introduction to Programming What does programming mean? Example programs from real life How to write a program Programming Languages Why is programming important to engineers?

8. Problem Solving and Algorithms Programming is all about problem solving What needs to be done before solving a problem? The concept of algorithms Use of flow charts

9. Software Download software used for this course from website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/ Also try this link: http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html You can also get the file from me

10. Detailed Assessment Plan (Semester work) Check the document “COMP1411_course_outline.doc” for detailed plan for this semester.