EMU FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Code:            CmpE 101

Course Title:             Foundations of Computer Engineering

Course Credit:          (3 , 1) 3

Semester:                  2007 - 2008 Fall

Course Website:       http://cmpe.emu.edu.tr/cmpe101/ (to be updated); Course Description.

Course Mailing List: cmpe101@students.emu.edu.tr

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Textbook:      

Hanly, J. R. and Koffman, E. B.: Problem Solving and Program Design in C, 5th ed., Addison Wesley, 2006.  Source code is available via anonymous FTP to the book's student site.

Other References (many are available at the EMU Bookstore and Library):               

1. Lauckner, K. F. and Lintner, M. D.: The Computer Continuum, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 2001.

2. Kumar, R. and Agrawal, R.: Programming in ANSI C, West Publ., 1992.

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OBJECTIVE

This course introduces the student to the fundamental concepts of computer engineering.

Participant of the course will be required to carry out practical work in terms of home works, labs and possibly short projects.

CATALOG DATA

Topics covered include: Computers and information processing - notion of computers, concepts of data and information, applications of computers, history of computing. Computer hardware -CPU, memory, input/output interface, secondary storage, ports, types of computer systems, computer software -system software, utilities, application software, data communication, an overview of operating systems. General problem solving concepts: basic data types, constants and variables, basic operators and expressions, algorithms, pseudocodes, and flow charts, sequential, and conditional problem solving (IF statements and CASE logic), looping (WHILE/WHILE-END, REPEAT-UNTIL, FOR structures), formatted output, examples in C programming language. (Pre-requisite: none)

COURSE OUTLINE

Below is a tentative outline for this course. We reserve the right to adjust the pace and topics of the class as the semester progresses.

Week 1 Intro to computers and computing (see Intro-CmpE101.rar)
Week 2 Computer hardware and software (see Intro-CmpE101.rar)
Week 3 Intro to C and problem solving techniques (Ch. 1, 2)
Week 4 Data types, expressions (Ch. 2)
Week 5 Principles of top-down design (Ch. 3)
Week 6 Principles of structured programming
Week 7 Computing profession, professional ethics
Week 8 Review, tutorial, Q&A
Week 9 Midterm week
Week 10 Selection structures: if (Ch. 4)
Week 11 Selection structures: switch (Ch. 4)
Week 12 Repetition structures and loops (Ch. 5)
Week 13 Repetition structures and loops (Ch. 5)
Week 14 Programming languages landscape
Week 15 Review, tutorial, Q&A
Week 16 Finals
 

Courseware material where available is indicated above.

Weeks 1 & 2 lecture presentations are attached to the schedule. The full set of presentations for Lauckner & Lintner are available to interested students. Please contact the instructor.

SUPPLEMENTS

Various supplemental presentations on subjects of interest in the field have been prepared. They are meant to enlighten our students and help them grasp the extent and nature of the computer related professions. Some were aired in the class and all are made available through the official course website.

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• Pro Ethics

LABS

Practice on C programming language and Visual Studio 6 will be carried out.

Notice

ACADEMIC HONESTY

Any conduct that attempts to gain unfair academic advantage is considered academic dishonesty. Copying homework and programs, cheating during exams, substituting for another person are some examples of academic dishonesty. Cases of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be punished according to EMU's disciplinary policies.

Also consider this recent presentation on Professional Ethics and Plagiarism.

The Guidelines for Proper Conduct with respect to HWs, quizzes, and labs will be announced here.

EXAMINATION AND GRADING

v      Midterm Exam 1:             25 

v      Midterm Exam 2:             25 

v      Labs + homeworks:         10

v      Attendance                      05 ← Bonus

v      Final Exam:                      40

              Ø             TOTAL:        100 %

IMPORTANT NOTES

Office Hours:           

For A. ELCI:       14:40 – 15:30 on Mondays & Wednesdays

Other faculty:      Please check their home pages.     

Attendance:                Absolutely required; any student with poor attendance record will be given NG.

Five roll calls will be taken of which each is worth one bonus point.

Missed Exams:          A student missing an exam should provide a substantiated and valid excuse within three days following the exam. Only for them one make-up exam will be administered at the end of the semester following the final exam period. 

SUNNY SIDE

• Shooting yourself in the foot: the programming language way!

• Whitespace programming language: invisible programs achive great tasks.