Syllabus

Letter to students

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Course information

Course name: Programming Fundamentals In C++ (501125)

Semester: Spring Semester 2008

Institute: Faculty of Computer Science And Engineering, Hochiminh City University of Technology, Vietnam.

Credit Hours: 3

Instructor: Dr. Duong Tuan Anh, Associate Professor

Office Location: Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, 268 Ly Thuong Kiet, Dist. 10, Ho Chi Minh City.

Office hours: 14:00 – 17:00 Wednesday or by appointment

Tel: 8647256/Ext. 5841;

Fax: (848) 8645137.

Email: dtanh@cse.hcmut.edu.vn .

Website: (External Link)

Teaching Assistants:

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Viet Hung ( nqvhung@cse.hcmut.edu.vn )

Mr. Ly Hoang Hai ( lhhai@cse.hcmut.edu.vn )

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Minh ( nxminh@cse.hcmut.edu.vn )

Mr. Nguyen Van Doan ( nvdoan@cse.hcmut.edu.vn )

Course description

This course is a comprehensive introductory course that is intended for students who have no background in computer programming. This course provides basic knowledge and skills on programming with two important programming paradigms: structured programming and object-oriented programming. The course covers structured programming paradigm in depth and introduces just some basics on object-oriented programming. The programming language used in this programming course is C++.

Course objectives

Upon successful completion, students will be able to:

1. Design algorithmic solutions to problems.
2. Translate a specified algorithm into correct self-documented C++ code using generally accepted programming style. In accomplishing this translation, the student shall be able to apply the structured programming mechanisms of C++ including sequence, selection, iteration, recursion, pointers and arrays.
3. Acquire an understanding of basic object-oriented concepts and the issues involved in effective class design.
4. Write C++ programs that use:
   • arrays
   • structures
   • pointers
   • object-oriented concepts such as information hiding, constructors, destructors, inheritance.