C for Everyone: Programming Fundamentals

This course is part of multiple programs.

Instructor: Ira Pohl

What you'll learn

Write a simple program.
Compile, debug, and run a program.
Apply concepts related to arrays & pointers, functions & storage classes, logic operators & various question types, lexical elements & data types.

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7 quizzes

Taught in English

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There are 6 modules in this course

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.

An overview of the course, a history of the C language, and a first set of programming activities.

What's included

9 videos2 peer reviews

9 videosTotal 67 minutes

Overview4 minutesPreview module
History of C2 minutes
Compiling, debugging, and running a program, part 18 minutes
Compiling, debugging, and running a program part 2 (File included ➕)12 minutes
First Program7 minutes
Example - Circle code7 minutes
Example - Marathon8 minutes
Simple input/output - fahrenheit6 minutes
Simple input/output - miles9 minutes

2 peer reviewsTotal 120 minutes

Fix Dr. P’s mistake (week 1)60 minutes
Print a poem60 minutes

Lexical elements and data types, programming activities of increasing sophistication, and an optional discussion of more advanced issues.

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12 videos2 quizzes2 peer reviews1 discussion prompt

12 videosTotal 102 minutes

Character sets and tokens6 minutesPreview module
Comments4 minutes
Keywords8 minutes
Identifiers11 minutes
Operators8 minutes
Expressions and precedence (File included ➕)7 minutes
Expression and evaluation9 minutes
Declarations6 minutes
Fundamental types and sizeof9 minutes
The char type (File included ➕)8 minutes
The int type10 minutes
The integer and floating point types (Files included ➕)10 minutes

2 quizzes

int quiz0 minutes
Expressions quiz0 minutes

2 peer reviewsTotal 120 minutes

Fix Dr. P’s mistake (week 2)60 minutes
Write a program that prints the sine function for an input x between (0, 1)60 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Problems from Chapter 1 of "A Book on C" (Optional Advanced Activity)10 minutes

Flow of control and simple functions, even more sophisticated programming activities, and an optional discussion of more advanced issues.

What's included

10 videos4 quizzes2 peer reviews1 discussion prompt

10 videosTotal 61 minutes

Logical operators, expressions, and short-circuit evaluation6 minutesPreview module
The conditional statement if and if-else7 minutes
The iterative statement while6 minutes
while-cnt-char-explained6 minutes
while-code - example5 minutes
The for statement and its while analog8 minutes
for statement code example6 minutes
oddball operators-conditional and comma7 minutes
ternary-operator code example3 minutes
Break and continue and switch (File included ➕)4 minutes

4 quizzes

Logic operators quiz0 minutes
While loop questions0 minutes
Switch questions0 minutes
Cond-comma-ops quiz0 minutes

2 peer reviewsTotal 120 minutes

Fix D. P's mistake (week 3)60 minutes
Write a function that prints a table of values for sine and cosine between (0, 1)60 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Problem 23 from Chapter 2 of "A Book on C" (Optional Advanced Activity)10 minutes

A continuation of functions, recursion, arrays, and pointers.

What's included

11 videos

11 videosTotal 65 minutes

Function definition6 minutesPreview module
Function code example4 minutes
Return statement4 minutes
Function prototype4 minutes
Function Prototype - code example5 minutes
Function variables—with call-by-value explained7 minutes
Function definitions and scope rules5 minutes
Storage class code example7 minutes
Simple recursion5 minutes
Recursion- factorial code6 minutes
Recursion Fibonacci code (File included ➕)9 minutes

Further treatment of arrays and pointers and an interesting programming activity.

What's included

11 videos1 peer review

11 videosTotal 84 minutes

Pointers and simple arrays6 minutesPreview module
initialize arrays8 minutes
array-grade-code example4 minutes
What is a pointer9 minutes
Pointer code example10 minutes
Call-by-reference simulated7 minutes
array as a parameter4 minutes
array-bubble-sort code13 minutes
merge sort overview7 minutes
merge code -example 15 minutes
merge code example 2 (File included ➕)7 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Compute the average weight for a population of elephant seals read into an array60 minutes

The end of the first part of C for Everyone and an opportunity to assess your learning.

What's included

1 quiz

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Ira Pohl

University of California, Santa Cruz

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Reviewed on Mar 25, 2022

The course its a great opportunity to start into C programming but I hope the tutorials at week 4, 5 in particular like pointers, arrays being more clearly and competative! beside assignment!

Reviewed on Apr 28, 2020

e will know all the essential knowledge to moe forward. It is a very logical and steady building up procedure. It is an absolutely stunning course. Thanks for professor Iran Pol.

Reviewed on Sep 2, 2024

Its good course but there is 1 problem. There are too many plagiators just cheating through this course. I got probably 1 proper assignment out of 5. Rest was copy-paste from internet.

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