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COMPE 160 - Introduction to Computer Programming

Units: 3

Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

Prerequisite(s): MATH 150  with a grade of C (2.0) or better.

Computer organization and operation. Binary representation of information. Fundamentals of computer programming using a C family language: data types, selection and iteration structures, functions, arrays, pointers, scope and duration of variables. Systematic design and development of computer programs.

Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.