Course Overview
In this course students will develop efficient, modular, well-documented programs with consistent style. Topics include logical algorithm development, code formatting and commenting, constants and variables, conditional logic, loops, arrays, structures, pointers, strings, file I/O, functions, and dynamic memory allocation. Students will develop programs that are typical in an engineering environment and develop debugging skills. Builds on concepts learned in MECH 1171
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
4.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop algorithms using flowcharts, pseudocode, task/data maps. [1, 2]
- Control program flow using conditional statements and loops. [1, 2, 5]
- Develop compound data structures to organize program data. [1, 2, 5]
- Manage data sets using arrays. [1, 2, 5]
- Read from and write to data files. [1, 2, 5]
- Create modular programs using functions. [2, 3, 4, 5]
- Pass data to functions by reference and by value. [1, 2, 5]
- Debug programs using breakpoints, stepping, and variable monitoring. [5]
- Develop programs in a team environment. [2, 3, 4, 5]
Effective as of Fall 2018
Related Programs
Engineering Programming (MECH 7171) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
- Indicates programs eligible for students to apply for Post-graduation Work Permit (PGWP).
School of Energy
- Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Full-time
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